Tips for fancy bbcode toolbar - a reference and some examples

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Tips for fancy bbcode toolbar - a reference and some examples

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Another extension that the board supports is a fancy toolbar that looks like this

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I never understood what bbcodes are besides the one for embebbing a url or img in a post. The toolbar is so you don't have to remember that actual bbcode. If you click on the images in the toolbar then it will generate the correct bbcode.

It is probably helpful to know a bit about them. I found this page explains what some of the bbcodes do.

If you don't understand what they are then read the above link and you should be able to make fancy posts. If you make it to the end of the bbcode page it even includes an entertaining embedded video of woman singing and crying about cats :lol:

Here are some examples of bbcodes on the toolbar.

Image In the first row the B turns the text bold.

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[b]In the first row the B turns the text bold. [/b]
Image The I italicizes the text

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[i]The I italicizes the text[/i]
Image The U underlines the text

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[u]The U underlines the text[/u]
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The double quote creates a quote box

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[quote]The double quote creates a quote box[/quote]
Image the next symbol is used for code so it does not indent or format the code within the code tags

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.e9EfHf {
    font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif;
    clear: both;
    min-width: 833px;
    margin-left: 0;
    padding-top: 20px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    position: relative;
    min-height: 100vh;
}


The next 3 symbols are used to create bulleted lists

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  • bullet 1
  • bullet 2

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[list]
[*]bullet 1
[*]bullet 2
[/list]
I am going to add more example of lists soon


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img is used to embed an image
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[img]https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/download/188361?mode=view&thumb=1[/img]
Image The next one is the classic one for a link - url
Link to orca

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[url=https://orcaforum.kofo.mpg.de/app.php/help/bbcode]Link to orca[/url]
I am skipping the flash that is for a flash video. That is the lightning bolt.

Image. the next one is to embed a video. when you first click on it, a popup appears .


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If you click on the dropdown where the 'Youtube' is then it gives you a list of sites that support video.

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BTW - if you copy a video link directly into a post then it will do that same thing as this bbcode so you don't need to use this one

Image Copy text

Image Paste text

the last one on that line removes bbcodes

If you move across the lower row on the toolbar from left to right here is what clicking on the fancy images will do

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Highlight the text. By default, highlights are yellow; you can change the color.

highlight this sentence.

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[highlight=yellow]highlight this sentence.[/highlight]
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preformatted does this 

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[pre]preformatted does this [/pre]
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strikethrough does this

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[s]strikethrough does this[/s]


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NormalTextthis text is inside superscript tag

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NormalText[sup]this text is inside superscript tag[/sup]

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NormalTextThis text is inside the subscript tag

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NormalText[sub]This text is inside the subscript tag[/sub
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glow does this

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[glow=red]glow does this[/glow] 
Image blur blue does this

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[blur=blue]blur blue does this[/blur]

Image fade does this

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[fade]fade does this[/fade]
Image shadow blue does this

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[shadow=blue]shadow blue does this[/shadow]
Image dropshadow does this - turns the text blue

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[dropshadow=blue]dropshadow does this - turns the text blue[/dropshadow]
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align center does this
align left does this
align right does this

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[align=center]align center does this[/align]
[align=left]align left does this[/align]
[align=right]align right does this[/align]

Image dir - reverses all the characters in between the tags
text direction does this - reverses all the characters in between the tags

Image marquee left will cause the text to move across the page :lol:

:lol: marquee right will cause the text to move across the page towards the right :lol:

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[marq=left]marquee left will cause the text to move across the page :lol:[/marq]

[marq=right]:lol: marquee right will cause the text to move across the page towards the right :lol:[/marq]
Image The spoil tag hides the 'spoil - eye with the slash does this' text. If you click on 'Show Spoiler' then you can see the spoiler

► Show Spoiler

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[spoil]spoil - the eye with the slash does this[/spoil]
Image The hidden tag only allows board members to see the text.

Hidden Content
This board requires you to be registered and logged-in to view hidden content.

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[hidden]hidden - the lock - hides the text from guests[/hidden]

Guests will see a message will the following message. If the login then they can see the 'hidden' text


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Off Topic
offtopic does this

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[offtopic]offtopic does this[/offtopic]

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the red triangle with the exclamation mark does this
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I guess that one is intended for moderators who edit/censure posts :lol:

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nfo art does this
Imageif the page is making a noise and it sounds like a tiger that is coming from the red cloud aka soundcloud. it is used for playing soundcloud audio url. The soonerscoop and some other Oklahoma football sites use soundcloud . If you find good podcasts on soundcloud then you can use the 'red cloud'.




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[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/soonerscoop/u40-alamo-bowl-preview-bob-stoops-was-the-hero-we-needed]
Image the embedded video can be used to embedded video. it pops up something like below that you can use to embed a youtube video

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Image the last item documents how you can create fancy tables . here is example that is provided if you click on chart of the far right

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here is an example of a table that I created . You use pipes (vertical bar) to seperate the columns

SeasonAVGGPGSABRH2B3BHRRBISLGBBHBPSOOBPSBSBAFLD%
2019.2636363137353681827.511171023.38068.953
2020.370242473222770523.671936.44845.950
2021.392606016662651201452.71727914.49588.963
TOTAL.34014714737611912827127102.633532243.4441821.956

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Season |AVG |GP |GS |AB |R |H |2B |3B |HR |RBI |SLG |BB |HBP |SO |OBP |SB |SBA |FLD%
----- |--- |-- |-- |-- |--|--|-- |-- |-- |----|----|-- |----|-- |----|-- |----|----
2019 |.263 |63 |63 |137 |35 |36 |8 |1 |8 |27 |.511 |17 |10 |23 |.380 |6 |8 |.953
2020 |.370 |24 |24 |73 |22 |27 |7 |0 |5 |23 |.671 |9 |3 |6 |.448 |4 |5 |.950    
2021 |.392 |60 |60 |166 |62 |65 |12 |0 |14 |52 |.717 |27 |9 |14 |.495 |8 |8 |.963
TOTAL |.340 |147 |147 |376 |119 |128 |27 |1 |27 |102 |.633 |53 |22 |43 |.444 |18 |21 |.956
::rice2:: :dude:
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