04 Mar
The web is built upon hyper-text markup language, better known as HTML.
What HTML does is tell the web browser how to display the contents of the page. If a website was a house, HTML would be the frame. Although many websites have WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) editors available that allow updates to be made without touching the code, it will still be necessary under some circumstances to edit HTML.
For example, often times it is not possible to get text and images to lay out properly with the WYSIWYG editor. With basic HTML knowledge, a website owner can make web pages more attractive by have control of the source code. Assembled below is a quick guide to some frequently used HTML codes. Feel free to use this list, link to it from your website, or come back as frequently as need to finish your project.
HTML Code Cheat Sheet
( Note: many of these tags are depreciated, meaning they are not currently considered a standard by W3. )
Bold text – <b>this text is bold</b>
Italic text – <i>this text is italic</i>
Underline text – <u>this text is under-lined</u>
Strike Through Text – <s>this text has strike through</s>
Line break – <br />
Add a space –
Adding hyper-links – <a href=”/put link destination here with full URL including https://”>Text of Link Here</a>
Adding Lists
Un-ordered list – <ul><li>One list item</li><li>Second list item</li><li>Third list item</li></ul>
Ordered list – <ol><li>One list item</li><li>Second list item</li><li>Third list item</li></ol>
Copyright – ©
Trademark – ™
Registered – ®
Line across – <hr />
Adding Tables
Table – <table>
Table header – <theader>
Table row – <tr>
Table data – <td>
Putting it all together to make a table:
<table>
<tr>
<td>One item in row 1</td>
<td>Second item in row1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>One item in row 2</td>
<td>Second item in row 2</td>
</tr>
</table>
If you would like assistance with HTML or other code on your website, please contact the friendly professionals at Authentic Imaging, LLC. at 406.322.3569
