UBB Code is pretty simple, some basic rules are:

• UBB commands are placed in [brackets]
• At the end of a UBB command you [/end it with a slash]

The most common UBB mistakes are:

• No closing slash
• Wrongly placed brackets (e.g. ]b]
• Using double commands

Text formatting

To make your post easier to read you can use UBB's text formatting options.

For the bold command:

Notice that I open the bold command, type the text and then close the bold command.

The same works for the italic command, except it's an i and not a b

Bold Italic

Posting a link is pretty simple. If you just paste or type the link then UBB (the software running the board) will convert it into a clickable one.

http://www.this.is/a_demo

A nicer link is one where the link isn't visable.

Like this one

You can do this like this:

Some things to keep in mind:

• Do not end your link with a full stop, it will render the link useless...
• If you want to add an email address put the address between the command.

When you quote someones post instead of putting it between "these" use the quote function, it's also handy for using text copied off a different site.
Other handy tricks:

Lists
The UBB list command is one of the more complicated ones...

Results in this:

• Point 1
• Point 2
• Point 3

To make a list with numbers:
[list=1][*]Point 1[*]Point 2[*]Point 3[/list=a]


You can do the same with letters:
[list=a][*]Point 1[*]Point 2[*]Point 3[/list=a]