How-To: Use the Forum's BBCode

[Hitmon133]

NOTE: I did not create this guide. This is the work of Mannycalavera16 from before the site was reset.

For Wiki-based codes, consult this.

Table of Contents:

Basic Text Formatting
Other Basic Tags
Anchors and Anchorpoints
Trophy Tags
Floatleft Tags
How to Get Large Trophy Images
Advanced Editor Mode
Tables

Basic Text Formatting:

NOTE: {} brackets denote that the text within is not part of the code itself and is input from the user

• Bold: [b]{text}[/b]
  Example: Bold
• Italics: [i]{text}[/i]
  Example: Italics
• Underline: [u]{text}[/u]
  Example: Underline
• Font: [FONT={name of font}]{text}[/font]
  Example: [FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]Font[/FONT]
• Size: [size={sizenumber}]{text}[/size] (Sizes range from 1 to 7, with 1 being the smallest and 7 being the largest)
  Example: size
• Color: [color=”{name of color}”]{text}[/color]
  Example: [color=”darkorange”]color[/color]
• Line-through: [strike]{text}[/strike]
  Example: Line-through
• Link: [url=”{name of url}”]{text}[/url]
  Example: PS3trophies.com
• Centered Text: [center]{text}[/center]
• Aligned Left Text: [left]{text}[/left]
• Aligned Right Text: [right]{text}[/right]

Other Basic BBCode Tags:

• Image: [img]{url of image}[/img]
• Video: [video]{url of video}[/video]
• HD Youtube Video: [youtubehd]{Video URL Tag Here}[/youtubehd]
• Ordered List:
  
  [LIST=1][*]{list item}[/LIST]
  (repeat the [*] tag for each item)
• Unordered List:
  [LIST][*]{list item}[/LIST]
  (repeat the [*] tag for each item)
• Increase Indent: [indent]{text}[/indent]
• Link to email: [email="{email address}"]{text}[/email]
• Heading Tags: [H={# between 1 and 6}]{text}[/H]
  
  

  Heading 6

  Heading 5

  Heading 4

  Heading 3

  Heading 2

  Heading 1

• Boxed Text: [box]{text}[/box]
  Example:

  BOX

• Spoilers: [spoiler]{text}[/spoiler]
  Example:

  Toggle Spoiler

  :blankstare:

• Division Line: [divide][/divide]
• Display BBCode/Emoticons as normal text: [noparse]{text}[/noparse]
  Example: :) :( :D
• Quoted Text:
  Example:
• Link to member profile: [profile]{member name, must be EXACT- #'s included}[/profile]
  Example: MannyCalavera

Anchors and Anchorpoints:

These are very helpful in trophy checklists and trophy guides. I even used them in this guide, as seen at the top of the page.

This is what you would include in your “table of contents”. This is the text that you'll click on that redirects you to a different section of the page. To avoid confusion I'll just insert my own text into the required fields, you obviously can choose any anchor ID you want.

[anchor=123]Click Here[/anchor]
Here is how it would be shown on an actual post:
Click Here

Try clicking the above text. If you are redirected to the forum index, click 'Back' on your browser and refresh. That's a common issue with this BBCode tag in relation to the VBulletin version this site uses. If it's working correctly the page should scroll down to the next section.

Now, the second part of this involves another tag. Place this where you want the [anchor={ID}] tag to redirect to:

[anchorpoint]123[/anchorpoint]

This text won't show up at all when it is viewed in a post. The ID of the anchor tag and the ID between the [anchorpoint][/anchorpoint] MUST be the same.

[/FONT]

[FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode] Trophy Tags[/FONT]:

[FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode]
These were added fairly recently to the site, and are very useful in trophy guides and trophy checklists

[trophies][platinum]{#}[/platinum] [gold]{#}[/gold] [silver]{#}[/silver] [bronze]{#}[/bronze][/trophies]

Here is an example of what it looks like:

0

2

10

20

Floatleft/Floatright Tags[/FONT]:

These can help make trophy guides and checklists look very "professional" and well-made. It allows you to keep an image or section of text aligned to the left, while enabling you to add text on the right of it.

[floatleft]{text, image, etc}[/floatleft]

I'll provide an example of this tag in use. This is from my trophy checklist:

Toggle Spoiler

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel[/FONT]
Platinum Obtained: 1/6/10[/FONT]

Game Rating: 8/10
Trophy Difficulty: 8/10
Estimated Time To Platinum: 100+ hours

LINK TO TROPHY GUIDE | LINK TO BOOSTING THREAD [/SIZE]

Definitely one of the most underrated PS3 games there is. If you've ever played a Diablo game you'll be right at home here. I had a ton of fun playing through this game five times.

As you can see, the image remains on the left, and I can still type alongside the right without moving the image down.

Furthermore, we now have a floatright tag. It is used in the same exact manner as the floatleft tag, using the following syntax of course:

[floatright{text, image, etc}[/floatright]

How to Get Large, High-Resolution Trophy Images

First thing you need to do is log onto us.playstation.com
From there, go to your trophy page.

Next, click on the game you want the image from. In this case I'll use Rock Band 2.

Then right click on the specific trophy image you want (for this example I'll use Flawless Fretwork) and choose 'Copy Image Location' (if you're using IE then you'll have to right-click, select 'Properties' and copy the URL from there).

That URL will be the location of the trophy image. However, that's not all. For some reason when you copy the URL it will put a bunch of unnecessary text at the beginning that will cause the image to not display. Delete the following text- http://us.playstation.com/playstation/PSNImageServlet?avtar=

From there you are left with 'http://trophy01.np.community.playstation.net/trophy/np/NPWR00440_00_5519F001313592BF9BFBFF93A157365CA7B64FD7/3E06D4AEDCEA34CEF7DF7D5904D1B55782A6E387.PNG', which will then display as an image (in the [IMG][/IMG] tags of course).

However, some games have Hidden platinums (as in they appear as 'Hidden Trophy' on the XMB trophy collection page), and for some reason us.playstation.com doesn't show them. Additionally, us.playstation simply does not display every single game in your collection, and I'm not sure exactly why. Either way, go to uk.playstation.com. This method requires a bit more work than on us.playstation. Once signed into that site, repeat the above process for the trophy image (go to 'My Trophies', select the game you want, and copy the image location of the desired trophy).

The only problem is that the default images there are very small- to fix this take the URL of that image and replace the beginning part of it with the following, leaving the numbers after it: http://trophy01.np.community.playstation.net/trophy/np/

Allow me to demonstrate. Let's say I want to use this image:

Notice how small it is? Now, I delete the beginning portion of the URL, and replace it with http://trophy01.np.community.playstation.net/trophy/np/, leaving me with the following: http://trophy01.np.community.playstation.net/trophy/np/NPWR01097_00_C70D1847741853527CCB9967B31CF8A2D8E30C58/8B2D6B3FB8C6A111DFEC4EDB79E9BEBE3122B622.PNG

This method also works for getting large images of 'game images'...I'm not sure if that's the best term used to describe them, but here's an example of what I mean:

[LEFT]As with the trophy images, you'll have to replace the beginning portion of the URL if you're using uk.playstation (assuming you want a large image)./LEFT]

Advanced Editor Mode:

[/FONT]

[FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode]

This is invaluable to guide writing. It allows you to see text formatting are you are writing, without having to click 'Preview Post'.

To enable this feature, click on 'Settings' at the top of the page, and then click on 'General Settings'.

From there, scroll down to Miscellaneous Options and click on "Enhanced Interface - Full WYSIWYG Editing".

But while this feature can make guide writing quicker, it does have some problems. For one, it puts in a lot of unnecessary tags; each section of writing will have its own font tag and so forth. If you want to switch back and forth between the standard editor and the "advanced" one, click the 'a/A' button to the upper-right when making a post.

Tables:

[/FONT][/CENTER]


[table]
[tr]
[th][/th]
[th][/th]
[th][/th]
[/tr]

[tr]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]

[tr]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[/table]


1. The basic format is like most BBCode with [table][/table] on either side of the information. However those by themselves are not enough to make a table. You can use both [th][/th] and [td][/td] within the same table if you feel like it.

2. [tr][/tr]: This simply creates a new row in the table. This is not enough to make a table. You are going to need some cells and columns to go with it.

3. [th]INFORMATION[/th]: This is the Table Header. Any information you put inside these two brackets will be automatically bolded and boxed. If you are looking to make a table resembling an excel spreadsheet I recommended you use these. A word of caution, the number of [th][/th] in each row of the table MUST be the same. Below is an example if this type of table.

Sample 1	Sample 2	Sample 3

4. [td]INFORMATION[/td]: Much like [th][/th] this creates a cell but will not automatically create a box around it or bold it. This is recommended if you simply want to list things without having to create a standard table. A word of caution, the number of [td][/td] in each row of the table MUST be the same. Below is an example if this particular type of table.

Sample 1

Sample 2

Sample 3

[DRAGON1NINJA]

I thought Manny was back but this will be lot of help, Thanks!

[ATRS_1992]

Thanks for reposting this! I was looking for it the other day

Also, thanks to MANNY!

[K.I.D.]

I have always wondered how to do this, I will be bookmarking this right now. Thanks for reposting, umm, McD? Can we just call you House here.

[gamelord-2007]

Thank god Manny's BBCode guide was saved. Now I can add the trophy tags to my checklist and finally have my trophy checklist up to date and looking like my old checklist again.

[paperkup]

Thank god Manny's BBCode guide was saved. Now I can add the trophy tags to my checklist and finally have my trophy checklist up to date and looking like my old checklist again.

You have LeeMcD to thank for bringing it back. I knew it would like to be used still.

[StewartBros]

This will prove very helpful in restoring my list - thanks!

[Kerwan_Ratchet]

Thanks Manny and Lee for making and saving this.

[platzreign]

Thanks dude for saving this. I've been wanting to redo my checklist, but I couldn't remember half the codes I used. And my simple but deleted the doc file I used to create it off my hard drive

[dchammer69]

Anyone know if the FLOATLEFT and FLOATRIGHT tags are fixed now?

[NeroRadec707]

This really needs be stickied in the trophy guide section somewhere. Just my opinion before gets lost in the threads . Thanks for keeping this safe Lee .

Awesome work to Supreme Chancellor Manny!!!

Long Live the Manny Alliance!

[Chambers35]

And you could always click on BB code at the bottom of the page.

[NeroRadec707]

And you could always click on BB code at the bottom of the page.

I really do always hate you Chambers. To be honest, never scrolled down to the very bottom and looked since site has been back up . Also, didn't know that did that there.

Disregard need for a sticky I guess, but this is still a very good explanation and work done for all the major ones . Thanks Chambers .

[solowing]

thanks a lot

[Balanna]

this is an amazing guide +rep

[tite9496]

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[tite9496]

[IMG][/IMG]

[PerfectRun]

Cheers for all the info, im trying to do the float left thing with my pics

I managed to get it working earlier but couldnt write next to it for some reason! Any Ideas what im doing wrong

LOL TypicaL...Its worked here but not on my TC list!


Sorted..not to worry, still learning here