Forum code / vBCode and in-depth spoiler tag list

[Meister]

Here's a handy reference link for the tags you can use to format text on these forums. There's a link on the very bottom left on every page, but it's rather easy to miss, so here you go.

http://www.nuklearforums.com/misc.php?do=bbcode

[Meister]

Because our spoiler and especially swap tags might be a bit unusual, here's a more in-depth explanation than we can provide in the tag list itself.

Spoiler tags hide whatever you type behind a grey box. Click the box to read the text, click the text to hide it again. You'll notice there are three kinds of spoiler tags - they all do the same. [spoiler] is your regular everyday spoiler tag, and [ss] is simply shortened for convenience. Try to avoid using [spoiler2] - it's really only there anymore to keep text tagged with it in older threads from showing up.

Swap tags works similarly, but they hide the text behind different text. It looks like this - again, click to reveal.And double-click to re-hide. This can be handy for longer paragraphs. Example:

8-Bit Theater spoilersSarda is Onion Kid, Chaos gets killed by four White Mages, the class changes get undone, Sarda becomes a vessel for Chaos, Black Belt dies, the Other Warriors die, Black Mage dies but gets better.

Now, sometimes using those tags properly can result in an entire thread page full of normal text mixed with spoilered and swapped text. To avoid having to click on every single instance, check the top bar right under the "post reply" button (or the "closed" button in closed threads). There's a link named "click to unhide all tags," which does exactly that.

Still, please use the tags sparingly and avoid putting the majority of a post behind them. Also, please don't nest the swap tags, i.e. don't put one in another one, because it interferes with the opening/closing functionality.