WTF? I just did exactly that, but instead of a hyperlink, I got the whole tag as plain text! Now, when I tried it again, it works! (No, there was no missing brackets, etc...) Hmm. I'm using Chrome on OSX, I might try updating to see if that might help.
As long as it's made clear somewhere that BBCode works, that should be helpful... though not as helpful as having the usual "BBCode Help" link visible.
Admins, would you care to comment? Is this feasible? (Having some editing help link visible somewhere onscreen?) Or are you trying to keep the interface as uncluttered as possible so new users aren't intimidated?
Thanks for the response anyway, Osgeld, it's much appreciated, even if only to confirm the PHBbb/BBCode stuff should work!
Cheers mate!
-Pete