Formatting Messages

In Scoutbook Plus, the messages are what you see is what you get.

In Legacy Scoutbook, you have to imbed BBCodes for formatting of messages.

BBCodes for Messages

You can add some basic editing to your message and add external content via BBCodes. The available options with examples are shown below. NOTE: embedding youtube videos is not supported for messages.

  • Bold [b]this is bold[/b]
  • Italics [i]italic[/i]
  • Underline [u]underline[/u]
  • Strikethrough [s]strike this text[/s]
  • URL (link) [url]https://www.scoutbook.com[/url]
  • URL (text) [url=https://www.scoutbook.com]Scoutbook[/url]
  • Image [img]http://www.google.com/someimage.jpg[/img]
Updated on May 13, 2025

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