# bbCode has stopped rendering in the forum posts

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**Created:** [June 2, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/bbcode-has-stopped-rendering-in-the-forum-posts/69623 "2018-06-02T12:26:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanRathbun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/danrathbun/32/500_2.png) [@DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DanRathbun)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/bbcode-has-stopped-rendering-in-the-forum-posts/69623/1 "2018-06-02T12:26:06Z")

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In one of my old posts, I had wrapped section numbers like `"(2)"` in `[b]` … `[/b]` tags which used to render correctly.  
Ie …

```nohighlight
[b](2)[/b]

```

Now they do not. They render like …

```nohighlight
b[/b]

```

_REF:_ [https://forums.sketchup.com/t/require-rubygems-in-sketchup/8799/4](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/require-rubygems-in-sketchup/8799/4)

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**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/bbcode-has-stopped-rendering-in-the-forum-posts/69623/2 "2018-06-02T13:51:44Z")

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Seems like the parens are interfering with the formatter. Any idea if that is a standard markdown thing or peculiar to discourse?

```auto
[b]foo[/b] and [b]2[/b]

```

come out as foo and 2

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**Author:** ![DanRathbun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/danrathbun/32/500_2.png) [@DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DanRathbun)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/bbcode-has-stopped-rendering-in-the-forum-posts/69623/3 "2018-06-02T13:56:27Z")

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Weird. let me test …

b[/b]

… yea. this is a Discourse only thing.

But if I do …

```nohighlight
[b]`(2)`[/b]

```

… it renders as …

`(2)`

* * *

And …

```nohighlight
**(2)**

```

… renders fine as …

**(2)**

… so I’ll be editing that old post, I suppose.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/bbcode-has-stopped-rendering-in-the-forum-posts/69623/4 "2018-09-02T05:56:30Z")

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Closed on September 2, 2018, 5:56am UTC

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