Posting on the giraffecycle forum

Please ensure you follow the steps provided here to get the most out
of your post on the forum.

Index

• Bitcodes
  • Posting Images
  • Posting Hyperlinks
  • Posting Email
  • Text Formatting
• Emoticons
• Using HTML in Posts

Bitcodes

Since version 1.2 of BiTBOARD it is supporting "BiTCODES".
BitCodes are shortcuts to usual HTML functions without actually
using HTML. You may know these allready from ezBoard or
any other "bigger" bulletinboard software.

Bitcodes -> Posting Images

Posting Images using Bitcodes is pretty easy.
The scheme is like that:

[img]http://www.myhost.com/linktomy/image.jpg[/img]

Bitcodes -> Posting Hyperlinks

Hyperlinks are as easy as image posting. They are a little
more complex than the ones you might know from ezBoard,
but they are far more effective too.
The scheme:

[url]http://www.google.com[linkas]Google[/url]

which will create a Link called "Google" in your Post.
You can put as well "Check this out!" there!
Links posted using this feature are always opened
within a new browser-window.

Bitcodes -> Posting eMail

Posting EMail Adresses is just the same as posting
Hyperlinks using bitcodes.

[mail]name@server.com[/mail]

which will create an Emaillink called "Email" in your Post.
So, to effectively use this feature write like this:

You can [mail]name@server.com[/mail] me too!!
which creates:

You can Email me too!!

Bitcodes -> Text Formatting

You can format text to be either bold, italic
underlined, superscript, subscript or strikethrough.
The following codes are used:

[b]bold[/b] bold
[i]italic[/i] italic
[u]underline[/u] underline
[strike]strikethrough[/strike] strikethrough
[sup]superscript[/sup] ^superscript
[sub]subscript[/sub] _subscript

You can of course combine these too.

COLOR

To use color [color:#ff0000]red[/color]
You can use either symbolic color names or hexcodes.

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Emoticons

Emoticons express your feeling in ASCII, or,
if the BiTBOARD administartor sets this option,
your ASCII characters are converted to graphics.
Here is a list of emoticons used by BiTBOARD:

	:[
	:D
	8)
	^_^
	:?
	:lol:
	:(
	:)
	:P
	;)

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Using HTML in Posts

HTML is the Hypertext Markup Language.
A language that enables authoers to design
website content.
If your administrator has this feature enabled,
you can use this language in your posts.

A List with common HTML functions
is here.

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