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*falconeye* · 07-24-2008, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by architorture

what do the buttons above the posting field create? that's not html?

The programmer of one of the first bulletin board programs (maybe UBB.threads ) decided that it is *MUCH* simpler to type "[" rather than "<" (ok, ok, so he defined a subset and some simplifications, too).

Anyway, the result is yet another markup language to learn, called BBML.

Read here for a good reference:
BBML - Bulletin Board Markup Language

Fortunately, most forum software authors have adopted this convention since

Technical notes:
(1) phpBB names its variant of BBML: "BBCode".
(2) vBulletin (used by pentaxforums.com) names its variant of BBML: "vB Code".
(3) Forum software must not copy HTML-markup 1:1 from the user into the post. This would break the site's layout and can even be used to hack the site. BBML defines what goes and what not.

07-24-2008, 11:31 AM	#10
falconeye Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Munich, Alps, Germany Gallery Photos: 18 Posts: 1,243	Originally Posted by architorture what do the buttons above the posting field create? that's not html? The programmer of one of the first bulletin board programs (maybe UBB.threads ) decided that it is *MUCH* simpler to type "[" rather than "<" (ok, ok, so he defined a subset and some simplifications, too). Anyway, the result is yet another markup language to learn, called BBML. Read here for a good reference: BBML - Bulletin Board Markup Language Fortunately, most forum software authors have adopted this convention since Technical notes: (1) phpBB names its variant of BBML: "BBCode". (2) vBulletin (used by pentaxforums.com) names its variant of BBML: "vB Code". (3) Forum software must not copy HTML-markup 1:1 from the user into the post. This would break the site's layout and can even be used to hack the site. BBML defines what goes and what not. Last edited by falconeye; 07-24-2008 at 11:39 AM..