Jimmy,
Here's a link to ubb style codes:
What is UBB Code?
Basically, the beginnig tag defines the function and the closing tag limits the function to what ever is between the two tags. The ubb tags are always bracketed with [], the opening tag will always be in the form of [***] and the closing tag in the form of [/***]
A URL to a web page will usually end with /, .html, .htm, .php, .asp, or .cfm
A web image will almost always end with .gif or .jpg
So a link to a web page will carry the format of:
[ url]
http://somedomain.com/page.htm[ /url] (I've added a space after the [ here to keep the script from thinking that is is an actual URL)
An image on the web that you want to show here would be coded:
[ img]
http://somedomain.com/image.jpg[ /img]
Other tags available on this board include:
B (for bold),
i (for italics), &
u for underlined.
If you want a URL to to be linked, but want a description of the link rather than just the url itself you'd place the URL within the command seperated by an equal sign. ie: [ url=
http://bertram31.com/search.htm]bertram31.com Site Search[ /url], which would come out as
bertram31.com Site Search
In some instances you can nest commands within commands. ie:
[ url=
http://bertram31.com/search.htm][ b]bertram31.com Site Search[ /b][ /url], which would come out as
bertram31.com Site Search
An image that links when the image is clicked on would look like:
[ url=
http://bertram31.com/img/Chimera.jpg][ img]
http://bertram31.com/img/Chimera-sm.jpg[ /img][ /url]
And show as:
The main thing to remember is the command tags MUST be closed in the proper spot & to PREVIEW your messages before hitting the SUBMIT button. Previewing will let you know if your post looks like you want it to or not. You can make changes as necessary, (spelling, grammar, coding, etc), and see your changes by again hitting Preview. You can do this as many times as you want until you have the message the way you want it to be. When satisified, THEN hit the Submit button...
Br,
Patrick