I see a lot of folks asking about extra games and such ,here is my guide on how to add many games into a dedicated "game" forum

Firstly this all hinges on the fact that admins on SMF forums have the ability to use html tags in their posts on thier own forums. ( some of you may already know this ,many won't )



Now that we know that ...

Step 1

create a forum for your games , goto your new forum and begin new topic.

Step 2
Open this link in a new page or tab http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/webmaster-games.php
You will know see a big list of games that you can get code for
Select a game and press the "get code" button , copy that code to your clip board.


Step 3

Return to your forum new topic and type in the html tags like this ...


Or make it centered like this

Now paste the game code from your clip board between those tags and preview

You may see the "left empty " error , just enter a period after the last tag.


What you have have now looks like this






Now if all went well preview again and then post .

The game will now be embedded and playable in your post.

I would show it here but i don't have admin permissions for this support forum .
Again this will only work on your own forum that you are admin on !


Here are a few examples on my forum http://shutterbugstroll.smfforfree4.com/index.php/board,24.0.html



P.S.
These games could also be used in an html block on your portal  or elsewhere via your webpage editor

HTML is a setting you can turn on/off
(off is default.)

What i am referring to is NOT the same



Admins and Admins only can include HTML in their posts just by using the bbc code HTML tag and it does NOT matter if you have basic HTML  enabled or not .

the bbc HTML tag looks like this


An Admin may post nearly any HTML  between those tags including script or videos and so on.

Here is an example on my forum of a post made using RSS feed converted to java

http://shutterbugstroll.smfforfree4.com/index.php/topic,23.0.html


 

No problemo simply sibyl 

I only wanted to make the distinction between this admin only feature and the enabled basic html which are entirely different in their abilities.
For instance , i don't think the enabled basic HTML will allow the <script> tag or <object> such as many games or videos use when we get them from outside providers



I have been using SMF forums for years now and i am admin at several including 2 large forums of my own on my own hosting which i cant mention here cuz they're ummm ... naughty lol 

thank you Tspeed....I actually understood everything and have successfully added games....thanks very much.....

Nice to hear this has helped someone

Always a pleasure to help 

Poppy,
I'm sure there are many other sites that will provide code for games that you could use the same way .
I just used miniclip because i've been using it for ages and it's got lots of gamesm and they also have a mini arcade that you can get code for too


or

Try doing a google search for "flash games" or "free flash"

thank you Tspeed.....you have been very helpful to me and I do appreciate it....