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So, you're typing up an RP as just normal text, and as you're browsing the rest of what the site has to offer, you find that other RP's are using fancy buttons and pictures and images, and making you seem like a chump. But have no fear! BBCode is easy to use.
The first thing you should know is how a BBCode works.
Basically, a basic code has two parts, one at the beginning and end. For example, if I wanted to make it so that somebody would have to click on a button in order to read text, I would make a spoiler.
And how that works is the following, just typed right into the thread.
Notice the tags, SPOILER and /SPOILER. These are the beginning and end of the code. The first one tells the site the beginning of the code, SPOILER.
So, if I were to write the command, SPOILER, but didn't follow it up with an ending, it would not result in a spoiler.
If I put an unfinished spoiler,
Other commands are a bit more complex, and have arguments. For example, if I wanted to quote Abraham Lincoln, I would write
In original BBCode, this turns out to be
Notice how it says QUOTE=. After that = sign is our argument, Abraham Lincoln. This gives the code more information, so it says that Abraham Lincoln said that.
This, however is just the bare basics of BBCode, and there's hundreds and hundreds of commands for you to use and an entire world of design to tap into. If you're smarter and better at BBCode than me, plese make some tutorials for others to use, it really helps.
NOTE:
The first thing you should know is how a BBCode works.
Basically, a basic code has two parts, one at the beginning and end. For example, if I wanted to make it so that somebody would have to click on a button in order to read text, I would make a spoiler.
Hello, World!
And how that works is the following, just typed right into the thread.
Code:
[SPOILER] Hello, World! [/SPOILER]Notice the tags, SPOILER and /SPOILER. These are the beginning and end of the code. The first one tells the site the beginning of the code, SPOILER.
This is surrounded by brackets, as seen in the example above. Some sites use < and > symbols, and occasionally { and }.
So, if I were to write the command, SPOILER, but didn't follow it up with an ending, it would not result in a spoiler.
If I put an unfinished spoiler,
, it would carry over into the next spoiler and become a layered spoiler, which can be useful. For example,
Hello, World!
Other commands are a bit more complex, and have arguments. For example, if I wanted to quote Abraham Lincoln, I would write
Abraham Lincoln said:
In original BBCode, this turns out to be
Code:
[QUOTE=Abraham Lincoln]
"Don't trust everything you see on the internet."
[/QUOTE]Notice how it says QUOTE=. After that = sign is our argument, Abraham Lincoln. This gives the code more information, so it says that Abraham Lincoln said that.
This, however is just the bare basics of BBCode, and there's hundreds and hundreds of commands for you to use and an entire world of design to tap into. If you're smarter and better at BBCode than me, plese make some tutorials for others to use, it really helps.
NOTE:
For the commands, I used capital letters. This is a personal choice, and I don't think it's necessary on this site.
