Using LIST in UBB Coding



There are three buttons used to do lists with UBB code: UBB List Start Button, UBB List Item button, and UBB List End button.

Here's how they work. First, let's create an unordered, bulleted list.


[list][*]First item [*]Second Item [*]Third item [/list]

The output of the above would look like this:
in your message. The "list" always starts with this code: [list]; it ends with this code: [/list]; the items making up your "list" must have this code in front of it: [*].




Here are the steps for doing an unordered, bullet list:

Click on the List start button; it automatically places the [list] code in your message box--as shown in this picture:

Code generated by clicking on the List Start UBB button
Now we need to add the content of the list. Click on List Item button; this prompt pop-up box appears:

Pop up prompt box generated by clicking on the

Enter into the white space the first item on your list--as demonstrated in this picture:

Enter your items you wish to list--with ONE item/sentence per pop-up prompt
Continue the steps outlined above until you have your list completed; then click on the List end button; your message window might look like this (note that it doesn't matter if you put the different items on different lines as long as you have the code correct):

How your unordered, bulleted list should appear before posting it to the board
After you are sure things are the way you'd like them to be, send your message to the board. You should see something like this:

Output of the unordered, bulleted LIST code



We also have the ability to make "ordered lists" using numbers and letters. To do this, you must insert some of the code by hand.


Here's how you would do an ordered, numbered list:

[list=1][*]Eve [*]Roarke [*]Peabody [/list]

See how the =1 was inserted into the first [list] code? That is what tells the messageboard you want an ordered, numbered list.

This code will produced an ordered, numbered list
Here is the way the list will appear when you send it to the board:

An example of an ordered, numbered list




You may also create an ordered, alphabetized list; here's how it'd look:

[list=a][*]Eve [*]Roarke [*]Peabody [/list]
Notice the =a placed inside the first [list]; that is what tells the messageboard you want an ordered, alphabetized list; here's how it'd appear within a message window:

This code will produce an ordered, alphabetized list
Here is the output of the above code in your posted message:

Example of an ordered, alphabetized list



To summarize, to create a bulleted list, click on the List start to tell the board you wish to start the list; use the List item button to give you the prompt box to enter your list items; use the List end button to tell the board your list has ended.

To make them ordered lists--either numbered or alphabetized--you must manually insert either =1 or =a within the first set of [list] code.

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