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BB Code
BB code is a set of tags based on the HTML language that you may already be familiar with. They allow you to add formatting to your messages in the same way as HTML does, but have a simpler syntax and will never break the layout of the pages you are viewing. The ability to use BB code is set on a forum-by-forum basis by the administrator, so you should check the forum rules when you post a new message. Below is a list of the BB code tags you can use to format your messages.
BB Code List
[b], [i], [u]	Bold / Italic / Underline
[color]	Color
[size]	Size
[font]	Font
[highlight]	Highlight
[left], [right], [center]	Left / Right / Center
[indent]	Indent
[email]	Email Linking
[url]	URL Hyperlinking
[thread]	Thread Linking
[post]	Post Linking
[list]	Bulleted Lists / Advanced Lists
[img]	Images
[code]	Code
[quote]	Quote
[noparse]	Stop BB Code Parsing
[attach]	Attachment
[askmod]	Mafia Ask Mod Question
[del]	Strikethrough
[evensven]	EvenSven
[ghost]	Mafia Ghost
[gvid]	GoogleVideo
[latex]	Latex
[m]	Temp m code
[mention]	Mention
[nsfw]	NSFW
[oldspoiler]	Old Spoiler
[oldunvote]	Mafia Unvote
[oldvote]	Mafia Vote
[oldyoutube]	YouTube
[s]	Strikethrough
[spoiler]	Spoiler
[sub]	Subscript
[sup]	Superscript
[table]	table
[unvote]	Mafia unvote w. smart parsing
[vote]	Mafia Vote w. smart parsing
[whisper]	Whisper
[youtube]	Embedded YouTube
Incorrect BB Code Usage: [url] www.example.com [/url] - don't put spaces between the bracketed code and the text you are applying the code to. [email]myname@domain.com[email] - the end brackets must include a forward slash ([/email])

Bold / Italic / Underline
The [b], [i] and [u] tags allow you to create text that is bold, italic and underlined.
Usage	[b]value[/b] [i]value[/i] [u]value[/u]
Example Usage	[b]this text is bold[/b] [i]this text is italic[/i] [u]this text is underlined[/u]
Example Output	this text is bold this text is italic this text is underlined

Color
The [color] tag allows you to change the color of your text.
Usage	[color=Option]value[/color]
Example Usage	[color=blue]this text is blue[/color]
Example Output	this text is blue

Size
The [size] tag allows you to change the size of your text.
Usage	[size=Option]value[/size]
Example Usage	[size=+2]this text is two sizes larger than normal[/size]
Example Output	this text is two sizes larger than normal

Font
The [font] tag allows you to change the font of your text.
Usage	[font=Option]value[/font]
Example Usage	[font=courier]this text is in the courier font[/font]
Example Output	this text is in the courier font

Highlight
The [highlight] tag allows you to emphasize your text.
Usage	[highlight]value[/highlight]
Example Usage	[highlight]this text is highlighted[/highlight]
Example Output	this text is highlighted

Left / Right / Center
The [left], [right] and [center] tags allow you to change the alignment of your text.
Usage	[left]value[/left] [center]value[/center] [right]value[/right]
Example Usage	[left]this text is left-aligned[/left] [center]this text is center-aligned[/center] [right]this text is right-aligned[/right]
Example Output	this text is left-aligned this text is center-aligned this text is right-aligned

Indent
The [indent] tag allows you to indent your text.
Usage	[indent]value[/indent]
Example Usage	[indent]this text is indented[/indent]
Example Output	this text is indented

Email Linking
The [email] tag allows you to link to an email address. You can include an optional parameter to 'name' your link.
Usage	[email]value[/email] [email=Option]value[/email]
Example Usage	[email]j.doe@example.com[/email] [email=j.doe@example.com]Click Here to Email Me[/email]
Example Output	j.doe@example.com Click Here to Email Me

URL Hyperlinking
The [url] tag allows you to link to other websites and files. You can include an optional parameter to 'name' your link.
Usage	[url]value[/url] [url=Option]value[/url]
Example Usage	[url]https://www.giraffeboards.com[/url] [url=https://www.giraffeboards.com]The Giraffe Boards[/url]
Example Output	https://www.giraffeboards.com The Giraffe Boards

Thread Linking
The [thread] tag allows you to link to threads by specifying the thread id. You can include an optional parameter to 'name' your link.
Usage	[thread]threadid[/thread] [thread=threadid]value[/thread]
Example Usage	[thread]42918[/thread] [thread=42918]Click Me![/thread] (Note: The threadid/postid is just an example and may not link to a valid thread/post.)
Example Output	https://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=42918 Click Me!

Post Linking
The [post] tag allows you to link to posts by specifying the post id. You can include an optional parameter to 'name' your link.
Usage	[post]postid[/post] [post=postid]value[/post]
Example Usage	[post]269302[/post] [post=269302]Click Me![/post] (Note: The threadid/postid is just an example and may not link to a valid thread/post.)
Example Output	https://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?p=269302#post269302 Click Me!

Bulleted Lists
The [list] tag allows you to create simple, bulleted lists without specifying an option. Within the value portion, each bullet is denoted by the [*] tag.
Usage	[list]value[/list]
Example Usage	[list] []list item 1 []list item 2 [/list]
Example Output	list item 1 list item 2

Advanced Lists
The [list] tag allows you to create advanced lists by specifying an option. The option should have a value of 1 (for a numbered list) or A (for an alphabetic with capital letters list) or a (for an alphabetic with lowercase letters list) or I (for a numbered with capital Roman numeral list) or i (for a numbered with small Roman numeral list).
Usage	[list=Option]value[/list]
Example Usage	[list=1] []list item 1 []list item 2 [/list] [list=a] []list item 1 []list item 2 [/list]
Example Output	list item 1 list item 2 list item 1 list item 2

Images
The [img] tag allows you to embed images within your posts. You can also combine this tag with the [url] tag to make images become links.
Usage	[img]value[/img]
Example Usage	[img]https://www.giraffeboards.com/images/statusicon/forum_new.gif[/img] (Not linked) [url=http://www.example.com] [img]https://www.giraffeboards.com/images/statusicon/forum_new.gif[/img] [/url] (Linked)
Example Output	(Not linked) (Linked)

Code
The [code] tag switches to a fixed-width (monospace) font and preserves all spacing.
Usage	[code]value[/code]
Example Usage	[code] <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- alert("Hello world!"); //--> </script> [/code]
Example Output	Code: <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- alert("Hello world!"); //--> </script>

Quote

The [quote] tag allows you to attribute text to someone else.

Usage

[quote]Quote[/quote]
[quote=User Name]value[/quote]

Example Usage

[quote]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[/quote]
[quote=John Doe]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[/quote]
[quote=John Doe;1850719]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[/quote]

Example Output

Quote:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Doe

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Doe

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Stop BB Code Parsing
The [noparse] tag allows you to stop the parsing of BB code.
Usage	[noparse][b]value[/b][/noparse]
Example Usage	[noparse][b]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[/b][/noparse]
Example Output	[b]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[/b]

Attachment
The [attach] tag allows you to display an attachment in your post rather than at the bottom. It will only display attachments that belong to the post in which it is utilized.
Usage	[attach]attachmentid[/attach]
Example Usage	[attach]12345[/attach]
Example Output

Mafia Ask Mod Question

Usage	[askmod]value[/askmod]
Example Usage	[askmod]Test[/askmod]
Example Output	Test

Strikethrough

Usage	[del]value[/del]
Example Usage	[del]Test[/del]
Example Output	~~Test~~

EvenSven

Usage	[evensven]value[/evensven]
Example Usage	[evensven]We have much to learn from them.[/evensven]
Example Output	We have much to learn from them.

Mafia Ghost

Usage	[ghost]value[/ghost]
Example Usage	[ghost]Boooooo![/ghost]
Example Output	Boooooo!

GoogleVideo
Embed a Google Video. You only put the video ID in between the BBCode tags (NOT the full URL!). Embedding must be enabled for the video!
Usage	[gvid]value[/gvid]
Example Usage	[gvid]-5407345267834034871&hl[/gvid]
Example Output

Latex
Generates images with LaTeX math expressions.
Usage	[latex]value[/latex]
Example Usage	[latex]x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}[/latex]
Example Output	$x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}$

Temp m code
Just a temp code so I can edit a thread.
Usage	[m]value[/m]
Example Usage	[m]Dog[/m]
Example Output	Dog

Mention
Mention an user to alert him or her to this post!
Usage	[mention]value[/mention]
Example Usage	[mention]Username[/mention]
Example Output	@Username;

NSFW

Usage

[nsfw]value[/nsfw]

Example Usage

[nsfw]dirty stuff[/nsfw]

Example Output

Old Spoiler

Usage	[oldspoiler]value[/oldspoiler]
Example Usage	[oldspoiler]I hate you[/oldspoiler]
Example Output	I hate you

Mafia Unvote

Usage	[oldunvote]value[/oldunvote]
Example Usage	[oldunvote]Test[/oldunvote]
Example Output	Test

Mafia Vote

Usage	[oldvote]value[/oldvote]
Example Usage	[oldvote]Test[/oldvote]
Example Output	Test

YouTube
Embed YouTube videos in your post. You just have to put the video ID of the video to be embedded inside the YouTube BBCode, and it will automatically parse it into the flash video.
Usage	[oldyoutube]value[/oldyoutube]
Example Usage	[oldyoutube]lXrUSVQ5k78[/oldyoutube]
Example Output

Strikethrough

Usage	[s]value[/s]
Example Usage	[s]Test[/s]
Example Output	~~Test~~

Spoiler

Usage

[spoiler]value[/spoiler]

Example Usage

[spoiler]here are secrets[/spoiler]

Example Output

Subscript
Add subscript
Usage	[sub]value[/sub]
Example Usage	[sub]sub sandwich[/sub]
Example Output	_{sub sandwich}

Superscript
Add Superscript
Usage	[sup]value[/sup]
Example Usage	[sup]super sandwich[/sup]
Example Output	^{super sandwich}

table

With this vB code tables can be inserted into the post. Columns are seperated by »|«, every new line is a new row.

Usage

[table]value[/table]

Example Usage

[table]column 1|column 2|column 3[/table]

Example Output

column 1

column 2

column 3

Mafia unvote w. smart parsing
Smarter Mafia unvote tag w. standarized text.
Usage	[unvote]value[/unvote]
Example Usage	[unvote]unvote: Giraffe[/unvote]
Example Output

Mafia Vote w. smart parsing
Smarter vote tag for Mafia voting.
Usage	[vote]value[/vote]
Example Usage	[vote]VOTE: Giraffe[/vote]
Example Output

Whisper
This is for being very quiet.
Usage	[whisper]value[/whisper]
Example Usage	[whisper]Shhhhhh[/whisper]
Example Output	_Shhhhhh

Embedded YouTube
McNutty's improved YouTube code, requiring far fewer resources to load a page full of YouTube videos than the standard tag. https://giraffeboard.com/showpost.php?p=912828&postcount=12
Usage	[youtube]value[/youtube]
Example Usage	[youtube]zdW7PvGZ0uM[/youtube]
Example Output

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