[perfect]

For hyperlinking text

{url="www.theplaceyouwanttolink.com"}the text you want to highlight{/url}

Your URL has to be enclosed with Quotes. Replace the French Brackets {} with Straight Brackets [] to get this:

the text you want to highlight

For Embedding Images

{IMG}http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/5648-the-magic-numbers.jpg{/IMG}

Replace the French Brackets {} with Straight Brackets [] to get this:



For Quoting

This has a variety of options. Base is just using a {QUOTE}TEXT{/QUOTE} string.

text

If you add an equal sign after the first quote {QUOTE=perfect}I am amazing{/QUOTE} then you get a 'who'.

Originally Posted by perfect

I am amazing

If you add a semicolon and a post number after the 'who' {QUOTE=perfect, 351922}I am amazing{/QUOTE}, then you get a link to the post that you are quoting.

Originally Posted by perfect

I am amazing

YouTube

When you have a YouTube link like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VAv8y2hHM

what you actually want is the C4VAv8y2hHM portion of that.

[YOUTUBE]C4VAv8y2hHM[/YOUTUBE] will get you an embedded video link IF THE FORUM ALLOWS IT. Silky Venom does not.

[MagicNumbers]

Great stuff perfect thanks!

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Originally Posted by CNN blup

Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 77.

From here.