On several forums I've visited I see some people struggle to understand how to insert such things as hyperlinks to other sites.

Unfortunately it is often very hard on a forum itself to actually show the code to use on a forum - as soon as you type the correct code, what you are trying to show becomes reality and the other person can't see how you achieved this.  I've compiled this page in html so you can see what BB code you need to use.

Please note that not all forums allow all of these codes and there may be some slight variations across different forum software. All of the code below should work on SMF forums.

Example Code		Result
Insert Links
	[url=http://www.kitz.co.uk]Site Name[/url]	Site Name Opens in new window
	[iurl=http://www.kitz.co.uk]Site Name[/iurl]	Site Name Opens in same browser window
	[anchor=GINP]What is G.INP?[/anchor]	Creates an anchor point in a post which can later be directly linked to eg What is G.INP?
Insert an image
	[img]http://www.kitz.co.uk/sampleimage.gif[img]
	Note: Some forums may use [image] tag rather than [img] The enclosed url must link to an image that is already hosted on the Internet. See here for more information about how to upload one of your own images to the Internet
Text Formatting
	[b] Bold Text[/b]	Bold Text
	[i] Itallic Text [/i]	Itallic Text
	[u] Underlined text [/u]	Underlined Text
	[s] Striked Text [/s]	Striked Text
Text Colour
	[color=red] Red text [/color]	Red text
	[glow=yellow,10] Highlight some text [/glow]	Highlight  some  text
	Note:  various colours may be used such as red, green, yellow, fushia, etc.  The second parameter in [glow] dictates the size of the surrounding highlight.
Text Size
	[size=8pt] Small text at 8pt [/size]	Small text at 8pt
	[size=large] Larger text [/size]	Larger Text
	Note: size can either be passed using standardised pt sizes or you can use the options: x-small, small, large, x-large
Text Alignment
	[left] text [/left]	text
	[center] text [/center]	text
	[right] text [/right]	text
	[pre] pre  formatted       text [/pre]	pre formatted text
	Note: Pre-formatted text uses fixed width characters and should retain any white space
Quote
	[quote]This is a quote[/quote]
	[quote="kitz"]kitz said blah blah blah[/quote]
/me	/me is happy	*kitz is happy
Bullet Points & Lists
•	[*]Bullet Point	Bullet Point
	[list] [li]Item 1[/li] [li]Item 2[/li] [/list]	Item 1 Item 2
	[list type=decimal] [li]Item 1[/li] [li]Item 2[/li] [/list]	Item 1 Item 2
Code
	[code]Preformatted Code with correct spacing abcde        123       £10.99 blah          4567      £11.99 more blah   890000   £ 8.50 [/code]	Is similar to [pre] but text is wrapped in a code box
	[php]<?php echo "Hello world!"; ?>[/php]	<?php echo "Hello world!"; ?>
	[nobbc][b] BB Code [/b][/nobbc]	[b] BB Code [/b]     (Doesn't parse BBcode)
	[acronym=Signal to Noise Ratio]SNR[/acronym]	SNR ?      (Hovering will show the acronym)

Last updated Apr 2016