BB Code question

[hiltonm]

Hi everyone,

I added a new [url] BB code to my forum. On a member account he or she can put the custom signature text for the URL. However, in my administrator account it will only let me put a URL and not the custom url text.

I don't have a clue why the forum is doing this and was hoping somebody could point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance,
Mike

[BirdOPrey5]

You should not have been able to add another bbcode called [url]... What was wrong with the built in tag?

[hiltonm]

Sorry, I think I explained it wrong. I went to the add new bb code in the admin control panel.

In the Title, I entered BB code List

In the BB Code Tag Name, [ url=Option][/url ]

In the Replacement, <a href="{option}">{param}</a>

In the Example, [ URL][/URL ]

This is the understanding I got from reading the Explanations and BB Code List. Most of all this is my first forum, this BB Code is new to me, and I am a little confused what to enter.

I only used spaces in the brackets for this post only. I understand the code won't be read with spaces.

Thanks for your response,
Mike

[BirdOPrey5]

Sorry, I think I explained it wrong. I went to the add new bb code in the admin control panel.

In the Title, I entered BB code List

In the BB Code Tag Name, [ url=Option][/url ]

In the Replacement, <a href="{option}">{param}</a>

In the Example, [ URL][/URL ]

This is the understanding I got from reading the Explanations and BB Code List. Most of all this is my first forum, this BB Code is new to me, and I am a little confused what to enter.

I only used spaces in the brackets for this post only. I understand the code won't be read with spaces.

Thanks for your response,
Mike

OK a couple of problems... for BB Code Tag Name you would simply enter something like: mybb

Then you could use it like test code in your posts.

If you want to use the option you set the "Use Option" to "YES" option.

Then you could use :

test code

You would never enter [] or "Option" in the BB Code Tag Name field.

Problem 2: url is already a built in BBCode, You can't make a new one called url and there is no reason you would need to, the built in bbcode works exactly how you want it to.

Here's a sample BBCode you can look at to get an idea what goes where: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=250322