## VI. Appendices

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### F. CSS Examples

This appendix provides some sample CSS that you can use on your own sites. It is not flashy, but it will do the job acceptably well for most needs, and provides a good starting point for creating your own BBCode styles.

#### Black text, white background, blue accents

The CSS below is suitable for use with black text on a white background. Acronyms have dashed light-green underlines; spoilers are black-on-black; and quotes and code blocks use blue borders.

Code:

    /* Add a dashed underline to acronyms. */
    span.acronym { border-bottom:1px dashed green; }
    span.acronym:hover { color: green; border-bottom:1px dashed lightgreen; }

    /* Make spoilers invisible, so that you need to select them with the mouse. */
    span.spoiler { background-color: black; color: black; }

    /* Align columns to the top, and add some space between them. */
    table.bbcode_columns { border-collapse: collapse;
        margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; }
    table.bbcode_columns td.bbcode_column { padding: 0 1em; vertical-align: top;}
    table.bbcode_columns td.bbcode_firstcolumn { border-left: 0; padding-left: 0; }

    /* Wrap quotes in a big blue box. */
    div.bbcode_quote { border: 1px solid blue; margin: 0.5em 0; }
    div.bbcode_quote_head { background-color: blue; color: white;
        font-weight: bold; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; }
    div.bbcode_quote_head a:link { color: yellow; }
    div.bbcode_quote_head a:visited { color: yellow; }
    div.bbcode_quote_head a:hover { color: white; text-decoration: underline; }
    div.bbcode_quote_head a:active { color: white; text-decoration: underline; }
    div.bbcode_quote_body { background-color: skyblue;
        color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; }

    /* Wrap code in a big blue box. */
    div.bbcode_code { border: 1px solid blue; margin: 0.5em 0; }
    div.bbcode_code_head { background-color: blue; color: white;
        font-weight: bold; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; }
    div.bbcode_code_body { background-color: skyblue; color: black;
        font: 10pt monospace; padding: 0.5em 1em; }

#### White text, black background, red accents

The CSS below is suitable for use with white text on a black background. Acronyms have dashed dark-green underlines; spoilers are gray-on-gray; and quotes and code blocks use red borders.

Code:

    /* Add a dashed underline to acronyms. */
    span.acronym { border-bottom:1px dashed darkgreen; }
    span.acronym:hover { color: lightgreen; border-bottom:1px dashed green; }

    /* Make spoilers invisible, so that you need to select them with the mouse. */
    span.spoiler { background-color: gray; color: gray; }

    /* Align columns to the top, and add some space between them. */
    table.bbcode_columns { border-collapse: collapse;
        margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; }
    table.bbcode_columns td.bbcode_column { padding: 0 1em; vertical-align: top;}
    table.bbcode_columns td.bbcode_firstcolumn { border-left: 0; padding-left: 0; }

    /* Wrap quotes in a big red box. */
    div.bbcode_quote { border: 1px solid darkred; margin: 0.5em 0; }
    div.bbcode_quote_head { background-color: darkred; color: white;
        font-weight: bold; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; }
    div.bbcode_quote_head a:link { color: yellow; }
    div.bbcode_quote_head a:visited { color: yellow; }
    div.bbcode_quote_head a:hover { color: white; text-decoration: underline; }
    div.bbcode_quote_head a:active { color: white; text-decoration: underline; }
    div.bbcode_quote_body { background-color: #333;
        color: white; padding: 0.5em 1em; }

    /* Wrap code in a big red box. */
    div.bbcode_code { border: 1px solid darkred; margin: 0.5em 0; }
    div.bbcode_code_head { background-color: darkred; color: white;
        font-weight: bold; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; }
    div.bbcode_code_body { background-color: #333; color: white;
        font: 10pt monospace; padding: 0.5em 1em; }

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