Guide To Writing Code

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Guide to Writing Code

 

After several questions from users I have created this guide in order to provide assistance to others who might be having similar difficulties.

 

1. Unsure what code to write to create a quotation text box?

 

Just bracket the following text to the beginning and end of the "text that you want to quote", shown below:

 

[quote]Text that you want to quote[/quote]

 

When clicking on the 'Add Reply' command button the quotation text box will appear:

 

Text that you want to quote

 

To attribute a quotation see the example below:

 

[QUOTE=TransporterMalfunction,Oct 5 2003, 10:00 PM]Text that you want to quote[/QUOTE]

 

This will create the following:

 

Text that you want to quote

 

2. How to add a spoiler:

 

Example:

 

[spoiler]Text that you want to hide[/spoiler]

 

Result:

 

Click for Spoiler:

Text that you want to hide

 

 

3. How to align text:

 

Example:

 

[ALIGN=Center]Text that you want to align[/ALIGN]

 

Result:

 

Text that you want to align

 

The word 'centre' can also be substituted with 'left' or 'right'.

 

4. How to create a text link:

 

To add a link you can aways include the web address of a site as follows: http://www.startrekfans.net

 

However you can also hide a link within the plain body of your text, this can be done using the following code:

 

For more information go to the [URL=http://www.startrekfans.net]Startrekfans.net[/URL] forum.

 

Result:

 

For more information go to the Startrekfans.net forum.

 

5. How to add an image to your post:

 

Example:

 

[img=http://www.startrekfans.net/style_images/STARTREK-801/nav.gif]

 

Result:

 

 

If there are any further questions or you have anymore to add then please feel free to respond to this thread.

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6. To make text glow:

 

Use the glow tag like [ glow=color ]

 

[glow=red]Glowing text[/glow]

 

Glowing text

 

Hope that helps!!!

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7. How to create bold text

 

To make your text appear in bold bracket the relevant text at the beginning and end of the "text you want to bold", as shown below:

 

[B]Text you want to bold[/B]

 

This will create the following, when clicking on the 'Add Reply' command button:

 

Text you want to bold

 

 

8. How to create italic text

 

To make your text appear in italics bracket the relevant text at the beginning and end of the "text you want to appear in italics", as shown below:

 

[I]Text you want to appear in italics[/I]

 

This will create the following, when clicking on the 'Add Reply' command button:

 

Text you want to appear in italics

 

 

9. How to underline text

 

To underline text bracket the relevant text at the beginning and end of the "text you want to underline", as shown below:

 

[U]Text you want to underline[/U]

 

This will create the following, when clicking on the 'Add Reply' command button:

 

Text you want to underline

 

 

 

10. How to change font

 

To change the text font bracket the relevant text at the beginning and end of the "text you would like to change font", shown below:

 

[FONT=Arial]Text that you want to change font[/FONT]

 

This will create the following, when clicking on the 'Add Reply' command button:

 

Text that you want to change font

 

Note, You can select the following fonts: Arial, Times, Courier, Impact, Geneva, Optima and Comic Sans MS.

 

 

11. How to change text size

 

To change the text size bracket the relevant text at the beginning and end of the "text you would like to change size", shown below:

 

[SIZE=5]Text you would like to change size[/SIZE]

 

This will create the following, when clicking on the 'Add Reply' command button:

 

Text you would like to change size

 

You can edit the numerical figure (i.e. ??[/color]]) to define size. You must apply some common sense when selecting a figure as excessively large text will be edited by the moderating team.

 

 

12. How to make text move/scroll across the post

 

Just bracket the following text to the beginning and end of the "text that you want to move", shown below:

 

[move]Text that you want to move[/move]

 

This will create the following, when clicking on the 'Add Reply' command button:

 

Text that you want to move

 

 

13. How to create text shadowing

 

To create text shadowing bracket the relevant text at the beginning and end of the "text you want to shadow", shown below:

 

[SHADOW=BLUE]Text you want to shadow[/SHADOW]

 

This will create the following, when clicking on the 'Add Reply' command button:

 

Text you want to shadow

 

Note, You can select the following colours: Blue, Red, Purple, Orange, Yellow, Grey and Green.

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10. How to change font

 

To change the text font bracket the relevant text at the beginning and end of the "text you would like to change font", shown below:

 

[FONT=Arial]Text that you want to change font[/FONT]

 

This will create the following, when clicking on the 'Add Reply' command button:

 

Text that you want to change font

 

Note, You can select the following fonts: Arial, Times, Courier, Impact, Geneva, Optima and Comic Sans MS.

 

 

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Also If you know any other fonts you can use those as well as the ones int he drop down menu :P Works the same with colors too and on shadowing & outline colors :P

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Here's a couple fun ones that you don't see often... fliph and flipv.

 

[fliph]Text you want to flip horizontally[/fliph]

 

Result:

 

Horizontal! Whee!

 

[flipv]Text you want to flip vertically[/flipv]

 

Result:

 

Vertical! Whee!

 

Hope you all enjoy these!

 

P.S. Those codes works with smilies as well!