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The following are the most common BBCode tags available to most modern message boards, however, it should be noted that the effect may not be identical on all sites using BBCode.

Bold / Italic / Underline	The [b], [i] and [u] tags allow you to create text that is bold, italic and underlined.
Usage	[b]value[/b] [i]value[/i] [u]value[/u]
Example Usage	[b]this text is bold[/b] [i]this text is italic[/i] [u]this text is underlined[/u]
Example Output	this text is bold this text is italic this text is underlined

Color	The [color] tag allows you to change the color of your text.
Usage	[color=Option]value[/color]
Example Usage	[color=blue]this text is blue[/color]
Example Output	this text is blue

Size	The [size] tag allows you to change the size of your text.
Usage	[size=Option]value[/size]
Example Usage	[size=+2]this text is two sizes larger than normal[/size]
Example Output	this text is two sizes larger than normal

Font	The [font] tag allows you to change the font of your text.
Usage	[font=Option]value[/font]
Example Usage	[font=courier]this text is in the courier font[/font]
Example Output	this text is in the courier font

Left / Right / Center	The [left], [right] and [center] tags allow you to change the alignment of your text.
Usage	[left]value[/left] [center]value[/center] [right]value[/right]
Example Usage	[left]this text is left-aligned[/left] [center]this text is center-aligned[/center] [right]this text is right-aligned[/right]
Example Output	this text is left-aligned this text is center-aligned this text is right-aligned

Email Linking	The [email] tag allows you to link to an email address. You can include an optional parameter to 'name' your link.
Usage	[email]value[/email] [email=Option]value[/email]
Example Usage	[email]myname@domain.com[/email] [email=myname@domain.com]Click Here to Email Me[/email]
Example Output	myname@domain.com Click Here to Email Me

URL Hyperlinking	The [url] tag allows you to link to other websites and files. You can include an optional parameter to 'name' your link.
Usage	[url]value[/url] [url=Option]value[/url]
Example Usage	[url]http://www.linksonforums.com[/url] [url=http://www.linksonforums.com]Links On Forums[/url]
Example Output	http://www.linksonforums.com Links On Forums

Images	The [img] tag allows you to embed images within your posts. You can also combine this tag with the [url] tag to make images become links.
Usage	[img]value[/img]
Example Usage	[img]http://toolbar.google.com/intl/de/menu.gif[/img] [url=http://www.google.com] [img]http://toolbar.google.com/intl/de/menu.gif[/img] [/url]
Example Output

Code	The [code] tag switches to a fixed-width (monospace) font and preseves all spacing.
Usage	[code]value[/code] [code=Language]value[/code]
Example Usage	[code=javascript] <script type="text/javascript"> <!--     alert("Hello world!"); //--> </script> [/code]
Example Output	javascript Code: <script type="text/javascript"> <!--    alert("Hello world!"); //--> </script>

Quote	The [quote] tag allows you to attribute text to someone else.
Usage	[quote]Quote[/quote] [quote=User Name]value[/quote]
Example Usage	[quote]vBulletin[/quote] [quote=John Smith]vBulletin[/quote]
Example Output	Quote: vBulletin Quote: Originally Posted by John Smith vBulletin

Stop vB Code Parsing	The [noparse] tag allows you to stop the parsing of vB Code.
Usage	[noparse][b]value[/b][/noparse]
Example Usage	[noparse][b]vBulletin[/b][/noparse]
Example Output	[b]vBulletin[/b]