TGML MarkUp Language

TGML stands for Tecumseh Group Markup Language. TGML is proprietary to these forums and allows you to format your posts, enabling bolding, italicizing, and so on, as well as typing in color and changing your text alignment (center, right alignment). You have the option to process TGML in your posts, allowing them access to bold, italic, text colors, etc., or you can turn TGML off to ignore TGML markup commands and output your post as you typed it. Below are the available tags, and sample usage...
Formatting Tags
Use these tags to change the way your post's text appears. You can bold, italicize, underline text, etc.
[b]bold[/b]	bold
[i]italic[/i]	italic
[bi]bold italic[/bi]	*bold italic*
[color #ff0000]Red Text[/color] [color green]Green Text[/color] [color red yellow]Red highlighted text[/color] (any RGB hex code or color name is permissible)	Red Text Green Text Red highlighted text
[blue]Blue Text[/blue] [purple]Purple Text[/purple] Allowable colors using this shortcut are black, white, aqua, blue, fuchsia, gray, green, lime, maroon, navy, olive, purple, red, silver, teal, and yellow.	Blue Text Purple Text
[highlight]Higlighted text[/highlight]	Highlighted text
[highlight #FF99FF]Highlighted text[/highlight]	Highlighted text
[u]underline[/u]	underline
[s]strikethrough[/s]	~~strikethrough~~
[sub]sub[/sub]script	_subscript
[sup]super[/sup]script	^superscript
[small]Small Text[/small]	Small Text
[tt]MonoSpaced Text[/tt]	MonoSpaced Text
[center]Centered Text[/center]	Centered Text
[right]Right Aligned Text[/right]	Right Aligned Text
[tab]Inserts Four Non-Breaking Spaces	Inserts Four Non-Breaking Spaces
[!]Attention![/!] [attn]Attention![/attn]	Attention! Attention!
You can also combine the TGML tags: [color purple][b][i][u]Bold Italic Purple Underlined Text[/u][/i][/b][/color] = *Bold Italic Purple Underlined Text*
NOTE: the closing tags must be in reverse sequence of the opening tags ex: [b][u]This Works[/u][/b] = This Works [b][u]This Won't[/b][/u] = This Won't. (The closing tags order is wrong)
Links
Links are automatically generated when you type them in. If you want a link title, you can use the link tag. Be sure to use the entire url to the image you want to use including the "http://"
[link http://www.google.com]Google[/link] (no line breaks)	Google
Images
Use the [img] tag to show images from any web server. Be sure to use the entire url to the image you want to use including the "http://" Note: images larger than 400 pixels wide can cause your thread's page to distort. Please try to keep images posted under this size.
[img http://www.tipmaster.com/images/frog.gif] (no line breaks)	(Sample only: Use the IMG tag to post any image from any web server.)
Special Characters
TGML supports the use of HTML character entities. Put the character entity in square brackets (like [π] to use them. TGML Character Entity Reference
6 [÷] 0 = [∞]	6 ÷ 0 = ∞
[[]b]bold text[[]/b]	[b]bold text[/b] (good for showing TGML code)
Lists
Use these tags to make numbered or bulleted lists.
[ul] [li]item 1[/li] [li]item 2[/li] [/ul]	item 1 item 2
[ul square] [li]item A[/li] [ul circle] [li]item i[/li] [li]item ii[/li] [/ul] [li]item B[/li] [li]item C[/li] [/ul] (you can use [ul disc] [ul circle], or [ul square] to change the bullet style.)	item A item i item ii item B item C
[ol] [li]item 1[/li] [li]item 2[/li] [/ol]	item 1 item 2
[ol A] [li]item A[/li] [ol i] [li]item i[/li] [li]item ii[/li] [/ol] [li]item B[/li] [li]item C[/li] [/ol] (you can use [ol A] [ol a], [ol I], [ol i], or [ol 1] to change the numbering.)	item A item i item ii item B item C
Quotes
You can use the [quote] tag to offset quotes.
[quote]A stitch in time saves nine...[/quote]	Quote: A stitch in time saves nine...
[quote Dave]I hate computers![/quote]	Quote (Dave): I hate computers!
Code
You can use the [code] tag to offset programming code in your post. Links will not automatically become clickable inside [code] tags, but you can use other TGML.
[code] <html> <head> <title>Page</title> </head> <body> Page content </body> </html> [/code]	CODE <html> <head> <title>Page</title> </head> <body> Page content </body> </html>
[code] [aqua]<html>[/aqua] [aqua]<head>[/aqua] [teal]<title>[/teal]Page[teal]</title>[/teal] [aqua]</head>[/aqua] [navy]<body>[/navy] Page content [navy]</body>[/navy] [aqua]</html>[/aqua] [/code]	CODE <html> <head> <title>Page</title> </head> <body> Page content </body> </html>
Spoiler
You can use the [spoiler] tag to hide text you don't want readers to see right away. This is often used to hide an answer to a question you want readers to think about first, or give some readers a chance to have information many others might not want (example: a movie ending, the reason it's called a “spoiler”). To read the contents of the spoiler, highlight the spoiler box's contents.
[spoiler]This is a spoiler.[/spoiler]	Spoiler: This is a spoiler.
Ignore
You can use the [ignore] tag to let TGML know you don't want to mark up a section of your post. Notice the TGML output to the right still shows the [b] tags.
[ignore][b]Bold Text[/b][/ignore] (all TGML in the IGNORE tag will not be processed)	[b]Bold Text[/b]

Special Programmer's Note: A small minority of members, posting certain types of programming code, experience conflicts with TGML. If you are posting code, please check your output to be sure it outputs correctly. (Especially check the formatting around URLS and array subscripts). If your code does not look right, try surrounding the problem portion with the [ignore][/ignore] tags to ignore TGML, or use the checkbox to disallow TGML from your post altogether.

TGML stands for Tecumseh Group Markup Language. TGML is proprietary to these forums and allows you to format your posts, enabling bolding, italicizing, and so on, as well as typing in color and changing your text alignment (center, right alignment).

You have the option to process TGML in your posts, allowing them access to bold, italic, text colors, etc., or you can turn TGML off to ignore TGML markup commands and output your post as you typed it.

Below are the available tags, and sample usage...

Formatting Tags

Use these tags to change the way your post's text appears. You can bold, italicize, underline text, etc.

[b]bold[/b]

bold

[i]italic[/i]

italic

[bi]bold italic[/bi]

bold italic

[color #ff0000]Red Text[/color]
[color green]Green Text[/color]
[color red yellow]Red highlighted text[/color]

(any RGB hex code or color name is permissible)

Red Text
Green Text
Red highlighted text

[blue]Blue Text[/blue]
[purple]Purple Text[/purple]

Allowable colors using this shortcut are black, white, aqua, blue, fuchsia, gray, green, lime, maroon, navy, olive, purple, red, silver, teal, and yellow.

Blue Text
Purple Text

[highlight]Higlighted text[/highlight]

Highlighted text

[highlight #FF99FF]Highlighted text[/highlight]

Highlighted text

[u]underline[/u]

underline

[s]strikethrough[/s]

~~strikethrough~~

[sub]sub[/sub]script

_subscript

[sup]super[/sup]script

^superscript

[small]Small Text[/small]

Small Text

[tt]MonoSpaced Text[/tt]

MonoSpaced Text

[center]Centered
Text[/center]

Centered
Text

[right]Right
Aligned Text[/right]

Right
Aligned Text

[tab]Inserts Four
Non-Breaking Spaces

Inserts Four
Non-Breaking Spaces

[!]Attention![/!]
[attn]Attention![/attn]

Attention!
Attention!

You can also combine the TGML tags:
[color purple][b][i][u]Bold Italic Purple Underlined Text[/u][/i][/b][/color] = Bold Italic Purple Underlined Text

NOTE: the closing tags must be in reverse sequence of the opening tags
ex: [b][u]This Works[/u][/b] = This Works
[b][u]This Won't[/b][/u] = This Won't. (The closing tags order is wrong)

Links

Links are automatically generated when you type them in. If you want a link title, you can use the link tag. Be sure to use the entire url to the image you want to use including the "http://"

[link http://www.google.com]Google[/link]
(no line breaks)

Google

Images

Use the [img] tag to show images from any web server. Be sure to use the entire url to the image you want to use including the "http://"
Note: images larger than 400 pixels wide can cause your thread's page to distort. Please try to keep images posted under this size.

[img http://www.tipmaster.com/images/frog.gif]
(no line breaks)

(Sample only: Use the IMG tag to post any image from any web server.)

Special Characters

TGML supports the use of HTML character entities. Put the character entity in square brackets (like [π] to use them. TGML Character Entity Reference

6 [÷] 0 = [∞]

6 ÷ 0 = ∞

[[]b]bold text[[]/b]

[b]bold text[/b]

(good for showing TGML code)

Lists

Use these tags to make numbered or bulleted lists.

[ul]
[li]item 1[/li]
[li]item 2[/li]
[/ul]

item 1
item 2

[ul square]
  [li]item A[/li]
  [ul circle]
    [li]item i[/li]
    [li]item ii[/li]
  [/ul]
  [li]item B[/li]
  [li]item C[/li]
[/ul]

(you can use [ul disc] [ul circle], or [ul square] to change the bullet style.)

item A

item i
item ii

item B
item C

[ol]
[li]item 1[/li]
[li]item 2[/li]
[/ol]

item 1
item 2

[ol A]
  [li]item A[/li]
  [ol i]
    [li]item i[/li]
    [li]item ii[/li]
  [/ol]
  [li]item B[/li]
  [li]item C[/li]
[/ol]

(you can use [ol A] [ol a], [ol I], [ol i], or [ol 1] to change the numbering.)

item A

item i
item ii

item B
item C

Quotes

You can use the [quote] tag to offset quotes.

[quote]A stitch in time saves nine...[/quote]

Quote:
A stitch in time saves nine...

[quote Dave]I hate computers![/quote]

Quote (Dave):
I hate computers!

Code

You can use the [code] tag to offset programming code in your post. Links will not automatically become clickable inside [code] tags, but you can use other TGML.

[code]
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Page</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    Page content
  </body>
</html>
[/code]

CODE

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Page</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    Page content
  </body>
</html>

[code]
[aqua]<html>[/aqua]
  [aqua]<head>[/aqua]
    [teal]<title>[/teal]Page[teal]</title>[/teal]
  [aqua]</head>[/aqua]
  [navy]<body>[/navy]
    Page content
  [navy]</body>[/navy]
[aqua]</html>[/aqua]
[/code]

CODE

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Page</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    Page content
  </body>
</html>

Spoiler

You can use the [spoiler] tag to hide text you don't want readers to see right away. This is often used to hide an answer to a question you want readers to think about first, or give some readers a chance to have information many others might not want (example: a movie ending, the reason it's called a “spoiler”). To read the contents of the spoiler, highlight the spoiler box's contents.

[spoiler]This is a spoiler.[/spoiler]

Spoiler:

This is a spoiler.

Ignore

You can use the [ignore] tag to let TGML know you don't want to mark up a section of your post. Notice the TGML output to the right still shows the [b] tags.

[ignore][b]Bold Text[/b][/ignore]
(all TGML in the IGNORE tag will not be processed)

[b]Bold Text[/b]

Special Programmer's Note: A small minority of members, posting certain types of programming code, experience conflicts with TGML. If you are posting code, please check your output to be sure it outputs correctly. (Especially check the formatting around URLS and array subscripts). If your code does not look right, try surrounding the problem portion with the [ignore][/ignore] tags to ignore TGML, or use the checkbox to disallow TGML from your post altogether.