vB tags are denoted by use of square brackets. I have bolded these tags for clarity in this text. When you use them, they will not appear bold, but rather are simply regular square brackets and regular text.
To make bold text, use the [b]bold tags[/b].
To make italics text, use the [i]italics tags[/i].
To make underlined text, use the [u]underline tags[/u].
To make [sup]superscript text[/sup], use the [****sup][sup]superscript tags[/sup][****/sup].
To make [sub]subscript text[/sub], use the [****sub][sub]subscript tags[/sub][****/sub].
To read spoiler text, highlight the entire black box. (Drag the mouse over it with the left mouse button held down.)When posting spoilers, which give away plot points that would ruin a story if known beforehand, use [spoiler]spoiler tags[/spoiler].
[ul][li]To make a list of items,[/li][li] use one set of [list]list tags[/list][/li][li]at the beginning and end of the entire list. [/li][li]Put each item on its own line,[/li][li]preceeded by a [*] bullet point tag.[/ul][/li]To link another thread (or any web page), use the url tags. The format for url tags is:
[url=http://yourlinkhere]Display text here[/url].
To open a post into its own window without the rest of the thread, click on the post number, (#1), which appears in the upper right corner of each post. Once opened, you can copy and paste the url in your browser’s address bar for use in the url tags. This allows you to link to a single post without linking to the entire thread. Since this removes context, it is not the best way to link to a single post inside a thread. If you run across one of these, notice that you can open the entire thread by clicking the thread name in the upper right corner.
To link to a thread and have it open at a certain post is the classiest of links, but also the most difficult kind to figure out how to do. Here’s the step by step process for doing so:
[ul][li]Open the thread and locate the post (and page, if applicable) you want selected.[/li][li]Copy the url from your browser’s address bar and create url tags using this address.[/li][li]Now hover your mouse over the Reply with Quote button of the post you want selected.[/li][li]Look at the status bar and note the end of the text where it says do=newreply&p=#######, with actual digits instead of number signs. This number is the PostID of that post. [/li]Go to the url tags you created and add &p=####### to the end of the address, using the PostID instead of number signs.[/ul]If done correctly, this link will open that thread to the post you want selected. This should work in most cases, although it may fail if you do this in a single-page thread that later grows into a multi-page thread. Perhaps there is a way to handle that scenario, but I’m not sure what it is yet.
