BBCODE? (or vBCode)

[eyeRmonkey]

Is there anyway we could get a new [ ] code for vB Code (vBulletin -- not Visual Basic) so that we don't have to trick the system into showing the code we want. IE - to show how to make text red in vB Code I have to type this:
[colo[color=black]r[/color]=red]this text is red[/color]

And to show you what I meant I had to do that within the color=black part. It would be a lot easier if there was an extra tag called BBCode or something like that. Is this a possibility?

[dglienna]

That won't be added to the code by VBF, it'd have to go thru VBulletin programmers.

If you had a different browser, you could use Cander's extension (and NoteMe)

This is a test, this is a colorful test.

[RobDog888]

Its not that hard but if you have to do allot then I can see your point.

[vbcode]your code goes in here[/vbcode]

[Hack]

I have a text file set up with all of the tags that I use a lot so instead of having to type them out all the time, I just copy n' paste them in a reply thread, and then add whatever text I want.

[NoteMe]

I have a text file set up with all of the tags that I use a lot so instead of having to type them out all the time, I just copy n' paste them in a reply thread, and then add whatever text I want.

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You should really use the VBF extension..


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[SeanK]

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You should really use the VBF extension..


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What is VBF extension?

[NoteMe]

It is an extension for Fx that lets you format your text much easier. You can also save costum text that you often write, and you have a lot of more smilies to choose from, and you have Code colouring for many languages included C++, C#, Python ++.


You basicaly just mark the text you want to format, and then right click and choose the formating you want.

You can download it here:
http://noteme.com/vb_extension/download.htm


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[Hack]

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You should really use the VBF extension..


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This isn't supported by IE is it?

[Sgt-Peppa]

No, as NoteMe said its a Plugin for Firefox.

It is an extension for Fx that lets you format your text much easier

[Hack]

No, as NoteMe said its a Plugin for Firefox.

Then, that is why I don't use them.

[NoteMe]

Then, that is why I don't use them.

That is why you SHOULD use it..


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[Hack]

That is why you SHOULD use it..


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I can't use FireFox at work, but maybe I'll try it at home.

[NoteMe]

I can't use FireFox at work, but maybe I'll try it at home.

Here is one for IE..not as many feautures..but here the original idea came from

http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=225306


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[Hack]

Here is one for IE..not as many feautures..but here the original idea came from

http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=225306


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Thank you sir!

[NoteMe]

No problem. Glad I was for any help at all..


BTW when that comes to mind. eyeRmonkey, what browser do you use? If you are using Fx would it solve your problem if we added this to the extension?


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[penagate]

Well he's got the little Firefox advertisement at the bottom right of his sig

[MartinLiss]

...You can also save costum text that you often write, ....

You can do the same thing in IE with the "Forum Tool" by way of having an htm file for each phrase. It's a bit awkward but I have several of them.

[NotLKH]

Isn't eyermonkey asking not for a standard formating tool, but a way to display the actual text of the formating codes?

It seemed that RobDog thought so too.

For example, if somebody wants to know how to use VBCode tags, then to show that person that they need to do this:

[vbcode]your code here[/vbcode]

then he has to type in:

[[b][/b]vbcode]your code here[[b][/b]/vbcode]

But apparently he'd rather type in something like:

[BBC][vbcode][/BBC]your code here[BBC][/vbcode][/BBC]

so that anything between [BBC] and [/BBC] would be treated as pure text, and any sequence of characters inside of tose tags would never be treated as formatting tags, if they just so happened to be formatting tags.

Hmmm, perhaps a better set of tags would be:

[text] and [/text]



edit...
And NO! I won't even try to display what I typed to get [[b][/b]vbcode]your code here[[b][/b]/vbcode] to display!

[RobDog888]

You got it right Lou. But I like the "[BBC]" tag better.

[eyeRmonkey]

. . .
BTW when that comes to mind. eyeRmonkey, what browser do you use? If you are using Fx would it solve your problem if we added this to the extension?

I am forced to use AOL (long story) and trust me I can't use anything other than the default AOL browser (IE integrated into AOL), I've tried everything possible. I have a Fx ad in my sig cause I love Fx, but I can't use it.

I think having [BBC][/BBC] or [text][/text] would be the best, but as dglienna mentioned, it would probably have to be done by the vBulliten team unless there is someway to bypass it with a hack or something.

Marty, can you let us know wether this is possible or not?

[Jacob Roman]

BBC? Why not use [T]? It's shorter.

[eyeRmonkey]

Doesn't matter what we use. I just want to know if its possible.

[dglienna]

Have you tried the IE version of the extension?

[Hack]

Have you tried the IE version of the extension?

Yeah, and its not bad.

[NoteMe]

You can do the same thing in IE with the "Forum Tool" by way of having an htm file for each phrase. It's a bit awkward but I have several of them.

My bad, sorry. I havn't used it since you made that thread back in the good old days...



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[brad jones]

Try the Open] tag. It displays an opening bracket().

Brad!

[brad jones]

Okay, that didn't work like it should have. I'll have to look into this farther. I'll mess with it again later today....

Brad!

[eyeRmonkey]

Thanks Brad.

[eyeRmonkey]

I notied there is a new tag called [close and [/close (I used that tag to get the vBulliten code to show up here ). Thats a cool feature. It is a little cumbersome to type. [cls] without an ending one would be better, but I don't know if this is possible. Thanks for the new tag though.

http://www.vbforums.com/misc.php?do=bbcode

EDIT: Okay, it looks like it isn't working like it should as you can see above there should have been a ] after that tag. Maybe it is still being implimented.

[RobDog888]

[vbcode]Dim i As Integer[vbcode]

Quote me to see the open tag working. The close bracket is still broken but if you just use the open bracket for the first or opening bracket for both the first tag and the second tag it is sufficient.

Quote Me to see it working.

[penagate]

Did that ages ago

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=361249

you can just use this instead
[Highlight=VB]Dim i As Integer[open]x[/open]/vbcode]

to produce this
[Highlight=VB]Dim i As Integer[/vbcode]

[eyeRmonkey]

Oops. I never saw it on the vBulliten tag list before. By bad.

[brad jones]

yeah. I was playing (creating) with those a while back. I just fixed the [close] tag. They are cumbersome to use, but they get around being able to display [ and ] symbols.

Brad!

[brad jones]

I guess I should add...

The two tags added are:

[open]
[close]

To use them, simply do:

[open].[/open]tag name[close].[/close]

This displays:

[tag name]

The periods (or some other dummy text) is needed to get the tags to work.

Brad!

[RobDog888]

Quick question Brad, I take it that the addition of these anti-code tags are an additional built in option in the software to add custom tags?

[Valleysboy1978]

I am forced to use AOL (long story) and trust me I can't use anything other than the default AOL browser (IE integrated into AOL), I've tried everything possible. I have a Fx ad in my sig cause I love Fx, but I can't use it.

I also use AOL at home but can use Firefox without problems. What is the error msg that AOL gives you when you try to use Fx?

[brad jones]

Quick question Brad, I take it that the addition of these anti-code tags are an additional built in option in the software to add custom tags?

Correct. There is a built-in feature to add new customized tags. It is extremely limited on what you can add (basically a 'replacement' feature).

Brad!

[brad jones]

Clarifying a little farther....

Something like the VBCode tag I don't believe could be done in this interface because it is too complex (color coding). It required a hack to the software with coding behind it. The tags above are simply "html" replacements.

Brad!

[agmorgan]

I was going to ask if we could have a C++ syntax highlighter.
Although I suppose I could use the VBF extension.
I seem to remember seeing on one forum (not that I can remember which one!) that had code highlighting that worked something like
[code=vbcode] [/code]
or
[code=c++code] [/code]

Anything like that possible here?

[Cander]

I was going to ask if we could have a C++ syntax highlighter.
Although I suppose I could use the VBF extension.
I seem to remember seeing on one forum (not that I can remember which one!) that had code highlighting that worked something like
[code=vbcode] [/code]
or
[code=c++code] [/code]

Anything like that possible here?

Just the VBF extension has C++ highlighting here.