Discourse BBCode Color

:discourse2: Summary Discourse BBCode Color adds BBCode colors to the post formatting options.
:hammer_and_wrench: Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode-color
:open_book: Install Guide How to install plugins in Discourse

Features

Usage

Set colors inline with:

[color=#aaa]text[/color]
[color=red]text[/color]

Set background colors with:

[bgcolor=#aaa]text[/bgcolor]
[bgcolor=red]text[/bgcolor]

Notes

:warning: Careful with this plugin, it can easily be used for abuse by hiding text and making text unreadable.

CHANGELOG

TODO

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Hi,
sorry, I do not understand. What is the purpose of this plugin, as the Discourse BBCode plugin also handles the color codes. I’m sure it is just a misconception here on my side and I am stuck somewhere. Please bring me up to speed. :slight_smile:
Regards

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Hm, no, the repo is different and also the content looks different:

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Oh apologies, you are right. Still odd I agree.

If you just need coloured text, consider:

No, I migrated from phpBB to Discourse. So I have a lot of BBCode in thousands of posts. I only have the discourse-bbcode plugin installed - and always was wondering about the differences.

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From having a little investigation it seems that it was kept as two plugins so people could have the option of having just the simpler colour version without everything else included as well.

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Will there be a plugin / theme component that adds the ability to quickly select preset colors by pressing a single button on the user interface or a dropdown based on this plugin?