BB codes

[B], [I], [U], [S] - Bold, italics, underline, and strike-through

Makes the wrapped text bold, italic, underlined, or struck-through.

Example:: This is [B]bold[/B] text.
This is [I]italic[/I] text.
This is [U]underlined[/U] text.
This is [S]struck-through[/S] text.

Output:: This is bold text.
This is italic text.
This is underlined text.
This is ~~struck-through~~ text.

[COLOR=color], [FONT=name], [SIZE=size] - Text Color, Font, and Size

Changes the color, font, or size of the wrapped text.

Example:: This is [COLOR=red]red[/COLOR] and [COLOR=#0000cc]blue[/COLOR] text.
This is [FONT=Courier New]Courier New[/FONT] text.
This is [SIZE=1]small[/SIZE] and [SIZE=7]big[/SIZE] text.

Output:: This is red and blue text.
This is Courier New text.
This is small and big text.

[URL], [EMAIL] - Linking

Creates a link using the wrapped text as the target.

Example:: [URL]https://www.example.com[/URL]
[EMAIL][email protected][/EMAIL]

Output:: https://www.example.com
[email protected]

[URL=link], [EMAIL=address] - Linking (Advanced)

Links the wrapped text to the specified web page or email address.

Example:: [URL=https://www.example.com]Go to example.com[/URL]
[[email protected]]Email me[/EMAIL]

Output:: Go to example.com
Email me

[USER=ID] - Profile Linking

Links to a user's profile. This is generally inserted automatically when mentioning a user.

Example:: [USER=1]Username[/USER]

Output:: Username

[IMG] - Image

Display an image, using the wrapped text as the URL.

Example:: [IMG]https://www.bluelight.org/community/data/assets/logo_default/Bluelight_AnniversarySeal.png[/IMG]

Output:

[MEDIA=site] - Embedded Media

Embeds media from approved sites into your message. It is recommended that you use the media button in the editor tool bar.
Approved sites: ABC News, Acast, Anchor, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Audioboom, Audiomack, Audius, Bandcamp, BBC News, BitChute, Bluesky, Brightcove, Bunny Stream, Captivate, Castos, CBS News Video, Clyp, CNBC, CNN, CNNMoney, CodePen, Comedy Central, Coub, Dailymotion, Democracy Now!, dumpert, 8tracks, ESPN, Facebook, Falstad Circuit Simulator, Flickr, Fox News, Funny or Die, Gamespot, Getty Images, Gifs.com, GIPHY, GitHub Gist, Global News, GoFundMe, Google Drive, Google+, Google Sheets, Hudl, Hulu, IGN, IMDb trailers, Imgur, Indiegogo, Instagram, Internet Archive, İzlesene, JSFiddle, JW Platform, Kaltura, Kontinental Hockey League (КХЛ), Kickstarter, Libsyn, Liveleak, Livestream, Mail.Ru, Mastodon, Medium, Megaphone, Metacafe, Mixcloud, MLB, MRCTV, MSNBC, Nacho Video, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Video, NBC News, NHL Videos and Highlights, NPR, The New York Times Video, Odysee, On3 DB, Orfium, Pastebin, Pinterest, Podbean, Prezi, Reddit threads and comments, Rumble, Rutube, Scribd, Sendvid, SlideShare, SoundCloud, Sporcle, Sportsnet, Spotify, Spreaker, Steam store, Straw Poll, Streamable, Team Coco, TED Talks, Telegram, The Atlantic Video, The Guardian (obsolete), The Onion, Threads, TikTok, TMZ, TradingView, Trailer Addict, Trending Views, Tumblr, 247Sports, Twitch, X, Ustream, VBOX7, Veoh, Vevo, Video Detective, Vimeo, Vine, VK, Vocaroo, Vox, Washington Post Video, Wavekit, Wistia, WorldStarHipHop, The Wall Street Journal Online, GameClips.io, Gamer DVR, XenForo, Youku, YouMaker, YouTube

Example:: [MEDIA=youtube]kQ0Eo1UccEE[/MEDIA]

Output:: An embedded YouTube player would appear here.

[LIST] - Lists

Displays a bulleted or numbered list.

Example:: [LIST]
[*]Bullet 1
[*]Bullet 2
[/LIST]
[LIST=1]
[*]Entry 1
[*]Entry 2
[/LIST]

Output:

Bullet 1
Bullet 2

Entry 1
Entry 2

[LEFT], [CENTER], [RIGHT] - Text alignment

Changes the alignment of the wrapped text.

Example:: [LEFT]Left-aligned[/LEFT]
[CENTER]Center-aligned[/CENTER]
[RIGHT]Right-aligned[/RIGHT]

Output:: Left-aligned
Center-aligned
Right-aligned

[QUOTE] - Quoted text

Displays text that has been quoted from another source. You may also attribute the name of the source.

Example:: [QUOTE]Quoted text[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=A person]Something they said[/QUOTE]

Output:: Quoted text

Click to expand...

A person said:

Something they said

Click to expand...

[SPOILER] - Text containing spoilers

Hides text that may contain spoilers so that it must be clicked by the viewer to be seen.

Example:: [SPOILER]Simple spoiler[/SPOILER]
[SPOILER=Spoiler Title]Spoiler with a title[/SPOILER]

Output:: Simple spoiler

Spoiler with a title

[ISPOILER] - Inline text containing spoilers

Allows you to display text inline among normal content which hides text that may contain spoilers and must be clicked by the viewer to be seen.

Example:: You have to click the following [ISPOILER]word[/ISPOILER] to see the content.

Output:: You have to click the following word to see the content.

[CODE] - Programming code display

Displays text in one of several programming languages, highlighting the syntax where possible.

Example:: General code:
[CODE]General
code[/CODE]

Rich code:
[CODE=rich][COLOR=red]Rich[/COLOR]
code[/CODE]

PHP code:
[CODE=php]echo $hello . ' world';[/CODE]

JS code:
[CODE=javascript]var hello = 'world';[/CODE]

Output:

General code:

Code:

General
code

Rich code:

Rich (BB code):

Rich
code

PHP code:

PHP:

echo $hello . ' world';

JS code:

JavaScript:

var hello = 'world';

[ICODE] - Inline programming code display

Allows you to display code inline among normal post content. Syntax will not be highlighted.

Example:: Inline code sections [ICODE]are a convenient way[/ICODE] of displaying code inline.

Rich formatting within inline code sections [ICODE=rich]is [COLOR=red]also[/COLOR] [U]supported[/U][/ICODE].

Output:: Inline code sections are a convenient way of displaying code inline.

Rich formatting within inline code sections is also supported.

[INDENT] - Text indent

Indents the wrapped text. This can be nested for larger indentings.

Example:: Regular text
[INDENT]Indented text[/INDENT]
[INDENT=2]More indented[/INDENT]

Output:: Regular text

Indented text
More indented

[TABLE] - Tables

Special markup to display tables in your content.

Example:: [TABLE]
[TR]
[TH]Header 1[/TH]
[TH]Header 2[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Content 1[/TD]
[TD]Content 2[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Output:

Header 1	Header 2
Content 1	Content 2

[HEADING=level] - Headings levels 1 to 3

Marks text as a structured heading to facilitate machine readability.

Example:: [HEADING=1]Major heading[/HEADING]
This text comes under a major heading, used to separate the primary sections of an article.

[HEADING=2]Minor heading[/HEADING]
When you need to subdivide the primary sections of an article, use a level 2 minor heading.

[HEADING=3]Subheading[/HEADING]
If you require additional subdivision, you may drop to level 3.

Output:: Major heading
This text comes under a major heading, used to separate the primary sections of an article.

Minor heading
When you need to subdivide the primary sections of an article, use a level 2 minor heading.

Subheading
If you require additional subdivision, you may drop to level 3.

[PLAIN] - Plain text

Disables BB code translation on the wrapped text.

Example:: [PLAIN]This is not [B]bold[/B] text.[/PLAIN]

Output:: This is not [B]bold[/B] text.

[ATTACH] - Attachment insertion

Inserts an attachment at the specified point. If the attachment is an image, a thumbnail or full size version will be inserted. This will generally be inserted by clicking the appropriate button.

Example:: Thumbnail: [ATTACH]123[/ATTACH]
Full size: [ATTACH=full]123[/ATTACH]

Output:: The contents of the attachments would appear here.

[AHEADING] - aheading

An orange auto-header, centered, with a thin black border, useful for making catchy headings. Some font characteristics can be modified.

Example:: [aheading]Create Catchy Headings[/aheading]

Output:

Create Catchy Headings

[ALIGN=option] - Align

Aligns any text within the tags. Options: left, right, center, justify.

Example:: [align=justify]This text is justified. This text is justified. This text is justified. This text is justified. This text is justified. This text is justified. This text is justified.[/align]

Output:: This text is justified. This text is justified. This text is justified. This text is justified. This text is justified. This text is justified. This text is justified.

[ANCHOR=option] - Named anchor link

Example:: [anchor=anchor_name]This is where you jump to[/anchor]

Output:: This is where you jump to

[BACKGROUND=option] - Background

Creates any background color of your choosing to illuminate text. Similar to [highlight] but you can select your own color. The color option can be written as a word, or you can use a standard color #hex or RGB value. You can combine this with textbox to create colored boxes, and/or other text options such as font color and size.

Example:: [background=#D7BDE2]Produces a pinkish background[/background]

[background=brown][color=white]Produces a red-brown background behind white text[/color][/background]

[textbox][background=darkcyan]Creates a colored box[/background][/textbox]

[size=7][textbox=crimson][background=mediumturquoise][color=mediumblue][b]Another Heading![/b][/color][/background][/textbox][/size]

Output:: Produces a pinkish background

Produces a red-brown background behind white text

Creates a colored box

Another Heading!

[BHEADING] - bheading

A blue auto-header, centered, with a thin black border, useful for making headings. Some font characteristics can be modified.

Example:: [bheading]This Is A Blue Auto-Heading[/bheading]

Output:

This Is A Blue Auto-Heading

[BIG] - Big

Example:: [big]This is big text[/big]

Output:: This is big text

[CHEADING] - cheading

A classic olive and ivory auto-header, centered, with a thin olive border. Useful for making catchy headings. Some font characteristics can be modified.

Example:: [cheading]Classic Ivory & Olive Heading[/cheading]

Output:

Classic Ivory & Olive Heading

[CITE] [CITE=option] - Citation

This creates a box that expands to contain any quote (or text) you enter between the [cite]enter text here[/cite] brackets, and places a small citation beneath, if you enter that detail - as shown in the example. You don't need to enter a citation, in which case it's merely another useful textbox.

Example:: [CITE=Mahatma Gandhi]You must be the change you wish to see in the world.[/CITE]
[CITE]You can't always be the change you wish to see in the world, for some obvious reasons![/CITE]

Output:: You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi

You can't always be the change you wish to see in the world, for some obvious reasons!

[DHEADING] [DHEADING=option] - dheading

An automatically centered text box with black text and border, useful for making quick, catchy headings. Font characteristics and color can be adjusted normally. But you can also use [dheading=option] to set any background color you like - replace 'option' with your choice. The color can either be written as a word, or you can use standard color #hex or RGB values. Background is transparent by default.

Example:: [dheading=lightblue]Light Blue Background[/dheading]

[dheading=rgb(215,173,255)]Lilac Background[/dheading]

[dheading=#67DE90]Mint Green Background[/dheading]

[dheading]No Background Color[/dheading]

Output:

Light Blue Background

Lilac Background

Mint Green Background

No Background Color

[HIGHLIGHT] - Highlight

Creates a simple orange highlighted background behind any text placed between the [HIGHLIGHT] [/HIGHLIGHT] brackets

Example:: [HIGHLIGHT]Highlighted text[/HIGHLIGHT]

More highlighted [HIGHLIGHT]text[/HIGHLIGHT] within a normal sentence.
And another line beneath with another [HIGHLIGHT]key[/HIGHLIGHT] word.

[SIZE=6][HIGHLIGHT][B]ALSO FOR HEADINGS[/B][/HIGHLIGHT][/SIZE]

Output:: Highlighted text

More highlighted text within a normal sentence.
And another line beneath with another key word.

ALSO FOR HEADINGS

[HR] - hr

Places a simple thin line across the page, above wherever you type [HR][/HR]. You can use it on its own to generate a line, or you can place text between the brackets and the line will appear above that text.

Example:: [hr]Hello world![/hr]

Output:: Hello world!

[IMGR=option] - Image with resize

Example:: [imgr=300]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg[/imgr]

Output:

[JUMPTO=option] - Anchor link

Example:: [jumpto=anchor_name]This takes you to a new location within a post[/jumpto]

Output:: This takes you to a new location within a post

[NOPARSE] - noparse

This is retained purely for compatibility with old vB posts. Please use the new XenForo default - [PLAIN] - in future.

Example:: [noparse][autoheading][/autoheading][b][/b][/noparse]

^{*NB Retained for compatibility only. Please use [plain] instead.}

Output:

[autoheading][/autoheading][b][/b]

[NSFW] - nsfw

Example:: [nsfw]He gets killed![/nsfw]

Output:: NSFW:

He gets killed!

[POST=option] - Post

A quick and easy way to link to any other Bluelight post by simply entering the post's unique ID number instead of the entire URL. Give the link any name or description you like.

Example:: Here's that [post=14160047][b]cool song[/b][/post] you were looking for yesterday

This is an [post=14638043]interesting video clip[/post] I watched - check it out.

Output:: Here's that cool song you were looking for yesterday

This is an interesting video clip I watched - check it out.

[PRE] - Pre

Example:: [pre]Text in a pre element
is displayed in a fixed-width
Helvetica font, and it preserves
all spaces and
line
breaks[/pre]

^{*NB there are lots of unseen spaces around "spaces", but look -->}

Output:

Text in a pre element
is displayed in a fixed-width
Helvetica font, and it preserves
all      spaces     and
line
breaks

[REVEAL] [REVEAL=option] - Reveal

A different type of 'spoiler', more like the old vB spoiler. You can enter a reveal description, or leave it blank

Example:: [reveal=Episode II]He gets killed![/reveal]
[reveal]He gets killed![/reveal]

Output:: Reveal Episode II:

He gets killed!

Reveal :

He gets killed!

[SIGLINE] - sigline

Example:: [sigline].[/sigline]

Output:: .

[SMALL] - Small

Example:: [small]This is small text.[/small]

Output:: This is small text.

[STRIKE] - strike

This is retained purely for compatibility with old vB posts. Please use the new XenForo default - [S][/S] - in future.

Example:: [strike]strike[/strike]

^{*NB: This will work but is redundant - [s]strike[/s] will achieve the same}

Output:: ~~strike~~

[SUB] - sub

Standard subscript text

Example:: [sub]This is subscript text[/sub]

Output:: _{This is subscript text}

[SUP] - sup

Standard superscript text

Example:: [sup]this is superscript text[/sup]

Output:: ^{this is superscript text}

[TEXTBOX] [TEXTBOX=option] - Textbox

Wraps a simple border in any color of your choosing around any text, black by default. Best for short headings - it's not a table so will look strange over multiple lines. The color option can be written as a word, or you can use a standard color #hex or RGB value

Example:: [textbox]Wraps a simple black border around any text[/textbox]

[textbox=#9F9F9F]Wraps a grey border around any text[/textbox]

[textbox=red]Wraps a red border around any text[/textbox]

Output:: Wraps a simple black border around any text

Wraps a grey border around any text

Wraps a red border around any text

[THREAD=option] - Thread

A quick and easy way to link to any other Bluelight thread by simply entering the thread's unique number instead of its entire URL. Give the link any name or description you like.

Example:: Check out the [thread=832540]music thread[/thread] folks...

Here's the [thread=400216][b]video sharing thread[/b][/thread] you were looking for.

Output:: Check out the music thread folks...

Here's the video sharing thread you were looking for.

[XQUOTE] [XQUOTE=option] - Xquote

This creates an automatically-centered full-width box with a thick black border and transparent background. You can use [xquote=option] to set a background color - replace 'option' with your choice. The color can be written as a word, or you can use a standard color #hex or RGB value.

Example:: [xquote]This is a quote[/xquote]

[xquote=lightblue]This gives it a light blue background[/xquote]

Output:: This is a quote

This gives it a light blue background

[YQUOTE] - Yquote

This creates an automatically-centered full-width light-colored box with a thin dotted black border. Useful for containing text and images or creating alternative-style quotes.

Example:: [yquote]This is a quote[/yquote]

Output:: This is a quote

[ZQUOTE] [ZQUOTE=option] - Zquote

This creates an automatically-centered full-width box with a thinner black border than xquote. You can use [zquote=option] to set any background color - replace 'option' with your choice. The color can be written as a word, or you can use a standard color #hex or RGB value.

Example:: [ZQUOTE]Default background is transparent[/ZQUOTE]

[zquote=beige]A beige colored background[/zquote]

[ZQUOTE=#787878][color=#FFFFFF]White text on a grey background[/color][/ZQUOTE]

Output:: Default background is transparent

A beige colored background

White text on a grey background

BB codes

Help

[B], [I], [U], [S] - Bold, italics, underline, and strike-through

[COLOR=color], [FONT=name], [SIZE=size] - Text Color, Font, and Size

[URL], [EMAIL] - Linking

[URL=link], [EMAIL=address] - Linking (Advanced)

[USER=ID] - Profile Linking

[IMG] - Image

[MEDIA=site] - Embedded Media

[LIST] - Lists

[LEFT], [CENTER], [RIGHT] - Text alignment

[QUOTE] - Quoted text

[SPOILER] - Text containing spoilers

[ISPOILER] - Inline text containing spoilers

[CODE] - Programming code display

[ICODE] - Inline programming code display

[INDENT] - Text indent

[TABLE] - Tables

[HEADING=level] - Headings levels 1 to 3

Major heading​

Minor heading​

Subheading​

[PLAIN] - Plain text

[ATTACH] - Attachment insertion

[AHEADING] - aheading

[ALIGN=option] - Align

[ANCHOR=option] - Named anchor link

[BACKGROUND=option] - Background

[BHEADING] - bheading

[BIG] - Big

[CHEADING] - cheading

[CITE] · [CITE=option] - Citation

[DHEADING] · [DHEADING=option] - dheading

[HIGHLIGHT] - Highlight

[HR] - hr

[IMGR=option] - Image with resize

[JUMPTO=option] - Anchor link

[NOPARSE] - noparse

[NSFW] - nsfw

[POST=option] - Post

[PRE] - Pre

[REVEAL] · [REVEAL=option] - Reveal

[SIGLINE] - sigline

[SMALL] - Small

[STRIKE] - strike

[SUB] - sub

[SUP] - sup

[TEXTBOX] · [TEXTBOX=option] - Textbox

[THREAD=option] - Thread

[XQUOTE] · [XQUOTE=option] - Xquote

[YQUOTE] - Yquote

[ZQUOTE] · [ZQUOTE=option] - Zquote

Major heading

Minor heading

Subheading

[CITE] [CITE=option] - Citation

[DHEADING] [DHEADING=option] - dheading

[REVEAL] [REVEAL=option] - Reveal

[TEXTBOX] [TEXTBOX=option] - Textbox

[XQUOTE] [XQUOTE=option] - Xquote

[ZQUOTE] [ZQUOTE=option] - Zquote