SMF BB Codes

Posted on 21 October, 2016

This tutorial explains the various SMF BB Codes that you can use

Bulletin Board Codes or BBCodes are a way to format posts in SMF, and also in many other forum software.

The general format of a BBCode has three parts, an opening tag, the inside content and a closing tag, as shown below:

[open] text inside [/close]
[b] bold text [/b]

[b][i]bold & italic text[/i][/b]

Bold & italic text
This is shown more easily when the tags are indented:

[b]
    [i]
        bold & italic text
    [/i]
[/b]

Basic BB Codes
Please use tags in this manner: [tag]Item goes here[/tag] or [tag1=blah][tag2]Item goes here[/tag2][/tag1]

Some of the common tags are listed below.

Button	Usage	Description
	[ b ]text[ /b ]	Makes text bold.
	[ i ]text[ /i ]	Makes text italicized.
	[ u ]text[ /u ]	Underlines text..
	[ s ]text[ /s ]	Strikes out text.
	[ move ]text[ /move ]	Makes the text inside move in a marquee.
	[ pre ]text[ /pre ]	Preformats enclosed text.
	[ left ]text[ /left ]	Aligns enclosed items to the left.
	[ center ]text[ /center ]	Aligns enclosed items to the center.
	[ right ]text[ /right ]	Aligns enclosed items to the right.
	[ hr ]	Inserts a horizontal rule into a Post or PM. Note there is no closing tag.
	[ size=10pt ]text[ /size ]	Adjusts the font size of the enclosed text.
	[ flash=200,200 ]http://somesite/somefile.swf[ /flash ]	Inserts a link to an animated flash file in .swf format. Please be cautious when enabling this BBCode in your forum, since it may be a security risk.
	[ img ]http://somesite/image.jpg[ /img ]	Inserts an image into a Post or personal message.
	[ url ]http://somesite/[ /url ]	Formats a URL in a Post or personal message.
	[ email ]someone@somesite[ /email ]	Formats an email address in a Post or personal message.
	[ ftp ]ftp://somesite[ /ftp ]	Formats an FTP address in a Post or personal message.
	[ sup ]text[ /sup ]	Formats enclosed text as a superscript.
	[ sub ]text[ /sub ]	Formats enclosed text as a subscript.
	[ tt ]text[ /tt ]	Formats enclosed text in teletype format.
	[ code ]code[ /code ]	Used to insert a selection of code into a Personal message or post.
	[ quote ]text[ /quote ]	Places enclosed text in a quote box.
	[ list ] [ li ]Item 1[ /li ] [ li ]Item 2[ /li ] [ /list ]	Inserts items in list format.
	[ table ][ /table ]	Inserts a table. It can’t be used alone, or it has no sense!
	[ tr ][ /tr ]	Inserts a row into a table. This BBCode can’t be used alone.
	[ td ][ /td ]	Inserts a column into a table. This BBCode can’t be used alone.

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