SMF features a wide array of bbcode tags for your formatting pleasure.

Below is a list of all the tags supported by SMF:

• [b]Bold[/b] - **Bold**
  
  
• [i]Italic[/i] - //Italic//
  
  
• [u]Underline[/u] - __Underline__
  
  
• [s]Strikethrough[/s] - <del>Strike-through</del>
  
  
• [glow=green,2,300]Glow[/glow] - Applies the [[http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/filter/reference/filters/glow.asp|Glow Filter]] to the specified text in Internet Explorer. In other browsers, it shows the text with the specified background color.
  
  
• [move]Text[/move] - Makes the specified text scroll across the screen (uses HTML marquee tag)
  
  
• [pre]Text more text[/pre] (preformatted text) - <file>Text more text</file>
  
  
• [left]Text[/left] - Left-aligns the specified text. Default formatting except when using a right-to-left language (such as Arabic)
  
  
• [center]Text[/center] - Center-aligns the specified text
  
  
• [right]Text[/right] - Right-aligns the specified text (default formatting for right-to-left languages such as Arabic)
  
  
• [hr] - inserts a horizontal rule (like this one only wider) ---
  
  
• [size=size]Text[/size] displays the text with the specified font size (size must be followed by "px" (pixels) or "pt" (point))
  
  
• [font=name]Text[/font] - displays the specified text using the specified font
  
  
• [color=...]Text[/color] - displays the text in the specified color (can be a name or a hexadecimal color code)
  
  
• [flash]url_to_movie.swf[/flash] - displays a URL to the flash movie or embeds the movie depending on forum settings (by default, the option to embed flash is disabled)
  
  
• [img]image.gif[/img] - inserts an image
  
  
• [url]http://www.simplemachines.org[/url] - [[http://www.simplemachines.org|http://www.simplemachines.org]]
  [url=http://www.simplemachines.org]SMF Website[/url] - [[http://www.simplemachines.org|SMF Website]]
  
  
• [email]me@me.com[/email] - inserts a mailto: link with the specified email address
  
  
• [email=me@me.com]Mail me![/email] - inserts a named mailto: link using the specified email address
  
  
• [ftp]ftp://somecoolsite.com[/ftp] - inserts an FTP link (link can be ftp://, ftp:user:password@server.com or just ftp.server.com)
  
  
• [ftp=ftp://somecoolsite.com]FTP[/ftp] - inserts a named FTP link
  
  
• [table][/table] - inserts a table (must contain one or more tr tags)
  
  
• [tr][/tr] - inserts a table row (has to be used with table and must contain at least one [td]...[/td] tag)
  
  
• [td][/td] - inserts a table cell (must be nested - [table][tr][td]text[/td][td]more text[/td][/tr][/table])
  
  
• [sup]Text[/sup] - ^Superscript
  
  
• [sub]Text[/sub] - _Subscript
  
  
• [tt]Text[/tt] (monospaced text) - ''Text''
  
  
• [code]...[/code] - displays the specified text in a code box (preformatted, no bbcode gets parsed, syntax-highlighted for PHP)
  
  
• [quote]Quote[/quote] - quotes the specified text
  
  
• [quote=xxx]Quote[/quote] - displays a quote box with "Quote From: xxx" as the header
  
  
• [list][li]Text[/li][/list] - Inserts a list (in 1.0.x, equivalent to <ul>...</ul> [unordered list]; in 1.1, equivalent to <list><li>...</li></list> with optional "type" parameter)

SMF also has several unlisted bbcode tags (there is no button for these, but they will work):

• [iurl]http://www.simplemachines.org[/iurl] - internal link (equivalent to URL except it opens in the same window)
  
  
• [iurl=http://www.simplemachines.org]SMF Website[/iurl] - named internal link
  
  
• [*]Text - Bulleted item (single-line only; filled-in circular bullet)
  
  
• [#]Text or [x]Text - Bulleted item (single-line only; square bullet)
  
  
• [o]Text or [0]Text - Bulleted item (single-line only; open circular bullet)
  
  
• [abbr=Abbr]Abbreviation[/abbr] - Abbreviation (equivalent to abbr HTML tag)
  
  
• [acronym=WYSIWYG]What You See Is What You Get[/acronym] - Acronym (equivalent to acronym HTML tag)

SMF 1.1 also has several additional “hidden” tags:

• [anchor=x]Text[/anchor] - creates a named anchor (equivalent to <a name="x">Text</a>)
  
  
• [iurl=#x]Link[/iurl] - displays a link to the specified anchor (must be within the same topic)
  
  
• [html]<b>Look ma, HTML!</b>[/html] - inserts HTML into the post (administrators only)

This page belongs to the feature documentation of SMF.