BB Code
Real Hosting
Jun 11th
Real hosting is something much more than what meets the eye. It is more than a place to merely store files and have a space on the Internet. It’s more than just unlimited this and unlimited that; it involves real space, real deals, real support, and real guarantees.
What you REALLY pay for
Ever heard of the Myth of Unlimited Hosting? Aside from being technically impossible, it is highly unlikely that a web hosting company will charge you $4.95 a month if you agree to stay for 60 months. This includes unlimited disk space, a free domain name, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited databases, unlimited FTP accounts, unlimited emails, and unlimited everything else.
If you happen to break the 60 month agreement you are slapped with a termination fee and other hidden fees. This can quickly become a major hassle, especially when you receive poor support and service when you just want out of a bad hosting situation.
Often, in these situations, the hosting companies will begin to nag at you when too much space is taken up on a shared server, you’re taking up too much CPU, or taking up too much RAM on the server. This renders the promise of unlimited features as invalid and not a real guarantee and not real, honest hosting.
These types of hosting companies will go into your account and begin changing things if you have too many files on the server, if the files are taking up too much space, or too many “unrelated files”. They will disable the website and then it becomes a hassle to get your website back online. While they’re breaking promises, you’re losing traffic, clients, and/or money. Whether it is a business website or a personal blog, it is embarrassing when you have to explain to clients and friends why your website is down in the first place.
While you’re banging your head against a wall wondering why your website was suspended, they will be helping other people and not replying to your support tickets, emails, or phone calls. Some hosts will treat you like a second-class citizen if your account is suspended.
What you get with real hosting from AtomicPages
AtomicPages Real Hosting is different; we do not make promises we cannot keep. We will never claim to have unlimited features and go back on our word later on. The amount of features you pay for is the amount of features you will actually receive and nothing less; no questions asked.
This is what defines real hosting from impostors. We are honest, backup our guarantees, and have real morals. You will never hear that we are suspending your account due to too much space, taking up too many resources on the server, or any other made-up excuse. We will not impose upon your website unless it is breaking the law. AtomicPages real hosting will never leave you in the dark about your website.
Helping people with websites and delivering good quality hosting while keeping a promise is not all smoke and mirrors. There is no mystery to keeping a promise.
All about BB Code
Dec 21st
BB Code is a common way for format blog posts, forum posts, and comments on those posts. BB Code is an acronym for bulletin board code. If you are familiar with HTML code then BB Code will be very easy for you to understand. If not then need not worry, we will be covering all of the essential info you’ll need to know.
BB Code is an alternative to using HTML in user input forms. BB Code is a “safer” alternative to HTML, for when you have unknown users making posts on your site and you want to protect from the users trying to do anything malicious. Ultimately the BB Code, is converted into normal html, usually by a php script, so that the browser can interpret it.
Like HTML, BB Code has tags or key words or characters placed within a tag that contain a special meaning. Example:
| HTML/CSS | BB CODE |
|---|---|
| <b> bold text | [b]bold text[/b] |
| <i> italic text | [i]italic text[/i] |
| <u> underline text | [u]underlined text[/u] |
| text-decoration:line-through; strikethrough text | [s]line-through text[/s] |
| font-size:value; some text | [size={number}]text[/size] |
| color; some text | [color={color}]text[/color] |
| text-align:center; some text | [center]centered text[/center] |
<blockquote>some text |
[quote]blockquote[/quote] |
| <a href="url"> this is a link | [url={url}]link title here[/url] |
| <img src="img" /> {image} | [img]{url}[/img] |
|
<img src="img" height="#" width="#" /> Resized Image |
[img{width}x{height}]{url}[/img] |
| <ul> unordered list | [ul][li]{text}[/li]…[/ul] |
| <ol> ordered list | [ol][li]{text}[/li]…[/ol] |
| <code> monospace text | [code]{text}[/code] |
| <table><tr><td></td></tr></table> | [table][tr][td][/td][/tr][/table] |
For those that know HTML you see the similarities. For those you who are not, we can see how certain words or characters are encased in brackets [] and they have a special meaning. An alternative to BB Code is a HTML Filter that will not allow javascript and other tags.
Differences between HTML and BB Code
| HTML | BB CODE |
|---|---|
| Angled brackets <> | Rectangular brackets [] |
| Allows inline CSS by use of the style attribute | Does not allow any inline CSS to be used |
| Chances of executing JavaScript or breaking the layout of a website | No chance of executing JavaScript or breaking the layout of the site |
| Formatting is very picky and cannot be changed | Formatting is simple and easy to understand and to change |
| There is a standard | There is not a standard |
BB Code is used in many forum softwares and content management systems.
