• To make a piece of text bold enclose it in [b][/b], eg.
  
  [b]Hello[/b]
  
  will become Hello
• For underlining use [u][/u], for example:
  
  [u]Good Morning[/u]
  
  becomes Good Morning
• To italicise text use [i][/i], eg.
  
  This is [i]Great![/i]
  
  would give This is Great!

• Changing the colour of text is achieved by wrapping it in [color=][/color]. You can specify either a recognised colour name (eg. red, blue, yellow, etc.) or the hexadecimal triplet alternative, eg. #FFFFFF, #000000. For example, to create red text you could use:
  
  [color=red]Hello![/color]
  
  or
  
  [color=#FF0000]Hello![/color]
  
  will both output Hello!
• Changing the text size is achieved in a similar way using [size=][/size]. This tag is dependent on the template you are using but the recommended format is a numerical value representing the text size in pixels, starting at 1 (so tiny you will not see it) through to 29 (very large). For example:
  
  [size=9]SMALL[/size]
  
  will generally be SMALL
  
  whereas:
  
  [size=24]HUGE![/size]
  
  will be HUGE!

• When you utilise the Quote function to reply to a post on the board you should notice that the post text is added to the message window enclosed in a [quote=""][/quote] block. This method allows you to quote with a reference to a person or whatever else you choose to put! For example to quote a piece of text Mr. Blobby wrote you would enter:
  
  [quote="Mr. Blobby"]The text Mr. Blobby wrote would go here[/quote]
  
  The resulting output will automatically add, Mr. Blobby wrote: before the actual text. Remember you must include the parenthesis "" around the name you are quoting, they are not optional.
• The second method allows you to blindly quote something. To utilise this enclose the text in [quote][/quote] tags. When you view the message it will simply show, Quote: before the text itself.

• Red
• Blue
• Yellow

1. Go to the shops
2. Buy a new computer
3. Swear at computer when it crashes

1. The first possible answer
2. The second possible answer
3. The third possible answer

• The first of these uses the [url=][/url] tag, whatever you type after the = sign will cause the contents of that tag to act as a URL. For example to link to phpBB.com you could use:
  
  [url=http://www.phpbb.com/]Visit phpBB![/url]
  
  This would generate the following link, Visit phpBB! You will notice the link opens in a new window so the user can continue browsing the forums if they wish.
• If you want the URL itself displayed as the link you can do this by simply using:
  
  [url]http://www.phpbb.com/[/url]
  
  This would generate the following link, http://www.phpbb.com/
• Additionally phpBB features something called Magic Links, this will turn any syntatically correct URL into a link without you needing to specify any tags or even the leading http://. For example typing www.phpbb.com into your message will automatically lead to www.phpbb.com being output when you view the message.
• The same thing applies equally to email addresses, you can either specify an address explicitly for example:
  
  [email]no.one@domain.adr[/email]
  
  which will output no.one@domain.adr or you can just type no.one@domain.adr into your message and it will be automatically converted when you view.

Use the font type buttons to wrap highlighted text, or to toggle between open/closed tags if no text is selected. Any previously declared CSS class that is valid for inline elements can be used. As a general rule anything to do with positioning or padding/margin (on the top/bottom) will not apply. Also note that the display and visibilty properties have been overidden and are not allowed. Multiple classes can be applied at one time, seperating with a space in the same syntax as used in html

[class="palatino uppercase"]Lorem ipsum dolor sit[/class]

Lorem ipsum dolor sit

Important: If selecting text to wrap in a custom class, first enter the class (or classes) in the text box (that defaults to the "uppercase" class) then highlight the desired text and click "CSS CLASS". If you select the desired text first, some browsers may overwrite the selected text.

Also see: Examples of using default classes

Most importantly, DO NOT use the embed code provided by YouTube. All that is required is the URL to the video, and both the standard and shorturl versions are supported

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brfDU6HyWs8
http://youtu.be/brfDU6HyWs8

Note that the YouTube video ID is always 11 characters, and make sure to exclude any additional info that appears in the URL after that (such as &related= etc).

To embed a video with default options, simply wrap the YouTube URL in [youtube][/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brfDU6HyWs8[/youtube]

Use the simple wizard to select from other size and positioning options, for example:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brfDU6HyWs8[/youtube]

[youtube="video"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brfDU6HyWs8[/youtube]
[youtube="video-small"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDxyJGMJ_P8[/youtube]
[youtube="video-medium"]http://youtu.be/LrJrTp8akOg[/youtube]
[youtube="video-large"]http://youtu.be/zY3vyTXAwg8[/youtube]

Multiple options not supported. Valid options are one of the following: video, video-small, video-medium, video-large, video-left, video-right, video-center, video-small-left, video-small-right, video-small-center, video-medium-left, video-medium-right, video-medium-center, video-large-left, video-large-right, video-large-center

Most importantly, DO NOT use the embed code provided by the Internet Archive. All that is required is the URL to the audio or video, and both the detail and/or embed URL's are supported

http://archive.org/details/MozartEineKleineNachtmusik
http://archive.org/embed/MozartEineKleineNachtmusik

Make sure to exclude any additional info that appears in the URL (such as &autoplay= etc).

Use the simple wizard to select the type of embed (audio or video) as well as size and positioning options, for example:

[archive="audio"]http://archive.org/details/MozartEineKleineNachtmusik[/archive]

[archive="video"]http://archive.org/details/night_of_the_living_dead[/archive]
[archive="video-large"]http://archive.org/details/the-last-man-on-earth[/archive]

Note that you must pass one of the valid options with the archive tag. The simple mode is not supported:

[archive]http://archive.org/details/yourvideo[/archive]

Multiple options not supported. Valid options are one of the following: video, audio, video-small, video-medium, video-large, video-left, video-right, video-center, audio-left, audio-right, audio-center, video-small-left, video-small-right, video-small-center, video-medium-left, video-medium-right, video-medium-center, video-large-left, video-large-right, video-large-center

Use the color swatch buttons to wrap highlighted text, or to toggle between open/closed color tags if no text is selected. To use custom colors, either choose a hex color code or use the javascript color picker

Use the simple wizard within the ABBC editor to help choose which type of code tags to deploy. After you have selected your options, hit the code button, which will either wrap highlighted text, or toggle between open/closed code (or pre) tags if no text is selected.

Generic code snippets can be inserted in the same method that has been used for years, by simply wrapping your code in [code] tags

[code]your generic code here[/code]

Language specific snippets can be inserted via the [pre=language] tags

[pre=php]your php code here[/pre]
[pre=css]your css code here[/pre]
[pre=html]your html code here[/pre]

16 languages are supported by default, although over 40 languages can be used if required by an individual site. Please refer to the drop-down menu on the posting page to determine which languages are actually supported. The basic 16 valid classes are: apache, bash, cpp, cs, css, diff, html, ini, java, javascript, perl, php, python, ruby, sql, xml

Declaring a language with code tags is NOT supported, and the opposite is true of pre tags as a language MUST be declared. Also, do NOT wrap the language in quotes.

[code=php][/code]
[pre][/pre]
[pre="php"][/pre]