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lystentlystent Member Posts: 1,019
edited August 2014 in The Academy
So on a thread page it says at the bottom:
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BB code is On
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[IMG]code is Off Then it says: HTML code is Off But[/img]Italic is an HTML command, so is Color and URL. These commands are very similar if not the command codes for .html
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  • jeffel82jeffel82 Member Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    BB Code is similar to HTML.
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  • walshicuswalshicus Member Posts: 1,314 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    lystent wrote: »
    So on a thread page it says at the bottom:
    You may post new threads
    You may post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may edit your posts
    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG]code is Off Then it says: HTML code is Off But[/img]Italic is an HTML command, so is Color and URL. These commands are very similar if not the command codes for .html

    "<i>" is HTML.
    "" is BB code.

    Not the same.
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  • lystentlystent Member Posts: 1,019
    edited August 2014
    walshicus wrote: »
    "<i>" is HTML.
    "" is BB code.

    Not the same.
    Yeah, ok, should've checked my HTMLs first(<body><font face="times" size="3"><table><tr>...</tr>), but like I said, very similar.
  • bluegeekbluegeek Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Thanks for the Q and A's, guys!

    I've moved this to the Academy forum.
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  • lystentlystent Member Posts: 1,019
    edited August 2014
    bluegeek wrote: »
    Thanks for the Q and A's, guys!

    I've moved this to the Academy forum.

    Yes, yes, forgot all about academy, but it seemed general.
    Anyways, whats the use for BB code anyways? HTML does the same stuff.
  • voporakvoporak Member Posts: 5,621 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    lystent wrote: »
    Yes, yes, forgot all about academy, but it seemed general.
    Anyways, whats the use for BB code anyways? HTML does the same stuff.

    I am in no way a coder, nor do I have any knowledge of it, but I'm gonna take a stab at this.

    With BB you type []. With HTML, you type <>. Maybe it's just because brackets are easier to press than captial , and .?
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  • captainkoltarcaptainkoltar Member Posts: 976 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    HTML as you know is used for building web pages. You can do a whole lot of stuff using it - here's a link to the full HTML 5 specification. http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/

    Obviously forum owners don't want regular posters to have the freedom to do everything that HTML allows within their posts. It could mess up the site formatting (as one of the least undesirable results).

    By using BB code, they allow us to use a limited number of functions which they're happy for us to use and which they know are compatible with the forum software.

    I suspect that the reason it uses [] rather than () is because [] are less often used in typed sentences, and therefore are unlikely to be used by accident. It also gives the code a familiar feel to those familiar with HTML syntax.

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  • lystentlystent Member Posts: 1,019
    edited August 2014
    So a limited HTML code.
  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited August 2014
    Options as to what you can do here is limited to enable some modicum of control. It's the only smart thing to do.

    I wanted to post user guides in the forum, formatted properly. Sadly it wasn't possible.

    Adjust and make do ;)
  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    BB-code is meant as an abstraction which prevents the user from putting in any type of exploitive code (like forcing automated redirection and/or click behaviour) or html which may TRIBBLE up the layout (by closing off a table or div prematurely).

    Heck, you could even force the browser charset to use UTF-7 (unsafe, usable for certain attack vectors) against UTF-8 (safer).

    BBcode was introduced in 1998 and has been in use ever since. Gives the ability to edit your markup within certain limits. Everything that out of these bounds usually get removed before these tags get converted (program-wise).

    It's lightweight and safe. You can find more info over here.
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  • lystentlystent Member Posts: 1,019
    edited August 2014
    So a limited, hack free HTML code.
  • mightybobcncmightybobcnc Member Posts: 3,354 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    lystent wrote: »
    So a limited, hack free HTML code.

    Yeah that's pretty much the gist of it. It is a standard that is used on almost all Internet forums to allow users some simple message formatting while disallowing users from adding malicious code.

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  • shockwave85shockwave85 Member Posts: 1,040 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    stoutes wrote: »
    ...or html which may TRIBBLE up the layout (by closing off a table or div prematurely).

    LOL, the good old days. BBCode may have been introduced in '98, but I remember it taking a while for all the various web forum hosts and software packages to adopt it. In the meantime, a lot of them were still accepting straight HTML without sanitizing it. You could just drop a </table> into your post, and watch the chaos ensue.
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