Many of you probably asked yourselves the question: "What actually are BBCodes?"

BBCodes are a simple way to format your posts in the forums. They are codes easy to understand. An overview of the available BBCodes and their uses is presented below. Click on one of the BBCodes for an explanation and an example of it.

With this code, you can make the text be bold.

The code [B]Text[/B] becomes Text

With this code, you can make the text be italic.

The code [I]Text[/I] becomes Text

With this code, you can turn an email address into a link.

The code [EMAIL]name@email.com[/EMAIL] becomes name@email.com

With this code, you can turn an email address into a link. (However, you can define the name of the link yourself.)

The code [EMAIL=name@email.com]Name[/EMAIL] becomes Name

With this code, you can change the size of the text.

The code [SIZE=3]Text[/SIZE] becomes Text

With this code, you can insert quoted text.

The code [QUOTE]This text is quoted.[/QUOTE] becomes

quote:

This text is quoted.

With this code, you can make the text be underlined.

The code [U]Text[/U] becomes Text

With this code, you can change the color of the text.

The code [COLOR=#0000FF]Text[/COLOR] becomes Text

With this code, you can change the font of the text.

The code [FONT=ARIAL]Text[/FONT] becomes Text

With this code, you can make the text be centered.

The code [CENTER]Centered Text[/CENTER] becomes

With this code, you can change the alignement of the text, images, etc. The possible options are "right", "left", "center" and "justify".

The code [ALIGN=right]Aligned Text[/ALIGN] becomes

With this code, you can insert an image.

The code [IMG]images/email.gif[/IMG] becomes

With this code, you can turn a URL into a link.

The code [URL]http://www.woltlab.de[/URL] becomes http://www.woltlab.de

With this code, you can turn a URL into a link. (However, you can define the name of the link yourself.)

The code [URL=http://www.woltlab.de]WoltLab[/URL] becomes WoltLab

With this code, you can insert syntax-highlighted PHP code.

The code [PHP]Syntax[/PHP] becomes

With this code, you can insert codes (like html).

The code [CODE]Syntax[/CODE] becomes

With this code, you can insert a list which can contain multiple items.

The code

becomes

• Item 1
  
• Item 2
  
• Item 3