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Forum Markup

This page documents various markup used on the forums (since some of the markup is nonstandard):

Text modifiers:

Markup Meaning
[b]...[/b] Make text between tags bold
[bgcolor=#ff7f00]...[/bgcolor][3] Make text background between tags colored #ff7f00 (orange)
[color=#ff7f00]...[/color] Make text between tags colored #ff7f00 (orange)
[highlight]...[/highlight] Make text between tags highlighted (yellow background)
[i]...[/i] Make text between tags italic
[noparse]...[/noparse] Insert some literal text without further parsing
[s]...[/s] Make text between tags struck through
[size=9]...[/size] Make text between tags a certain size (size 9)
[spoiler]...[/spoiler] Make text black on black background, with on mouse hover display effect
[sub]...[/sub] Make text between tags subscript
[sup]...[/sup] Make text between tags superscript
[tt]...[/tt] Make text between tags monospaced
[u]...[/u] Make text between tags underlined

Text block modifiers:

Markup Meaning
[center]...[/center] Make block of text centered
[code]...[/code] Mark block of text as code
[code=lua]...[/code] Mark block of text as code, with syntax highlighting for lua[1]
[code=blah.lua]...[/code] Mark block of text as code, with highlighting for lua, and allow the file to be downloaded
[left]...[/left] Make block of text aligned left
[list]...[/list] Indent one or more items to be used as definitions for a definition list (separated by new lines within the tag)
[note]...[/note] Draw blue border around block of text
[quote]...[/quote] Make block of text marked as quoted
[quote="foo"]...[/quote] Make block of text marked as quoted from foo
[right]...[/right] Make block of text aligned right
[warning]...[/warning] Draw red border around block of text and prefix with red warning

Frame calculator:

Markup Meaning
[frames]12345[/frames] Display 12345 frames at 60fps as time
[frames]12345@50.5[/frames] Display 12345 frames at 50.5fps as time

Inline content:

Markup Meaning
[img]http://example.url/foo.png[/img] Embed image http://example.url/foo.png
[img=480x360]http://example.url/foo.png[/img] Embed image http://example.url/foo.png, scaling to 480x360
[video]http://example.url/foo[/video] Inline video (limited sources supported)[2]
[video=640x480]http://example.url/foo[/video] Inline video, scaling to 640x480

Links:

Markup Meaning
[email]address@domain.example[/email] Mailto link to address@domain.example
[email=address@domain.example]...[/email] Mailto link to address@domain.example with given link text
[google]foo bar baz[/google] Link to Google search for 'foo bar baz'
[google=code]foo bar baz[/google] Link to Google code search for 'foo bar baz'
[google=images]foo bar baz[/google] Link to Google image search for 'foo bar baz'
[movie]12345[/movie] Link to movie 12345M
[movie=12345]...[/movie] Link to movie 12345M with given link text
[post]12345[/post] Link to forum post #12345
[post=12345]...[/post] Link to forum post #12345 with given link text
[submission]12345[/submission] Link to submission 12345S
[submission=12345]...[/submission] Link to submission 12345S with given link text
[thread]12345[/thread] Link to forum thread #12345
[thread=12345]...[/thread] Link to forum thread #12345 with given link text
[url]http://example.url/foo[/url] Hyperlink to http://example.url/foo
[url=http://example.url/foo]...[/url] Hyperlink to http://example.url/foo with given link text
[wiki]foo[/wiki] Link to wikipage named foo
[wiki=foo]...[/wiki] Link to wikipage named foo with given link text

Tables:

Markup Meaning
[table]...[/table][3] Table, use [tr] markup to define rows
[tr]...[/tr][3] Table row, use [td] markup to define cells
[td]...[/td][3] Table cell, containing specified text

Broken tags:

Markup Intended Meaning
[list=]...[/list] Supposed to indent and number one or more items (separated by new lines within the tag)
[hr] Supposed to force a horizontal line break (according to some specs)

[1] The following languages are supported:

[2] Following sources are supported:

Direct HTTP file links to:

Video from the following sites:

For example, if you wanted to link to the YouTube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBSE2QkHMeU, you would use [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBSE2QkHMeU[/video], and not [video]mBSE2QkHMeU[/video] or any sort of embed code you find on a particular site.

[3] These tags are currently experimental, and their names and usage are likely to change in the future.

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ForumMarkup last edited by CoolKirby on 2013-02-11 22:44:53
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