Secret BBCode?

[bigsoccer tech]

Can you create a custom bbcode taht doesn't auto-appear in the FAQ so you only give it to members you want to?

[Zachery]

No, all bbcode is public. Even if you hid it and only gave it to specific users, other users can just quote a post and get the bbcode.

[Crippius]

Solution

Actually you can keep your custom bbcode secret.


Edit template help_bbcodes
Remove the following lines:

$template[bbcodelinks]

$template[bbcodebits]

And I've solved the quote problem with a pluggin

Let's say your custom bbcode is
[test]value[/test]

Create a new pluggin

Hook Location : newreply_quote

$pagetext = str_replace('[test]', '[???]', $pagetext);
$pagetext = str_replace('[/test]', '[/???]', $pagetext);
$pagetext = str_replace('[TEST]', '[???]', $pagetext);
$pagetext = str_replace('[/TEST]', '[/???]', $pagetext); 

When quoting, all occurences of your custom bbcode will be replaced by
[???]value[/???]

Et voila

NB: I don't use multiquoting on my forum so I have not tested my hack with that feature, but for normal quoting it works fine