Display Bible verses with BBcodes

Resources for Users and Webmasters

The following techniques will provide you with the power of VeritasBible.com on your personal web pages, blogs, and web sites.

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Bible BBcodes

A simple citation will display accurate bible verses on your forum site

Purpose

The following technique provides forum users with an easy way to display bible verses and supporting material with just a simple verse citation.

How it Works

This method employs Bulletin Board Code (BBCode), a lightweight and safe markup language used to format posts on many message boards. BBCode tags are usually indicated by square brackets surrounding a keyword (e.g.: [keyword]). The message board system interprets the bbcode into a markup language that web browsers understand—usually HTML or XHTML.

BBcodes are supported by many popular applications (e.g., phpBB, vBulletin, Invision, SMF, UBB). They are easy to install and configure by the board administrator.

Code

The following code block is to be implemented via your forum software's BBcode manager interface.

CODE: ==

<!-- Begin VeritasBible BBCODE -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.veritasbible.com/embed/passage/{option}/{param}"></script>
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 120%; border: 1px solid #D0D0D0;background-color: #eeeeee;">
<h2><script type="text/javascript">document.write(bcv);</script></h2>
<script type="text/javascript">document.write(v);</script>
<noscript>View bible passage at <a href="http://www.veritasbible.com" title="Catholic Bibles, Catholic Commentary, Catholic Resources">veritasbible.com</a></noscript>
</div>
<!-- End VeritasBible BBCODE -->

ENDCODE: ==


Boards that do not support UTF-8 character sets may want to try the following variation:

CODE: ==

<!-- Begin VeritasBible BBCODE -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.veritasbible.com/embed/passage/{option}/{param}"></script>
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 120%; border: 1px solid #D0D0D0;background-color: #eeeeee;">
<h2><script type="text/javascript">document.write(bcv);</script></h2>
<script type="text/javascript">document.write(decodeURIComponent(escape(v)));</script>
<noscript>View bible passage at <a href="http://www.veritasbible.com" title="Catholic Bibles, Catholic Commentary, Catholic Resources">veritasbible.com</a></noscript>
</div>
<!-- End VeritasBible BBCODE -->

ENDCODE: ==

Variables

{param} this is the placeholder for the bible verse. VeritasBible support a wide range of commonly used book names and abbreviations. For example: Matthew 16:16-18, Matt 16:16-18, Mt 16:16-18 will all work identically.

{option} if your bbcode engine supports additional variables, you can use this position to specify a particular bible. Supported bible versions include:

drb = Douay Rheims Bible
lvb = Latin Vulgate Bible.

If your bbcode engine does not support a second variable, just substitute the 3-letter code into the bbcode block above (in place of the {option} variable) for the bible you wish to support.

Board Usage

Once the above code is integrated into your forum software, your forum users can use the BBcode as follows:

[bible]Matthew 16:18[/bible]

If your forum software supports the second {option} variable, you would use the BBcode as follows:

[bible=drb]Matthew 16:18[/bible]

Search the Bible from Anywhere

Bible Search Plug-in

Add a high-quality bible search form to your web pages

Purpose

You can search VeritasBible.com content remotely using our Bible Search plug-in. Search bible verses, commentary, and articles all at once.

How it Works

This plug-in will pass your search terms to the VeritasBible search engine and provide you with a list of matching results sorted by sourcetype and relevancy.

Example Code

The following code block provides a simple layout in a table that would fit inside most side columns. Just add it to your web page(s) or web templates. The "look-and-feel" can be customized within the code or via css.

CODE: ==

<!-- Begin VeritasBible SEARCH -->
<!-- #s is the search input box, #x is the submit button -->
<style> #s {width:90px} #x {width:28px} </style>
<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" width="200">
<tr>
<td>Bible Search</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.veritasbible.com/embed/search/simple"></script> <form action="http://www.veritasbible.com/embed/search/dosimple" method="post">
<script type="text/javascript">document.write(b);</script> <a href="http://www.veritasbible.com" title="Catholic Bibles, Catholic Commentary, Catholic Resources">VeritasBible.com</a>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- End VeritasBible SEARCH -->

ENDCODE: ==

Example Using Above code block

Bible Search

VeritasBible.com

Look-and-Feel

You can change the look and feel via css.