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

Text modifiers:

MarkupMeaning
[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
[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:

MarkupMeaning
[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
[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:

MarkupMeaning
[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:

MarkupMeaning
[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
MarkupMeaning
[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:

MarkupMeaning
[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
TODO:
[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.
ForumMarkup last edited by Nach on 10/6/2010 11:08 PM
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