GW BBCode Tutorial

As u may have noticed (in zeb zeb's post) posting builds is easy since the hosters of this forum gave us a new function to post GW builds


Its an old version though

• you can't make a diffrence between PVP and PVE builds
  
• you can't put a save button in the build (to save it to a texfile, like on pvxwiki)
  
• and some skill descriptions might be outdated

But anyway!! Its a good start!! I hope u guys use this as this makes it much easyer to post builds




gwBBCode Tutorial


How to show a single skill

To display a skill you need to encase its name in square brackets "[" and "]".
For example the skill Shock would be represented by
[pre][Shock][/pre] => [Shock]
If you want to show the skill name instead of its icon, put a second "[" before the name
[pre][[Shock][/pre] => [[Shock]
If you want to show a skill effect adjusted to an attribute value, include "@" after skill name and then a number
[pre][Shock@8][/pre] => [Shock@8] here we have the skill with 8 in Air Magic
Tip: case and punctuation don't matter in skill names, and you can use some abbreviations
[pre]["You're All Alone!"][/pre] = [pre][youre all alone][/pre] = [pre][You're all ALONE!!!][/pre] => ["You're All Alone!"]
[pre][Word of Healing][/pre] = [pre][WoH][/pre] = [pre][woh][/pre] => [woh]


How to write a build

The simpler way is to get its template code from the game, then use it in one of these ways:
[pre][Shock Warr;OQYTgw4K5QrSFqM9cOtrCA][/pre] = [pre][build=Shock Warr;OQYTgw4K5QrSFqM9cOtrCA][/pre] ~= [pre][build=OQYTgw4K5QrSFqM9cOtrCA][/pre] =>
[Shock Warr;OQYTgw4K5QrSFqM9cOtrCA]

But if you want to write a build from scratch, here is how! A build consists of an opening tag [pre][build][/pre] in which you can specify details (see below), then a list of skills encased in brackets, and an ending tag [pre][/build][/pre]. In this example we specified a name and attribute level. Don't panic it will be explained in details below
[pre][build prof=W/E air=8][Shock][Frenzy][Eviscerate][/build][/pre] =>
[build prof=W/E air=8][Shock][Frenzy][Eviscerate][/build]

Now let's have a closer look.. at what you can specify in the [pre][build][/pre] tag..[list]
[*]Professions: To specify the build is for a Warrior/Elementalist, just add prof=W/E. You can use any profession abbreviation: W, Mo, E, R, N, Me, Rt, A, D, P. As well as full profession names, e.g prof=Warrior/Elementalist. You don't have to specify a secondary profession.
[pre][build prof=W/E][/build][/pre] = [pre][build prof=Warrior/Elementalist][/build][/pre] =>
[build prof=W/E][/build]

[*]Build's name: To specify a name, try this: name="Shock war" (note: the name must be encased in double brackets "")
[pre][build prof=W/E name="Shock war"][/build][/pre] =>
[build prof=W/E name="Shock war"][/build]

[*]Attributes: Just write the attribute name without spaces, followed by "=", and the attribute level. Like this: expertise=9. You can use plus signs to specify additional levels due to a rune or helmet: axemastery=12+1+3.
Tip: Case doesn't matter here and all but 3 attribute names can be reduced to their first three letters, e.g axe=12 and pro=4. Specifying a few more letters doesn't hurt though: prot=9 and blood=8. The three exceptions to this rule are: dead for Deadly Arts since dea is for Death Magic; comma for Command since com is for Communing; earthp for Earth Prayers since ear is for Earth Magic.
[pre][build prof=W/E AxeMastery=12+1+3][/build][/pre] = [pre][build prof=W/E axe=12+1+3][/build][/pre] =>
[build prof=W/E axe=12+1+3][/build]

[*]Description: Adding information on a build (weapons, armor, how to play it) can be done like this: desc="Vamp axe." (note: the description must be encased in double brackets "")
[pre][build prof=W/E desc="Vamp axe."][/build][/pre] =>
[build prof=W/E desc="Vamp axe. Spike with Shock."][/build]
Tip: you can write descriptions in multiple lines using {br} to separate lines. This tip works on build names as well.


[*]PvE/PvP: You can specify whether a build is PvE or PvP by adding either "pve" or "pvp" to the code:
[pre][build prof=W/E pve]["Watch Yourself!"][Blinding Surge][/build][/pre] =>
[build prof=W/E pve]["Watch Yourself!"][Blinding Surge][/build]
[pre][build prof=W/E pvp]["Watch Yourself!"][Blinding Surge][/build][/pre] =>
[build prof=W/E pvp]["Watch Yourself!"][Blinding Surge][/build]


[*]No skill: You may want to specify an empty skill slot. For that, use [pre][No Skill][/pre] => [No Skill]


Additional skill syntaxes
For Kurzick/Luxon skills:
[pre][[Aura of Holy Might (Kurzick)][/pre] => [[Aura of Holy Might (Kurzick)]
[pre][[Aura of Holy Might (Luxon)][/pre] => [[Aura of Holy Might (Luxon)]
[pre][[Aura of Holy Might][/pre] => [[Aura of Holy Might]


Miscellaneous

• Locally prevent gwBBCode parsing: Encase what you don't want to be parsed with tags [pre][pre][/pre] and [pre][/pre][/pre], e.g [pre][pre][EW][/pre][/pre] => [pre][EW][/pre]
  You'll find it useful when you want to mention a guild tag which happens to be a skill abbreviation, or when you want to explain gwBBCode syntax ^^
  
  
  
• Random build: guess what.. [pre][random build][pre] =>[random build]
  
  
  
• Installing gwBBCode: If you want it on your forums it's free and open source so come get it at http://gwshack.us ^^
  

Sexy! nice work

Nice code work Annalisa. But your post has made it necessary to scroll on my monitor (which is plenty w i d e by the way!)

Please watch your width requirements

I know i have to scroll 2

And before you congratulate me I copy pasted it
and then afterwards i have edited it a bit

so i didn't make the long sentences

wow nice! I'm too tired to read everything, but it seems very useful and cool!
i'll check that later!

Ty