Not all of the BBCode functionality supported by the system is available through the post editor toolbar buttons. See below for some of the hidden ones. These may be added as buttons eventually.
Header Text
Description
Use [h1] to [h5] for different sized header text.
Code
[h1]Header Text Goes Here[/h1]
Spoiler Tag
Description
Use this to hide content from other users they manually uncover it. Primarily used when discussing topics which some users may not want to have spoiled, hence the name.
Code
[spoiler]Hidden content goes here![/spoiler]
Center Align Text
Description
This will make text display centered in the middle of the page.
Code
[center]Hidden content goes here![/center]
Right Align Text
Description
This will make text align to the right side of the page.
Code
[right]Hidden content goes here![/right]
Vimeo Embed
Description
Include a Vimeo video in your post. You'll need to get the Vimeo Video ID which will be the number in the URL
https://vimeo.com/194967955
Code
[vimeo]194967955[/vimeo]
Horizontal Rule
Description
Create a breaking line between your content.
Code
[hr]
Table
Description
Tables are a bit more complicated. You need the following: 1 table [table], containing 1 or more rows [tr], containing 1 or more cells [td]. You can optionally use [th] instead of [td] for header cells. See this generator for more help.
All tables will be created with responsive classes so they shouldn't break the page for mobile devices, but users may have to scroll to view all content.
Code
[table][tr][td]Row 1 Cell 1[td][td]Row 1 Cell 2[td][/tr][tr][td]Row 2 Cell 1[td][td]Row 2 Cell 2[td][/tr][/table]
In order to increase the engagement on our forums, I’ve recently been building an XP & levelling system alongside a variety of Awards which members can earn by completing tasks across the forum.
You’ll receive XP for using the forum, including:
Limits will be applied to how much XP can be earned per day by posting to prevent spamming if necessary. All earned XP is logged.
Awards have been added to highlight all features of the forum. New awards will be created as new forum features are added. Some awards are multi-tiered and will level up as you progress through the requirements, while others are one-time deals and will unlock as soon as you complete the objective.
Each award will provide bonus XP when it’s completed. The amount varies by award, but completing awards will be the fastest way to boost your XP and level up on the forums.
Some awards are date-based, e.g. visiting the forums on a specific day of the year. Actions are recorded based on your custom timezone which can be changed when editing your profile. By default we use the server time which is Europe/London, so make sure your timezone is accurate or you may miss out on unlocking date-based awards.
There are a large variety of different awards to earn based on some of the following actions:
Whenever you complete an award, or complete a tier of an award, you’ll receive a notification at the top right of your page which will highlight your new awards. Visiting your awards page will mark these award notifications as read. Please note the notifications will usually appear on the next page load after earning them.
When browsing the forums, you can click on a user’s awards badge next to their posts to see their award progress. Clicking a user’s XP bar will show how they’ve been earning XP.
New awards will be added which will be manually given out by our staff whenever they deem it necessary. This could be for a helpful post, reporting a bug, winning a competition or any number of other reasons. Awards may eventually be rolled out across the rest of the website for registered members too, giving new objectives to complete outside of the forums.
It's possible that the levelling system and XP awarded may be balanced over time.
Please report any issues here. There is a lot of complexity in how the awards work so there's potential for a few things to go wrong. If you have any suggestions for new awards or improvements to the system, feel free to let us know.