BBCodes on SoFurry

This article discusses the codes you can use to format your forum posts, IM's and the like. The table below lists the code type, a sample showing the code you would use on SoFurry and a sample output. See the annotations indicated at the bottom of this page for additional information.

Note: Currently BBCs are not working properly in IM's or shouts. The coding team is working on the problem.

Style	SoFurry Code	Displays*
None	Plain text.	Plain text.
Bold	[b]Bold[/b]	Bold
Italic	[i]Italic[/i]	Italic
Underline	[u]Underline[/u]	Underline
Strike	[s]Strike[/s]	Strike
Superscript	2[sup]2[/sup] = 4	22 = 4
Subscript	H[sub]2[/sub]O is water	H2O is water
Acronym	[Acronym="Stands For"]Acronym[/acronym]	Floating over the word Acronym will cause a tool tip reading "Stands For" to appear.1
Spoiler	[spoiler]The butler did it[/spoiler]	The text will appear as black blocks. To view the text the reader will have to highlight the text revealing the spoiler.1 & 2
Font Colors	[color=red]Red[/color] Text	RED Text3
Font	The [font="fantasy"]fantasy[/font] font.	The fantasy font.4
Font Size	Size [size=0]0[/size][size=1]1[/size][size=2]2[/size][size=3]3[/size][size=4]4[/size][size=5]5[/size][size=6]6[/size][size=7]7[/size]	See5
Horizontal Rule	[rule]
Line Brake	One[br]Two	One Two
Left Align	[left]Left Align[/left]	Left Align
Center Align	[center]Center Align[/center]	Center Align
Right Align	[right]Right Align[/right]	Right Align
Indent	[indent]Indent[/indent]	Indent
Lists	[list] [*] God [*] Toumal [*] Everyone else [/list]	See5 & 8
Link	Go [url="http://www.google.com"]google[/url] it!	Go google it!9
Email Link	Don't like IE? Email [email="phantomgraph@sofurry.com]me[/email]!	Don't like this article? Email me!9
Wiki Link	Take a look at the [wiki="FAQ" title="F.A.Q."]!	Take a look at the FAQ!2 - (use a link for now)
Quotes	[quote name="Phantomgraph" date="Wed, Feb 22, 2012" url="http://phantomgraph.sofurry.com/"]Break this page and I'll break your face.[/quote]	Name, Date and URL are optional.5 & 6
Code	[code]Use this [u]code[/u] to underline.[/code]	See5
Image	[img]http://i.imgur.com/IVRXe.jpg[/img]
Image with Thumbnail	[url="http://i.imgur.com/IVRXe.jpg"][img]http://i.imgur.com/vyU6j.png[/img][/url]	Error creating thumbnail: File missing See1,5 & 7
Youtube	[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk08nxbp_JQ[/youtube]	See 1 & 5

Notes:

^* The results are 'simulated' to look similar as they would on the SoFurry website.

¹ Wikipages do not have this capability without scripting.

² Functionality is not yet implemented on the SoFurry website.

³ HTML standard color names are supported. For a simple list of color names see the HTML color names entry on Wikipedia.

⁴ You should only use the generic font families as defined by the WC3.

⁵ What's displayed here is an image.

⁶ The header will appear as a link.

⁷ The first URL is the full sized image where the second is the smaller 'thumbnail' image.

⁸ You can specify the style of the bullets by using [list=type] circle - hollow circle bullet, square - square bullet, & 01 - Numbers

⁹ The links on the SoFurry website will not have the external link / email icon after them.