Forums - Formatting text

Formatting your Posts and Messages

In the forums, you may use the following BBCode.

HTML Tags have been deactivated and can not be used in the forums.

BBCode

Text Attributes

[em]emphasized[/em]	emphasized
[b]bold[/b]	bold
[i]italic[/i]	italic
[u]underlined[/u]	underlined
[s]crossed out[/s]	~~crossed out~~
[o]overlined[/o]	overlined
[color=red]colored[/color]	colored
[size=16]big[/size]	big
[font=roman]font[/font]	font

Headlines

[h1]Big Headline[/h1]	Big Headline
[h2]Middle Headline[/h2]	Middle Headline
[h3]Small Headline[/h3]	Small Headline

Lists

Lists are built with the [list]-Tag and ended with [/list]. Topics are created with [*]:

[list]
[*] A topic
[*] Another topic
[*] ...
[/list]

A topic
Another topic
...

The following list styles are available:

[list] List with Bullets
[list=1] 1,2,3,4,...
[list=i] i,ii,iii,iv,...
[list=I] I,II,III,IV,...
[list=a] a,b,c,d,...
[list=A] A,B,C,D,...

Quotes & Code

Quotes can be displayed by using the the [quote]-Tag.

[quote] A quote ... [/quote]

[quote=Phylu] another quote with the name of the author ... [/quote]

[code] In this [code] your format will be preserved. [/code]

Images

Images can be displayed with [img] tags.

[img]http://myhost.de/path/to/image.png[/img]

With instruction of width (30 pixel) and height (40 pixel):

[img=30x40]http://myhost.de/path/to/image.png[/img]

With Adjustment (text will appear beside the image):

[img align=left]http://myhost.de/path/to/image.png[/img]
[img align=right]http://myhost.de/path/to/image.png[/img]
[img=30x40 align=right]http://myhost.de/path/to/image.png[/img]

Smilies

Among others, the following symbols will be replaced by images:

:)  :( :D  ;)

An overview of all smilies can be found under Library => Smilies.

Page Breaks

Page breaks are automatically parsed into your posts when you use the RETURN key. New paragraphs are parsed when you enter an empty line.

In addition, you can use the following BBCode:

[br]	Line- break
[p]	New paragraph
[hr]	Horizontal line

Links

[url]http://www.world-of-dungeons.net[/url]	http://www.world-of-dungeons.net
[url=http://www.world-of-dungeons.net]Enter the World of Dungeons![/url]	Enter the World of Dungeons!

Links to Group, Clan, or Race Forums

[gforum]

Link to the group forum of the person posting it. (currently disabled)

[cforum]

Link to the clan forum of the person posting it. (currently disabled)

[pforum]

Link to the race forum of the person posting it. (currently disabled)

Links to the Encyclopedia in the Wiki

[[wod:A text]] By using this shortcut, the text MUST be after the Pipe or the link will not work! .	A text
[[wod:Hero - Attributes]] The space before and after the - dash - are required.	Hero - Attributes
[[wod:Hero - Attributes\|A text]] The space before and after the - dash - are required.	A text
[[wod:Combat System - Melee#Combat_Tactics\|Close Combat]]	Close Combat

Notice for the Designers: use adm instead of wod for internal areas.

You can also bind an entire wiki section into your post.

[[art:TITLE]]

adds the Wiki section with the title TITLE into your post. TITLE is the header of the wiki section, i.e. Hero - My Heroes (for the article Hero - My Heroes).

Links to Item Descriptions

[item:Item_name]

Link to the description of an item (in a pop up window)

The item is the complete name of the item, such as bandana of fire resistance or healing potion (bottle) (without the (3/3)).

Links to Skill Descriptions

[skill:Name of the skill]

Link to the skill (in a pop up window)

A skills full name will be needed, such as Apply Herbs.

Links to a Hero's Profile

[hero:Hero name]

Link to the profile of a hero (in a pop up window)

Links to a Player's Profile

[player:Player name]

Link to the profile of a player (in a pop up window)

Links to the profiles of groups or clans

[group:Group name]
[clan:Clan name]

Link to the profile of a group or clan (in a pop up window)

Links to classes and races

[class:Barbarian]
[class:Gnome]

Link to the profile of a class or race (in a pop up window)

Links to monster descriptions

[beast:Monster name]

Link to the description of a monster (in a pop up window)

Links to menu entries

[menu:key]	Menu entry as a link, for example: SETTINGS by hovering over the link in the menu, you can see that the key to the settings link is hero_skillconf. It can be found KEY= in the links.
[menu:key\|*]	Menu entry as a link with headers, for example:, Tavern => Forums.
[menu:key\|Label]	In this example, the word Label would be displayed with the link behind it.
[menu:key#anchor?arg=value\|label]	Complete syntax for a menu link.

Links to forum posts

Beside every post is the BBCode link to itself.

[post:123456]	This will link to the post with the number 123456 and be displayed as post.
[post:123456\|Read this!]	This will link to the post with the number 123456 and be displayed as Read this!.

Links to forums

[forum:123456]	Links to the forum with the ID 123456. You can find the ID in the URL of the forum. The link text is the name of the forum.
[forum_cat:123456\|Read this!]	Links to the forum with the ID 123456, but with the caption text Read this!.

Links to forum categories

[forum_cat:123456]	Links to the forum category with the ID 123456. You can find the ID in the URL of the category. The link text is the name of the category.
[forum_cat:123456\|Read this!]	Links to the forum category with the ID 123456, but with the caption text Read this!.