Extension:BBCode

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BBCode Release status: stable
Implementation	Parser function
Description	support for extended BBCode markup
Last version	0.9
License	GPL v2
Download	bbcode.zip (dead Link!)
Hooks used ParserAfterTidy ParserBeforeStrip
Check usage (experimental)

What can this extension do?

In addition to normal wiki markup, you can use BBcode markup as well. Additional features have been added to the BBcode markup while [img] has not been implemented.

Usage

supported tags:

• [b] - bold
• [i] - italics
• [o] - overline
• [u] - underline
• [tt] - typewriter text
• [sup] - superscript
• [sub] - subscripts
• [pre] - same as <pre>
• [code] - same as <pre> but ignores wiki/bbcode markup
• [color=color name|#hexcode] - sets text color
• [bgcolor=color name|#hexcode] - sets text background color
• [font=font family, font name] - sets font name/family
• [font=normal] (use font inherited from DOM parent object)
• [font=cursive] (cursive font)
• [mono] and [font=mono|monospace|monospaced] (monospaced font)
• [hr] and [line] - horizontal rule
• [hr=PERCENT%|PIXELSpx] and [line=PERCENT%|PIXELSpx] - horizontal rule with restrictions
• [float=left|right|top|bottom] - floats text to the left, right, top or bottom of the DOM parent object

examples:

• [b] bold [/b]
• [i] italics [/i]
• [o] overline [/o] (cannot show in wiki markup)
• [u] underline [/u]
• [s] strikethrough] [/s]
• [sup] ^superscript [/sup]
• [sub] _subscript [/sub]
• [tt] typewriter text [/tt]
• [color=red] red [/color]
• [color=#FF0000] red [/color]
• [bgcolor=yellow] yellow [/bgcolor]
• [bgcolor=#FFFF00] yellow [/bgcolor]
• (cannot show in wiki markup) [h1] through [h6] uses headers just like <h1> through <h6>
• [br] make a line break just like <br /> does
  
  
• [hr] and [line] make a horizontal rule just like <hr /> does

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• (cannot show in wiki markup) [hr=300px] and [line=300px] make a 300 pixel wide horizontal rule just like <hr width="300px" /> does
• (cannot show in wiki markup) [hr=50%] and [line=50%] make a horizontal rule that is 50% the width of the window just like <hr width="50%" /> does
• (cannot show in wiki markup) float text in an html direction like that → [float=right] float text right [/float]
• (cannot show in wiki markup) [font=Courier, monospace] custom font family [/font]
  please use fonts that work on all platforms or one of the shortcuts below.
• (cannot show in wiki markup) [font=mono] monospaced font shortcut [/font]
• (cannot show in wiki markup) [font=cursive] cursive font shortcut [/font]
• (cannot show in wiki markup) [font=normal] normal font shortcut [/font] is useful inside [pre] tags

• the [pre] tag allows  you    to      have        preformatted      text    in  a spiffy box 
  

• the [code] tag is like [pre] but all wiki markup is disabled and most bbcode is hidden.  '''not bold'''
  

Download instructions

download the zip here and extract it into the $IP/extensions directory.

Installation

To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:

#add configuration parameters here
require_once("$IP/extensions/BBCode/BBCode.php");

Configuration parameters

• $allow_headers (bool) will enable or disable the [h1] through [h6] tags
  • default value: false
    
    
• $allow_float (bool) will enable or disable the [float=left|right|top|bottom] tag
  • default value: false
    
    
• $allow_complex_fonts (bool) will enable or disable the [font=font family, font name] tag
  • NOTE: regardless of the setting, [font=mono|cursive|normal] will still be usable
  • default value: false
    
    
• $allow_cursive (bool) will enable or disable the [font=cursive] tag
  • NOTE: this is only honored if complex fonts are disabled
  • default value: false
    
    
• $fixed_width_fonts (string) and $cursive_fonts (string) are the list of fonts to (try) use for monospace and cursive
  • NOTE: standard/multi-platform fonts: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/fonts.html#generic-font-families
  • $fixed_width_fonts default value: Courier,'Lucida Console','DejaVu Sans Mono',monospace
  • $cursive_fonts default value: 'URW Chancery L','Apple Chancery','Monotype Corsiva','Lucida Calligraphy', cursive