Glossary of Forum Tags

[Digital Jedi]

The following is a glossary of tags found in the full editor, what they do and an example of what they look like when applied to your posts. Tags will typically look like this inside the editor:

[tag name][/tag name]

Basically, all you have to do to make a tag work is place the opening tag [tag name] at the beginning of the text you want affected and then place the closing tag [/tag name] at the end of the chosen text. (This is called wrapping tags around the text) Clicking one of the buttons will generate both tags, but you can simplify matters sometimes by simply selecting the text you want affected and when you press the button the tags will wrap automatically.

Some tags can be customized by using the "=" symbol. In the opening tag you may see something like [tag name=3]. This may change the way the tag looks based on what the tag is capable of doing. There are some examples below (though not all inclusive). Note that the closing tag will never have the "=" symbol or any changes for that matter.

Button	Name	Function	Example
	Bold	--Converts plain text into bolded text--	Text 123
	Italics	--Italicizes your text--	Text 123
	Underline	--Underlines your text--	Text 123
	Strikethrough	--Draws a line through the center of your text--	Text 123
	Glow	--Creates the illusion of a glow around your text--	[glow=red,2,300]Text 123[/glow]
	Shadow	--Creates the illusion your text is casting a shadow--	[shadow=red,left,300]Text 123[/shadow]
	Marquee	--Makes your text move from right to left across the screen--	Text 123
	Preformatted Text	--Applies a special formatting to wrapped text--	Text 123
	Align Left	--Aligns your text to the left of your post(This is the default even without this tag)--	Text 123
	Align Center	--Aligns your text to the center of your post--	Text 123
	Align Right	--Aligns your text to the right of your post--	Text 123
	Horizontal Rule	--Creates a horizontal bar you can use to separate blocks of text (You don't wrap this tag around anything. It's a stand alone tag)--
	Font Size	--Changes the size of your text based on your specifications. Forum default size is 2 (Example shown uses an =3)--	Text 123
	Font Face	--Changes the font to one of your choosing. When first clicked, the button will automatically insert a tag with =Verdana (Example shown has =Verdana replaced with =Vivaldi)--	Text 123
	Colors	--This drop down menu changes the color of your text to one of your choosing. You may use color codes or names. (Example shown uses =red)--	Text 123
	Blockqoute	--Indents text and spaces it one line away from other text--	Text 123 Text 123 (This is the text that has the blockquote tags applied to it) Text 123
	Insert Hyperlink	--Makes wrapped text a link to the webpage of your choosing. (Example shown uses =http://www.cogonline.net)--	Text 123
	Insert FTP Link	--Inserts a File Transfer Protocol Link. Odds are, if you don't know what that is, you wont be needing this tag--	....
	Insert Image	--Wrap these tags around the URL of a .gif or .jpg to have the image appear in your posts (Example shown uses an image hosted at Image Shack)--
	Insert Email	--Works just like the Hyperlink tags, except you insert an email address instead (Example uses =[e-mail]--	Example removed. Tags are incompatible with tags this chart uses
	Insert Table	--Creates a table like the one this chart is using--	....
	Insert Table Column	--Creates the [tr][/tr] tags. Insert these between [table] and [/table] to create another ROW in your table--	For some reason, this tag and the following are labeled backwards
	Insert Table Row	--Creates the [td][/td] tags. Insert these between [tr] and [/tr] to create another COLUMN in your table--	....
	Superscript	--Reduces text by half and aligns it slightly above the text line--	Text 123 Text 123 Text 123
	Subscript	--Reduces text by half and aligns it slightly below the text line--	Text 123 Text 123 Text 123
	Teletype	--Converts image to teletype text--	Text 123
	Insert Code	--Lets you put text in a text box where tags do not convert, but remain code--	[b]Text 123[/b]
	Insert Quote	--Puts wrapped text in a Quote Box--	Text 123
	Insert List	--Creates the tags [list], [/list] and [*] for making indented, bulleted lists. Use the [*] tags at the beginning of each line to create each bullet. (Clicking the button automatically generates 3 bullets. You may use as many as you like)--	Text 123 Text 123 Text 345 Text 678

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