[user][/user]

If you want to make a link to another member here at Mateable.com use those tags.

Example: [user]Nickname[/user] will make a link to User’s profile.

[profile][/profile]

If you want to make a photo link to another member here at Mateable.com use those tags.

Example: [profile]Nickname[/profile] will show a photo of User with a link to User’s profile.

[link=""]Description[/link]

If you want to make a link to another site, you can use the [link] tag.

For example: [link="http://www.yahoo.com"]Yahoo[/link]. Notice that you have to have the “http://” before the adress to link to a site outside of Mateable.com

[br]

This is a very useful tag. It will make an empty row in your text, use it to make your text look better and easier to read.

[hr]

This will simply make a horizontal line, which can also make your text and place look better.

[img][/img]

If you want to add an image.

For example:[img]http://www.mysite.com/somepic.jpg[/img]

That will add the image to wherever you post. All you need to make sure is that you have the right URL and dont forget the http://

[color=""][/color]

If you want to change the color of your text.

For example:[color="blue"]Will make this text blue[/color]


You can also use the exact rgb values between 0-f

For example:[color="#ff0000"]Will make this text red[/color]

Note: If you want to use the exact rgb color you cannot leave out the “#” sign before the rgb color.

[quote=""][/quote]

If you want to quote something someone has said. This is already set in the forums by clicking on QUOTE, but can
be placed anywhere.

For example:[quote="username"]Something to be said here[/quote]

[quote][/quote]

If you want to quote something someone has said.

For example:[quote]Something to be said here[/quote]

[em][/em]

If you want to emphasis part of a text.

For example: I want to [em]emphasis[/em] this word.

Will be displayed like: I want to emphasis this word.

[strong][/strong]

If you want to have part of your text to be strong.

For example: I want [strong]this[/strong] today.

Will be displayed like: I want this today.

[email][/email]

If you want a email to be clickable

For example: Send to my email here: [email]some...@somemail.com[/email].

Will be displayed like: Send to my email here: some...@somemail.com">some...@somemail.com.

[ul][/ul] and [li]

This is used if you want to have a list.

For example:
[ul]
[li]Test 1[/li]
[li]Test 2[/li]
[li]Test 1[/li]
[/ul]

Will be displayed like:

• Test 1
• Test 2
• Test 1

[ol][/ol] and [li]

This is used if you want to have a ordered list with numbers.

For example:
[ol]
[li]Test 1[/li]
[li]Test 2[/li]
[li]Test 1[/li]
[/ol]

Will be displayed like:

1. Test 1
2. Test 2
3. Test 1

[size=""][/size]

If you want to change the size of your text.

For example:[size="3"]Will make this text bigger[/size]

Note that you can change the size from 1-7.

[center][/center]

If you want to center your text or images on the page you can use this tag.

[b][/b]

Example: [b]Will make this text bold[/b]

[i][/i]

Example: [i]Will make this text italic[/i]

[u][/u]

Example: [u]Will make this text italic[/u]

[align=""][/size]

If you want to align your text. The input options are: left,center and right

For example:
[align="right"]

[/align]

[table=""][/table] and [td]

This is used if you want to create a table and place things in a certain way.

For example:
[table=75]
[td]Test 1[/td]
[td]Test 2[/td]
[td]Test 1[/td]
[/table]

Will be displayed like:

Test 1

Test 2

Test 1

Note: ( 75 ) is the width of the table in percent. So you can have a table from 0-100.