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carkitter
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Posted: 2005-09-21 16:11
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I'd just like to say how much I like BBcode. Now that I've got my head around it, I'm finding it addictive.

Some Questions though, ( and yes I am relatively new to the internet):

  • Is BBcode unique to Esato?
  • Does BBcode work in Win XP, such as Outlook - when composing emails?
  • What other types of BBcode exist/are popular?


This adds sooooooo much style to one's posts! Top stuff Esato!

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Glenny
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Posted: 2005-09-21 16:12
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what is bbcode? this bold and itallic stuff? and no i dont think its just for esato
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Posted: 2005-09-21 16:13
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no, its not unique to Esato. I think you get this with the php kit (which is what runs this and many other forums).

btw, I'm no expert but I guess the BB in BBcode standard for buletin board

I expect someone else can elaborate further
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Posted: 2005-09-21 16:23
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I ask because I once tried to add a hyperlink in an email by typing BBcode as per Esato and it didnt work, but I have seen similar stuff elsewhere on the net.

I've found Esato BBcode easy to learn and I'm certainly no programmer... would I need to learn a whole new BBcode language to do the same thing in another forum?

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Posted: 2005-09-21 18:14
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BBCode works on phpBB based forums.
phpBB implementation has parsers so when it finds a BBcode tag it formats the text according to that tag using plain HTML.

Outlook doens't have a parser like that, so its just plain text to it... [addsig]
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Posted: 2005-10-03 12:09
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Hey everyone, post in your favourite colour!

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Posted: 2005-10-03 12:22
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How do i Do That??

Colors??
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carkitter
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Posted: 2005-10-03 12:28
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Pretty flash graphics in yor sig. Checking them out now...

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Posted: 2005-10-03 12:37
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@carkitter, according to laffen, images in signatures other than the smilies on esato are not allowed.(i think)

I hotlinked that image from a smiley site and it won't appear when i post normally....only when i edit my posts will it appear!!
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Posted: 2005-10-03 13:13
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It's the same when I post in colour; nothing first time up, only on edit.
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Posted: 2005-10-03 13:24
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Lol, just post a line at the bottom of your post hotlinked to an image, simple copy and paste. Fake sig.

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Posted: 2005-10-03 14:02
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I run a forum, and i use this bunch for hosting it:

http://www.forumer.com/

Theres plenty of info on their site about how it works, hope this helps you out a bit.
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Posted: 2005-10-03 14:27
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Ok, here's the deal, you want technical info, i'll give it to you. Bbcode is a string that the php function preg_replace tries to match in the text. When it finds a valid instance, the instance is replaced with a pre defined html string, anything from font tags to tables. Using the preg replace is good because you can set it to replace only if there is a certain type of text in the bbcode tags, and a valid ending tag. An alternative is str_replace, which works the same, but it can't check for valid text.

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Posted: 2005-10-03 14:34
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not sure what colour i like the most [addsig]
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Posted: 2005-10-03 14:35
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"bold" isnt a colour
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