A newsletter reader asked the difference between UBBCode and HTML, specifically for creating signatures in forums. Many forums turn off HTML and only allow UBBCode so it pays to learn UBBCode if you do much interacting in forums online.

In a nutshell, UBBCode is a very simple set of four tags or codes which are used for the following purposes:

• Adding a hyperlink to your message
• Adding a hyperlinked email address to your message
• Adding an image to your message
• Quoting other messages within your message

The four tags are used as follows:

Hyperlink: [url]JohnTheGeek.com[/url]

Hyperlinked email address: [email]John@JohnsAGeek.com[/email]

Image: [img]http://JohnTheGeek.com/images/header.jpg[/img]

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

The tags are case-insensitive, meaning that capitalization doesn’t matter. In the quote example above, for instance, either [QUOTE] or [quote] will work. Notice that there must be both a start and an end tag.

Put these tags to good use in your forum posts!

John The Geek

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