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How to Use HTML and BBC - Basics
Topic Started: Jan 20 2010, 01:11 PM (144 Views)
C-lon
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HTML and BBC are code "languages" for websites. They tell each part of a website what it needs to do. For example, putting <center></center> tags–as they're called–tells that whatever is between the two tags needs to be centered on the page. This has the same effect as center-aligning text in Microsoft Word. All HTML have these < > arrow keys and BBC have [ ] brackets around whatever the code is. Anything completely outside of it is seen as normal text, while the code is invisible, but creates a different effect. Personally, I like BBC better because it seems to make more sense and uses more understandable code. Below I will list some common HTML types, along with their BBC that has the same effect. I will list examples of the steps you take while you read the explanation.

<a href=""></a>
[url=][/url]
This is for hyperlinking things. In other words, you can make text take you to a different website by clicking on that text. The "a href" makes no sense to me, but "url" does. These two things are referring to a website address. For example, the url of this website is http://s1.zetaboards.com/Shamshir/index/. When using HTML and BBC, you will always use the equals = sign after the code. HTML also needs quotations "" for where the text goes, but BBC does not. Between the quotations is where you would put http://s1.zetaboards.com/Shamshir/index/.
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Step 1:
<a href="http://s1.zetaboards.com/Shamshir/index/">
[url=http://s1.zetaboards.com/Shamshir/index/]

Now you have linked your object text. Next, put text after the first tag.
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Step 2:
<a href="http://s1.zetaboards.com/Shamshir/index/">Check out this link!
[url=http://s1.zetaboards.com/Shamshir/index/]Check out this link!

Once you're finished entering your text, you always add a finishing tag. This encloses everything between the the two tags. In this case, the "Check out this link!" You ALWAYS add a forward slash / after the < or [ key. This tells the site that "Hey, this is where my text link stops!"
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Step 3:
<a href="http://s1.zetaboards.com/Shamshir/index/">Check out this link!</a>
[url=http://s1.zetaboards.com/Shamshir/index/]Check out this link![/url]

You are done! When you submit this to a website that allows HTML or BBC, you will see this.

Check out this link!

This works for images as well, but combines two varieties of BBC/HTML. It can get REALLY confusing qhwn you start putting tags within tags.

Be sure and remember that there is a BBC code list at the top of a post every time you go to create one. It may open in a new window or tab. It shows you what to type, then shows you the effect. If you would like to look at it now, click here. <-- (See? I just used BBC! Once you learn to use it, it will become very useful.)
Edited by C-lon, Jan 20 2010, 01:12 PM.
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Tell me if you would like other examples explained as well.
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