Here is the list of [BB</a> Code](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/misc.php?do=bbcode]BB”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/misc.php?do=bbcode) formatting.
To make a color of your choice - for example, fuchsia - type
The text you want to color[/color ]
Then remove the space before the last bracket. This should produce:
[color=fuchsia]The text you want to color
You can choose any normal color you want, except for white. 
blue
green
yellow
red
purple
grey
pink
brown
Mainelonghorn’s advice works on most operating systems, if it doesn’t, then you should manually type:
**Value[/b ] for bold, again removing the space before the last bracket. By value I mean what you want to bold, italicize, color.
This should produce, Value
*Value[/i ] for italicizing, yields Value
Value[/u ] for underlining, yields Value
To hyperlink: type [url=<a href=“http://www.website.com%5DValue%5B/url”>www.website.com]Value[/url</a> ]
For example, I hyperlinked at the beginning of this post.
Emoticons: 
angry face is :mad : then remove the space after the colon, :mad:
scared face is :eek : :eek:
eye-roll face is :rolleyes : :rolleyes:
cool face is :cool : 
To make a list:
[ul]
[<em>]Value1
[</em>]Value2
[li]Value3[/li][/list ]
Again, value can be whatever you want to type. Don’t forget to remove the last space before the last bracket.
[list]
[<em>]Value1
[</em>]Value2
[li]Value3[/li][/ul]