VisitWimberley.com - Explanation of UBBCode

Adding Hyperlinks, Email Addresses and More

These forums are set to allow UBBCode™ which permits you to add functionality or style to your message that would normally require HTML. For instance...

URL Hyperlinking

To use UBBCode™, you no longer need to use the [URL] code to create a hyperlink. Simply type the complete URL in either of the following manners and the hyperlink will be created automatically:

http://www.yourURL.com
www.yourURL.com
Notice that you can either use the complete http:// address or shorten it to the www domain. If the site does not begin with "www", you must use the complete "http://" address. Also, you may use https and ftp URL prefixes in auto-link mode.
You can also have true hyperlinks using the [url] code.
Just use the following format:
[url=http://visitwimberley.com] VisitWimberley![/url]
The old [URL] code will still work, as detailed below. Just encase the link as shown in the following example (UBBCode™ is in red).

[url]www.visitwimberley.com[/url]

In the examples above, a hyperlink is automatically generated to the URL that is encased. Note that the "http://" part of the URL is completely optional. In the second example above, the URL will hypelink the text to whatever URL you provide after the equal sign. Also note that you should NOT use quotation marks inside the URL tag.

Email Links

To add a hyperlinked email address within your message, just encase the email address as shown in the following example (UBBCode™ is in red).

[email]info@yourdomain.com[/email]

In the example above,a hyperlink is generated to the email address that is encased.

Bold and Italics

Make italicized text or make text bold by encasing the applicable sections of your text with either the [b] [/b] or [i] [/i] tags.

Hello, [b]James[/b]
Hello, [i]Mary[/i]

Bullets/Lists

You can make bulleted lists or ordered lists (by number or letter).

Unordered, bulleted list:

[list]
[*] This is the first bulleted item.
[*] This is the second bulleted item.
[/list]

This produces:

This is the first bulleted item.
This is the second bulleted item.

Note that you must include a closing [/list] when you end each list.

Making ordered lists is just as easy. Just add either [LIST=A] or [LIST=1]. Typing [List=A] will produce a list from A to Z. Using [List=1] will produce numbered lists.

Here's an example:

[list=A]
[*] This is the first bulleted item.
[*] This is the second bulleted item.
[/list]

This produces:

This is the first bulleted item.
This is the second bulleted item.

Quoting Other Messages

To reference something specific that someone has posted, just cut and paste the applicable verbiage and enclose it as shown below.

[QUOTE]Ask not what your country can do for you....
ask what you can do for your country.[/QUOTE]

In the example above, the UBBCode™ automatically blockquotes the text you reference.

Please Note:
UBBCode™ is not case-sensitive (thus, you could use [URL] or [url]).

Incorrect UBBCode™ Usage:

[url] www.yourdomain.com [/url] - don't put spaces between the bracketed code and the text you are applying the code to.

[email]info@yourdomain.com[email] - the end brackets must include a forward slash ([/email])