Steffy's Magic Shop - Book of Spells: A guide to BBcode (Please No Posting)

[Courtney]

Steffy's Spellbook

An Occultist's Guide To BBCode And Forum Magic
(Updated: March 28th, 2021 - 5:35 p.m. CDT)



This an index of coding tricks learned at:

Steffy's Magic Shop

It is meant to be used as a quick reference guide only, and we ask
that no one posts here. While many cool tricks are out there, this
guide will only include coding magic tricks performed at
 Steffy's Magic Shop. If you have a suggestion you would like
to see here, please bring it up at magic shop, linked above.
Prizes may be awarded at random by Wizard Steffy if you are
extra creative in your presentation!
Thank you!

Maintained by:
Steffy's Magician's Assistant & Apprentice Courtney
(Yes I'm aware that spells out S.M.A.A.C. That's usually the sound heard shortly after
Wizard Steffy figures out I screwed up a spell or didn't give enough information on one).

March 28th, 2021:
The apprentice is back! I've just been too busy in that alternate reality called ... "real life," to keep up with my duties here. But I'm back now, and unless I missed something from the shop, (entirely possible), I'm all caught up! Thank you for your patience!
Hugs and kisses,
Apprentice Courtney.

September 6th, 2018
Note: See something in the Magic Shop that I missed?
Assist an assistant and send me a pm! 

[Courtney]

Index of Spells

Helpful Note

Hi! Your friendly neighborhood shop gurl here with just a brief, but hopefully helpful note! While many of the links below will lead you to a magical place where actual code is shown that you can copy and paste, many just display the actual trick without the code. Awww ...    But wait! There is a trick to help with that! Take a seat, and fix your pretty little eyes on the top bar just above the post, you should see a button that says:

quote

Pressing that magic little button will act like hitting the reply button, with one cool exception: the code from that particular post will show up in your reply window!

That being said, please be courteous of other people's code. While everything at the shop is yours to copy and paste at will, outright copying someone else's code from outside the Magic Shop should only be done with their permission. It's their hard work, so please, ask them first!


Text Spells

• Quick Color Pick Chart - (Wizard Jaclyn)
• Advanced Color Magic - (Wizard Blythe)
• Easy color code entry - (Wizard Al Terego)
• Centering text under an image - (Wizard Jaclyn)
• Easy color code entry using Word - (Wizard Steffy)
• Learn how to make
  some

  
  here - (Wizard Peripherie)
• List Magic (Second half of post) - (Wizard Jaclyn)
• Magically write backwards- (Wizard Al Terego)
  
  
  
  • Or
    upside down
      or even
    rotated.
    - (Wizard Syene)

• Looking for unique symbols‽ - (Wizard Jacyln)
• Text font examples. Try viewing on different browsers or devices. - (Wizard - Jaclyn)
• Learn how to make your underlines any color you want. - (Apprentice Courtney)
• Something ^super, something _sub. Works for pictures as well - (Wizard Al Terego/ Wizard Steffy)
• Get centered - (Wizard Al Terego)
• A magician's favorite. Make your writing invisible like this. - (Wizard Al Terego)
• Witches & Wizards should know how to hover. It's useful for text and images too! - (Wizard Al Terego)
• D
  
  rop cap voodoo -  (Wizard - Jaclyn)

• Magic with an angle? - (Wizard Al)

Imagic (Image Magic) 

• Image posting info for Mediafire users here & here - (Apprentice Courtney)
• Code for floating images and also magically making your images work like links - (Wizard Jaclyn)
• Magical image cascading - (Wizard Jaclyn)
• Graphics & Photo editing tips & tricks. - (Wizard Jaclyn)
• Link your image to another Image - (Apprentice Courtney)
• Browser embedded photo editor's. - (Wizard Al Terego)
• Width. Curse thine enemies to be extremely thin, or extremely fat! - (Wizard Al Terego)
• Steps for making any image look like it was taken on a cellphone - (Wizard Al Terego)
• Image padding alternative - (Wizard Jaclyn)
• Does your character need an ID? Here's an IDea. - (Apprentice Courtney)
• Advanced Wizardry to align multiple images and captions. - (Wizard Al Terego)
• Some  image magic. - (Witch Steffy)
  
  

Dark Magic
Coding Tips & Tricks

• Find out how to do
  this

  
  here. Great spell for keeping things hidden. Also known as spoliers - (Kit Cat the Magic Shop Cat)
• Find out how to do
  this

  
  How to pet a cat
  
  Stroke: With the grain of the fur, not against
  Avoid: Nose and paws
  Effects:Typically results in purring, but your results may vary
  here. - (Apprentice Courtney)


• Spoilers can be
  multiple lines
  as well

  (Wizard - Al Terego)
• Learn how to display your code here - (Wizard HockeyGod)
  
  • More in depth coding display options. - (Wizard Al)
• Learn how to
  nest

  your

  spoilers
  here. - (Wizard Al Terego)
• Spoilers are so marginalized! Demand spoiler margins now! - (Wizard FourStellar)
• Simian Magic: Grease Monkey & Tamper Monkey - (Wizard Peripherie)
• List of browser add-ons and compatibility - (Wizard Jaclyn)
• Learn how embed YouTube videos. - (Kit Cat the Magic Shop Cat (Partial credit to Wizard Steffy))
• Magically link to a location within your post using anchors. - (Wizard Amelita)
• Invisible Pixels! They're useful! - (Wizard Al Terego)
• 
  

  

  

  Bordering on insanity magic

  
  
  
  - (Wizard Al Terego)
  
  • Simplified version by Wizard Al can be found here.
  
  
  
  White Magic
  Everything Else
  
  
  • Table Magic
    
    
    • Here - (Wizard Amelita)
    • Here - (Wizard Amelita)
    • Calendar Trick: Here - (Wizard Jaclyn)
  • Thread Format Template Magic - (Wizard Jaclyn)
  • Fancy Divider Designs - (Wizard Jaclyn)
  • Does your character need a business card? (First half of post) - (Wizard Jaclyn)
  • Browser crashes getting you down? Never lose a post again:
  
  
  • Form History Control add-on here. - (Wizard Al Terego)
  • Instructions on how to use it here. - (Wizard Al Terego)
  • How am I linking everything here to specific posts? - (Wizard Al Terego)
  • How to edit "My Thread" (yours, not actually mine) - (Wizard Jaclyn)
  • We all have our favorite colors to write in. Keep in mind, some people may use different themes than you (white background vs. black background). With that in mind, here is what your favorite color may look like in other themes. - (Wizards Jaclyn & Al Terego)
  
  
  
  Wizard Wisdom
  Notes From Wizard Steffy's Desk
  and Wizard Patrons.
  
  
  
  • As mentioned above, respect other people's code
  • A guide to picking the right section for your thread
  • Make the effort: Formatting matters!
  • Don't want your true gender showing, or maybe you do? Change it here.