The 9/11 Forum

This thread lists custom BBCodes which are available to be used on the forum. As codes are released, they'll be added here. Standard codes provided by the forum are not listed in this thread. Full documentation of codes is provided in this thread's parent forum. (TBD)


The complete current list (updated Apr 4 2011):

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Acronym: [acronym=Title]AcronymText[/acronym]
Background Color: [bgcolor=Color]Text[/bgcolor]
Break (line): [br][/br]
Font Family: [font=Family]Text[/font]
Horizontal Rule: [hr][/hr]
Image (autosize): [imga]url[/imga]
Normal Text Style: [n]Text[/n]
Overline: [overline]Text[/overline]
PDF Document (inline): [pdf]Url[/pdf]
Space (non-breaking): [sp][/sp]
Under Construction Banner: [uc][/uc]
Under Construction (posting OK): [uc_ok]Text[/uc_ok]
Strikethrough: [s]Text[/s]


Interfaces for codes appearing this thread are very unlikely to be changed. Some underlying implementations are subject to change, but this should not affect any existing usage.

BBCodes with explanation of parameters follows. Note that codes are not posted alphabetically, rather in order of incorporation.

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acronym=

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Acronym


Usage

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[acronym=Title]AcronymText[/acronym]

Parameters
Title              words composing acronym
AcronymText        actual acronym letters


Description
Places AcronymText inline in bold w/color. Mouse hover changes cursor to 'help' cursor and displays Title text in tooltip window.



Example:

CC

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bgcolor=

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Background Color


Usage

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[bgcolor=Color]Text[/bgcolor]

Parameters
Color              valid HTML color specification
Text               post text to which background color applies


Description
Changes background color of enclosed Text to Color. Text may include BBCodes. Color may be expressed in hex (#000000 thru #FFFFFF) or HTML color names (e.g. Blue, DarkGreen, Fuschia, etc).



Examples:

Text with a yellow background.

AWWB

Table

data

with

colored

backgrounds

 

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br

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Line Break


Usage

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[br][/br]

Parameters
(none)


Description
Places line break into text stream. Equivalent to HTML <br>. Useful for ensuring desired breaks within tags are not stripped by forum editor.



Example:

This sentence is wrapped
by break tag, not by carriage return.

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font=

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Font Family


Usage

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[font=Family]Text[/font]

Parameters
Family             font family name(e.g., Arial)
Text               enclosed text


Description
Changes Text font to Family.



Example:

This is Courier font.

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hr

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Horizontal Rule


Usage

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[hr][/hr]

Parameters
(none)


Description
Places horizontal rule (line) into text stream. Equivalent to HTML <hr>.



Example:

This sentence is divided

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by a horizontal rule tag. It can also be seen at the top of each post in this thread except the first.

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imga

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Autosize Image


Usage

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[imga]url[/imga]

Parameters
url                url of image


Description
Inlines image at url into post, fitting it to horizontal width of post (or containing object).



Example:

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n

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Normal Text Style


Usage

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[n]Text[/n]

Parameters
Text               enclosed text to set to normal style


Description
Changes enclosed Text to normal style, eliminating style attributes applied while in effect. Equivalent to HTML <n>.



Example:

This sentence is mostly italic except for this part which is made normal by the n tag.

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overline

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Overline


Usage

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[overline]Text[/overline]

Parameters
Text               enclosed text to be overlined


Description
Adds overline to enclosed Text. Equivalent to HTML <overline>.



Example:

The last word of this sentence has an overline.

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pdf

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Embed PDF document


Usage

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[pdf]url[/pdf]

Parameters
url                url of PDF document


Description
Inlines PDF document at url into post, fitting it wthin horizontal width of post and setting height to standard page aspect. User can activate viewer and browse document inside post.


Remarks
This uses the PDF viewer to embed a PDF into a post. The document is set to fixed dimensions 575x805 (width x height). This is intended to accommodate a standard document aspect ratio with toolbars, occupying (near) maximum post width, but is only an estimate. Document settings, page size and user preferences all influence how the viewer displays the document within this fixed size.

Inlined PDFs can make page loading slow for the viewer. Please do not inline excessively large files without good cause.* PDFs attached to posts cannot be inlined at this time.

A user must have a browser capable of displaying inline PDFs, and must have Adobe Reader plug-in installed. Not all browsers will display, but a link is automatically provided by which the PDF can be downloaded and should be visible in all browsers.

* Soon a separate BBCode will be supplied to show/hide the PDF with a button, only loading if the viewer clicks show.

Example:

http://www.pdf-archive.com/2011/03/22/einsteen-wtc7-paper/einsteen-wtc7-paper.pdf

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sp

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Space


Usage

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[sp][/sp]

Parameters
(none)


Description
Places non-breaking space into text stream. Equivalent to HTML &nbsp;. Useful for alignment and ensuring desired spaces are not stripped by forum editor.



Example:

This sentence is has no indent, despite typing actual spaces in the editor.
   This sentence is indented three spaces by inserting sp tag three times in front of it.

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uc

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Under Construction (banner)


Usage

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[uc][/uc]

Parameters
(none)


Description
Used to indicate a thread is under construction. Embeds forum image. Mouseover produces tooltip with text indicating thread is under construction. Clicking image opens window with thread construction policy statement.



Example:

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uc_ok

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Under Construction (posting OK)


Usage

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[uc_ok]Text[/uc_ok]

Parameters
Text               optional message to include in box


Description
Used to indicate a thread is under construction but posting by others is allowed, possibly with some restrictions. Embeds forum image. Mouseover produces tooltip with text indicating thread is under construction. Clicking image opens window with thread construction policy statement.

Optional text argument allows poster to specify conditions under which others can post in the thread while it's in work.



Example:

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s

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Strikethrough


Usage

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[s]Text[/s]

Parameters
Text               enclosed text to strike through


Description
Applies strikethrough to enclosed Text. Equivalent to HTML <strike>.



Example:

This is what I originally wrote but I decided later to strike it out and say this instead.

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imgid

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Autosize Image (forum attachment)


Usage

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[imgid]id[/imgid]

Parameters
id                forum download ID number of image


Description
References download ID of an image attached to a forum post instead of using a URL. Inlines image at url into post, fitting it to horizontal width of post (or containing object).

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Additional documentation of IMGID code TBD

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Example: