BB codes

[B], [I], [U], [S] - Bold, italics, underline, and strike-through

Makes the wrapped text bold, italic, underlined, or struck-through.

Example:: This is [B]bold[/B] text.
This is [I]italic[/I] text.
This is [U]underlined[/U] text.
This is [S]struck-through[/S] text.

Output:: This is bold text.
This is italic text.
This is underlined text.
This is ~~struck-through~~ text.

[COLOR=color], [FONT=name], [SIZE=size] - Text Color, Font, and Size

Changes the color, font, or size of the wrapped text.

Example:: This is [COLOR=red]red[/COLOR] and [COLOR=#0000cc]blue[/COLOR] text.
This is [FONT=Courier New]Courier New[/FONT] text.
This is [SIZE=1]small[/SIZE] and [SIZE=7]big[/SIZE] text.

Output:: This is red and blue text.
This is Courier New text.
This is small and big text.

[URL], [EMAIL] - Linking

Creates a link using the wrapped text as the target.

Example:: [URL]https://www.example.com[/URL]
[EMAIL][email protected][/EMAIL]

Output:: https://www.example.com
[email protected]

[URL=link], [EMAIL=address] - Linking (Advanced)

Links the wrapped text to the specified web page or email address.

Example:: [URL=https://www.example.com]Go to example.com[/URL]
[[email protected]]Email me[/EMAIL]

Output:: Go to example.com
Email me

[USER=ID] - Profile Linking

Links to a user's profile. This is generally inserted automatically when mentioning a user.

Example:: [USER=1]Username[/USER]

Output:: Username

[IMG] - Image

Display an image, using the wrapped text as the URL.

Example:: [IMG]https://www.forum.forex/data/assets/logo/forum-forex-large-facebook-og-image.jpg[/IMG]

Output:

[MEDIA=site] - Embedded Media

Embeds media from approved sites into your message. It is recommended that you use the media button in the editor tool bar.
Approved sites: Apple Music, Dailymotion, Facebook, Flickr, Giphy, Imgur, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, SoundCloud, Spotify, TikTok, Tumblr, Twitch, X, Vimeo, YouTube

Example:: [MEDIA=youtube]kQ0Eo1UccEE[/MEDIA]

Output:: An embedded YouTube player would appear here.

[LIST] - Lists

Displays a bulleted or numbered list.

Example:: [LIST]
[*]Bullet 1
[*]Bullet 2
[/LIST]
[LIST=1]
[*]Entry 1
[*]Entry 2
[/LIST]

Output:

Bullet 1
Bullet 2

Entry 1
Entry 2

[LEFT], [CENTER], [RIGHT] - Text alignment

Changes the alignment of the wrapped text.

Example:: [LEFT]Left-aligned[/LEFT]
[CENTER]Center-aligned[/CENTER]
[RIGHT]Right-aligned[/RIGHT]

Output:: Left-aligned
Center-aligned
Right-aligned

[QUOTE] - Quoted text

Displays text that has been quoted from another source. You may also attribute the name of the source.

Example:: [QUOTE]Quoted text[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=A person]Something they said[/QUOTE]

Output:: Quoted text

Click to expand...

A person said:

Something they said

Click to expand...

[SPOILER] - Text containing spoilers

Hides text that may contain spoilers so that it must be clicked by the viewer to be seen.

Example:: [SPOILER]Simple spoiler[/SPOILER]
[SPOILER=Spoiler Title]Spoiler with a title[/SPOILER]

Output:: Simple spoiler

Spoiler with a title

[ISPOILER] - Inline text containing spoilers

Allows you to display text inline among normal content which hides text that may contain spoilers and must be clicked by the viewer to be seen.

Example:: You have to click the following [ISPOILER]word[/ISPOILER] to see the content.

Output:: You have to click the following word to see the content.

[CODE] - Programming code display

Displays text in one of several programming languages, highlighting the syntax where possible.

Example:: General code:
[CODE]General
code[/CODE]

Rich code:
[CODE=rich][COLOR=red]Rich[/COLOR]
code[/CODE]

PHP code:
[CODE=php]echo $hello . ' world';[/CODE]

JS code:
[CODE=javascript]var hello = 'world';[/CODE]

Output:

General code:

Code:

General
code

Rich code:

Rich (BB code):

Rich
code

PHP code:

PHP:

echo $hello . ' world';

JS code:

JavaScript:

var hello = 'world';

[ICODE] - Inline programming code display

Allows you to display code inline among normal post content. Syntax will not be highlighted.

Example:: Inline code sections [ICODE]are a convenient way[/ICODE] of displaying code inline.

Rich formatting within inline code sections [ICODE=rich]is [COLOR=red]also[/COLOR] [U]supported[/U][/ICODE].

Output:: Inline code sections are a convenient way of displaying code inline.

Rich formatting within inline code sections is also supported.

[INDENT] - Text indent

Indents the wrapped text. This can be nested for larger indentings.

Example:: Regular text
[INDENT]Indented text[/INDENT]
[INDENT=2]More indented[/INDENT]

Output:: Regular text

Indented text
More indented

[TABLE] - Tables

Special markup to display tables in your content.

Example:: [TABLE]
[TR]
[TH]Header 1[/TH]
[TH]Header 2[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Content 1[/TD]
[TD]Content 2[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Output:

Header 1	Header 2
Content 1	Content 2

[HEADING=level] - Headings levels 1 to 3

Marks text as a structured heading to facilitate machine readability.

Example:: [HEADING=1]Major heading[/HEADING]
This text comes under a major heading, used to separate the primary sections of an article.

[HEADING=2]Minor heading[/HEADING]
When you need to subdivide the primary sections of an article, use a level 2 minor heading.

[HEADING=3]Subheading[/HEADING]
If you require additional subdivision, you may drop to level 3.

Output:: Major heading
This text comes under a major heading, used to separate the primary sections of an article.

Minor heading
When you need to subdivide the primary sections of an article, use a level 2 minor heading.

Subheading
If you require additional subdivision, you may drop to level 3.

[PLAIN] - Plain text

Disables BB code translation on the wrapped text.

Example:: [PLAIN]This is not [B]bold[/B] text.[/PLAIN]

Output:: This is not [B]bold[/B] text.

[ATTACH] - Attachment insertion

Inserts an attachment at the specified point. If the attachment is an image, a thumbnail or full size version will be inserted. This will generally be inserted by clicking the appropriate button.

Example:: Thumbnail: [ATTACH]123[/ATTACH]
Full size: [ATTACH=full]123[/ATTACH]

Output:: The contents of the attachments would appear here.

[ABBR] [ABBR=option] - Abbreviation

An abbreviation, with mouse-over expansion

Example:: [abbr="on hover text"]text[/abbr]

Output:: text

[ACCORDION] [ACCORDION=option] - Accordion

A customizable interactive accordion

Example:: [ACCORDION width=200]
[SLIDE_HEADER]First Slide[/SLIDE_HEADER]
[SLIDE]First slide content[/SLIDE]
[SLIDE title="Second Slide"]Second slide content[/SLIDE]
[/ACCORDION]

Output:: [ACCORDION width=200]
[SLIDE_HEADER]First Slide[/SLIDE_HEADER]
[SLIDE]First slide content[/SLIDE]
[SLIDE title="Second Slide"]Second slide content[/SLIDE]
[/ACCORDION]

[ALERT] [ALERT=option] - Mod:Alert

Moderator only Alert banner

Example:: [alert=Title]Alert[/alert]

Output:: title Alert

[ANCHOR] [ANCHOR=option] - Anchor

Generate a HTML anchor tag

Example:: Generate an anchor point;
[anchor]introduction[/anchor]

Goto an anchor point
[anchor=#introduction]Click here to go to introduction[/anchor]

Output:: Generate an anchor point;

Goto an anchor point
Click here to go to introduction

[ARTICLE] [ARTICLE=option] - Article

Displays an article with an optional source attribution.

Example:: [ARTICLE=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(publishing)]
A news article discusses current or recent news of either general interest (i.e. daily newspapers) or of a specific topic (i.e. political or trade news magazines, club newsletters, or technology news websites).

A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader’s attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.
[/ARTICLE]

Output:: Article:

A news article discusses current or recent news of either general interest (i.e. daily newspapers) or of a specific topic (i.e. political or trade news magazines, club newsletters, or technology news websites).

A news article can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader’s attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer can also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(publishing)

[BIMG] [BIMG=option] - Block image

Displays an image, allowing it to be resized, aligned or floated, and compared with another image.

Example:: [bimg]http://www.google.com/images/srpr/logo3w.png[/bimg]
[bimg width=100px]http://www.google.com/images/srpr/logo3w.png[/bimg]

Output:: [bimg width=100px]http://www.google.com/images/srpr/logo3w.png[/bimg]

[ENCADRE] [ENCADRE=option] - Encadre

This BB Code inserts a text box to the right of a text (absolute position). It has to be inserted just before the content. (width customizable in %)

Example:: [ENCADRE]This is a text box with a long text. Can be used with an article for example.[/ENCADRE]Content
[ENCADRE width=30]This is a text box with a long text. Can be used with an article for example.[/ENCADRE]Content

Output:: Encadre:

This is a text box with a long text. Can be used with an article for example.

Content
[ENCADRE width=30]This is a text box with a long text. Can be used with an article for example.[/ENCADRE]Content

[FIELDSET] [FIELDSET=option] - Fieldset

This BB Code inserts a fieldset

Example:: [fieldset]This is a fieldset[/fieldset]
[fieldset title="Title"]This is a fieldset[/fieldset]
[fieldset title="Title" width=80]This is a fieldset[/fieldset]

Output:: Fieldset:

This is a fieldset

[fieldset title="Title"]This is a fieldset[/fieldset]
[fieldset title="Title" width=80]This is a fieldset[/fieldset]

[FLEFT] - Float left

Make a block float on the left

Example:: [fleft]Make me float on the left[/fleft]

Output:: Make me float on the left

[FRIGHT] - Float right

Make a block float on the right

Example:: [FRIGHT]Make me float on the right[/FRIGHT]

Output:: Make me float on the right

[GALLERY=option] - Gallery embed

BB code for displaying gallery media items and albums.

Example:: [GALLERY=media, X]Gallery BB Code[/GALLERY]

Output:: [GALLERY=media, X]Gallery BB Code[/GALLERY]

[GVIEW] [GVIEW=option] - GVIEW

This BB Code displays documents using the "Google Docs - Viewer" (supports many different file types:pdf,ppt,doc,xls...).

Example:: [GVIEW]http://research.google.com/archive/bigtable-osdi06.pdf[/GVIEW]

Output:

[H1] - h1

Example:: [h1]Example[/h1]
Normal text

Output:: Example
Normal text

[H2] - h2

Example:: [h2]Example[/h2]
Normal text

Output:: Example
Normal text

[H3] - h3

Example:: [h3]Example[/h3]
Normal text

Output:: Example
Normal text

[H4] - h4

Example:: [h4]Example[/h4]
Normal text

Output:: Example
Normal text

[HR] [HR=option] - Horizontal line

Example:: Default line:
[hr]
Unformatted line:
[hr=0]
Solid line:
[hr=1]
Lightly faded on both sides:
[hr=2]
Significantly faded on both sides:
[hr=3]
Faded to left:
[hr=4]
Faded from right:
[hr=5]

Output:: Default line:

Unformatted line:

Solid line:

Lightly faded on both sides:

Significantly faded on both sides:

Faded to left:

Faded from right:

[INFORMATION] [INFORMATION=option] - Mod:Info

Moderator only Information banner

Example:: [information=Title]Information[/information]

Output:: title Information

[JUSTIFY] - Justify

Example:: [justify]justified text example
line 1
line 2
line 3[/justify]!

Output:: justified text example
line 1
line 2
line 3
!

[LATEX] [LATEX=option] - LaTeX

Renders LaTeX markup.

Example:: [LATEX]c=\sqrt{a^2+b^2}[/LATEX]

Output:: LaTeX:

\[c=\sqrt{a^2+b^2}\]

[SLIDER] [SLIDER=option] - Slider

Cycles through slides in a slide-show format.

Example:: [SLIDER]
[SLIDE_HEADER]Title 1[/SLIDE_HEADER]
[SLIDE align=center]Content 1[/SLIDE]
[SLIDE]Content 2[/SLIDE]
[SLIDE]Content 3[/SLIDE]
[SLIDE open=1]Content 4[/SLIDE]
[/SLIDER]

Output:: [SLIDER]
[SLIDE_HEADER]Title 1[/SLIDE_HEADER]
[SLIDE align=center]Content 1[/SLIDE]
[SLIDE]Content 2[/SLIDE]
[SLIDE]Content 3[/SLIDE]
[SLIDE open=1]Content 4[/SLIDE]
[/SLIDER]

[STOP] [STOP=option] - Mod:Stop

Moderator only Stop banner

Example:: [stop=Title]Stop[/stop]

Output:: title Stop

[SUB] - Subscript

Example:: 10[sub]1[/sub]!

Output:: 101!

[SUP] - Superscript

Example:: 10[sup]1[/sup]!

Output:: 101!

[TABS] [TABS=option] - Tabs

Render Tabs into a post

Example:: [TABS]
[SLIDE_HEADER]Title 1[/SLIDE_HEADER]
[SLIDE]Content 1 - [tab=2]Link to tab 2[/tab][/SLIDE]
[SLIDE title="Title 2"]Content 2[/SLIDE]
[/TABS]
[TABS width=200]
[SLIDE_HEADER]First Slide[/slide_header]
[SLIDE]First tab content - [tab=2]Link to tab 2[/tab][/SLIDE]
[SLIDE title="Second Slide"]Second tab content[/SLIDE]
[/TABS]

Output:: [TABS]
[SLIDE_HEADER]Title 1[/SLIDE_HEADER]
[SLIDE]Content 1 - [tab=2]Link to tab 2[/tab][/SLIDE]
[SLIDE title="Title 2"]Content 2[/SLIDE]
[/TABS]
[TABS width=200]
[SLIDE_HEADER]First Slide[/slide_header]
[SLIDE]First tab content - [tab=2]Link to tab 2[/tab][/SLIDE]
[SLIDE title="Second Slide"]Second tab content[/SLIDE]
[/TABS]

[TIME] [TIME=option] - Time

Displays a time or date based on a member's timezone preference.

Example:: [TIME=datetime]2050-12-12T03:12:46+0000[/TIME]

Output:: Dec 12, 2050 at 3:12 AM

[WARNING] [WARNING=option] - Mod:Warning

Moderator only Warning banner

Example:: [warning=Title]Warning[/warning]

Output:: title Warning

BB codes

Help

[B], [I], [U], [S] - Bold, italics, underline, and strike-through

[COLOR=color], [FONT=name], [SIZE=size] - Text Color, Font, and Size

[URL], [EMAIL] - Linking

[URL=link], [EMAIL=address] - Linking (Advanced)

[USER=ID] - Profile Linking

[IMG] - Image

[MEDIA=site] - Embedded Media

[LIST] - Lists

[LEFT], [CENTER], [RIGHT] - Text alignment

[QUOTE] - Quoted text

[SPOILER] - Text containing spoilers

[ISPOILER] - Inline text containing spoilers

[CODE] - Programming code display

[ICODE] - Inline programming code display

[INDENT] - Text indent

[TABLE] - Tables

[HEADING=level] - Headings levels 1 to 3

Major heading​

Minor heading​

Subheading​

[PLAIN] - Plain text

[ATTACH] - Attachment insertion

[ABBR] · [ABBR=option] - Abbreviation

[ACCORDION] · [ACCORDION=option] - Accordion

[ALERT] · [ALERT=option] - Mod:Alert

[ANCHOR] · [ANCHOR=option] - Anchor

[ARTICLE] · [ARTICLE=option] - Article

[BIMG] · [BIMG=option] - Block image

[ENCADRE] · [ENCADRE=option] - Encadre

[FIELDSET] · [FIELDSET=option] - Fieldset

[FLEFT] - Float left

[FRIGHT] - Float right

[GALLERY=option] - Gallery embed

[GVIEW] · [GVIEW=option] - GVIEW

[H1] - h1

Example

[H2] - h2

Example

[H3] - h3

Example

[H4] - h4

Example

[HR] · [HR=option] - Horizontal line

[INFORMATION] · [INFORMATION=option] - Mod:Info

[JUSTIFY] - Justify

[LATEX] · [LATEX=option] - LaTeX

[SLIDER] · [SLIDER=option] - Slider

[STOP] · [STOP=option] - Mod:Stop

[SUB] - Subscript

[SUP] - Superscript

[TABS] · [TABS=option] - Tabs

[TIME] · [TIME=option] - Time

[WARNING] · [WARNING=option] - Mod:Warning

Major heading

Minor heading

Subheading

[ABBR] [ABBR=option] - Abbreviation

[ACCORDION] [ACCORDION=option] - Accordion

[ALERT] [ALERT=option] - Mod:Alert

[ANCHOR] [ANCHOR=option] - Anchor

[ARTICLE] [ARTICLE=option] - Article

[BIMG] [BIMG=option] - Block image

[ENCADRE] [ENCADRE=option] - Encadre

[FIELDSET] [FIELDSET=option] - Fieldset

[GVIEW] [GVIEW=option] - GVIEW

[HR] [HR=option] - Horizontal line

[INFORMATION] [INFORMATION=option] - Mod:Info

[LATEX] [LATEX=option] - LaTeX

[SLIDER] [SLIDER=option] - Slider

[STOP] [STOP=option] - Mod:Stop

[TABS] [TABS=option] - Tabs

[TIME] [TIME=option] - Time

[WARNING] [WARNING=option] - Mod:Warning