BBCodes for dummies

im not after reputation or thanks or anything, im just sick of people who can't use BBCodes

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if you still can't understand here is more simple explanation

BBCodes are like html tags, you start it as '[TAG]' and end it with '[/TAG]' without the quotes, and add the value (which is the text you want to edit or link or picture or anything) between them

this text is align to left by default

to move it to the center we can use

HTML Code:

[center]TEXT[/center]

to become

HTML Code:

[center]this text is align to left by default[/center]

and here is the result

this text is align to left by default

we can also just select the whole text we need to center and press the Align Center button from the posting window which looks like [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

and same applies to Bold '[B]' also italic' [I]' underlined '[u]' left-aligned ' [left]' and right-aligned ' [right]' , all ends with the same tag except we add '/' at it's start

3 more important tags are color, size and font, they take the form of [TAG=Option]value[/size] where TAG could be font,size and color, and value follows along, for colors you could just use [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] icon and same for font and size
here is SIZE 1
here is SIZE 2
here is SIZE 3
here is SIZE 4
here is SIZE 5
here is SIZE 6
here is SIZE 7
Please try not to use a really big font as it could be really annoying

now for links, pictures and videos
you could always use [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] icon to add link, and it takes the following form

HTML Code:

[URL="LINK"]TEXT[/URL]

where LINK is your link and the TEXT is the underlined linked text where others can see, so you better not just let the address be here
for instance
instead of
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
please try
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

here is the 2 examples

HTML Code:

for instance
instead of
[URL="www.some really big url link and it's annoying with random numbers inside 5e4wq5de45d4a5sd454e3852143c545sd4asd/sex/asd4asqwe545wq4eqw4e"]www.some really big url link and it's annoying with random numbers inside 5e4wq5de45d4a5sd454e3852143c545sd4asd/sex/asd4asqwe545wq4eqw4e[/URL]
please try
[URL="www.some really big url link and it's annoying with random numbers inside 5e4wq5de45d4a5sd454e3852143c545sd4asd/sex/asd4asqwe545wq4eqw4e"]Webpage Link[/URL]

i don't think i got time to explain all of them but lets take couple more
if you are using a picture you should really use '[IMG]' tag, so it shows up as a picture and not as a link , here is the format

HTML Code:

[IMG]LINK[/IMG]

and here is an example
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
and here is the code used

HTML Code:

and here is an example 
http://cdn.elitepvpers.org/forum/images/editor/insertimage.gif
[IMG]http://cdn.elitepvpers.org/forum/images/editor/insertimage.gif[/IMG]
and here is the code used

another really important thing is the spoilers, do you imagine how ugly it could be if you are trying to read a post with 100 big pictures that's taking forever to load and slowing down the whole page formatting, bet it's annoying to you to , so please try to use spoiler

HTML Code:

"[spoiler] TEXT [/spoiler]"

also if you are trying to post a code please choose the proper code tag for it, for instance, if i picked up [code] tag for an html code it will just apply the html code instead of showing it (it's actually what i use now for tags to show it to you instead of let it run and do it's job)
here is some random code
int len = ClientConnection.EndReceive(ar, out SE);
byte[] REC ;
if (SE == SocketError.Success && len > 0)
{
REC = new byte[len];
it looks ugly
but with code tag it looks like this

Code:

                int len = ClientConnection.EndReceive(ar, out SE);
                byte[] REC ;
                if (SE == SocketError.Success && len > 0)
                {
                    REC = new byte[len];

and here is how to use it

HTML Code:

[CODE]                int len = ClientConnection.EndReceive(ar, out SE);
                byte[] REC ;
                if (SE == SocketError.Success && len > 0)
                {
                    REC = new byte[len];[/CODE]

the rest are pretty much the same, and now for the most confusing part, what if i want to nest tags, aka add a font 2 bold red text, that's 3 tags , how ?
it doesn't matter the order of nesting
for instance

RED FONT 3 BOLD TEXT

and

RED FONT 3 BOLD TEXT

HTML Code:

for instance

[B][SIZE="3"][COLOR="Red"]RED FONT 3 BOLD TEXT[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]

and 

[COLOR="red"][SIZE="3"][B]RED FONT 3 BOLD TEXT[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR]

what matter is closing them in the invert order as opening them, in the first example i opened bold then size then color, i should close color then size then bold

Please stop rapping our eyes and use those BBCodes, add picture in their proper img tags and if big pictures try to add them in spoiler, make your thread looks better for better feedback