BBCODE

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BBCODE are special codes that you can use in forums and some chats to change the size of your font, color of your font, bold or italisize text, insert images, and link to websites. BBCODE has similairity to html codes, with its most distinct feature being all codes are enclosed with brackets [] rathar than greater and lesser signs <>

Bold Text	[b]Hello World[/b]	Hello World
Italisize Text	[i]Hello World[/i]	Hello World
Underline Text	[u]Hello World[/u]	Hello World
Color of Text	[color=red]Hello World[/color]	Hello World
Size of Text	[size=18]Hello World[/size]	Hello World
Link or URL	[url]http://www.google.com[/url]	http://www.google.com
Display Image	[img]http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif[/img]

If we want bold text then the "open" bbcode is [b] while the "close" bbcode is [/b]. All "close" codes are the same as their open counterparts but with a forward slash inserted before the code characters.

The order in which you open and close codes is important. The last code opened must be the first code closed. For instance, if you want bolded, italicised text, then you would use the bbcodes [b][i]Bold/Italic This[/i][/b]. Notice that the [i] code is the last opened and the first closed. To reverse the codes would work just as well. If we used the open bbcodes of [i][b] the same effect would be applied to the text, but you must make sure to now end the bbcodes with [/b][/i].

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