# How do you do this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-this/67523>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 4, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-this/67523 "2001-06-04T14:43:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-this/67523/1 "2001-06-04T14:43:34Z")

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How do you post an url and have it come up something like “this page”? Also, how do you do bold and italics?

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-this/67523/2 "2001-06-04T14:49:40Z")

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[**vB code** explained](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=bbcode) (psst - this link appears on every reply or post new thread page).

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**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-this/67523/3 "2001-06-05T13:22:38Z")

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Thanks, mattk.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-this/67523/4 "2001-06-05T21:01:46Z")

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Codes not explained by [**vB code** explained](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=bbcode):

X[**sup]Y[**/sup] produces X[sup]Y[/sup]

X[**sub]Y[**/sub] produces X[sub]Y[/sub]