HTML: fun and easy!



HTML: Fun and Easy!
How to Make a Link
How to Make Italics, Bold, Delete, Big, and Center
by Sue Basko, Esq.

Are you jealous of people who can make their online comments, Craigslist ads, band descriptions, and other things just a bit snazzier because they know HTML?  HTML is hypertext mark-up language.  It is coding you can use in spaces that allow it.  It's easy!  Here are a few easy HTML codes to get you started.  

Here's how to do it:

This is called an angle bracket.  
HTML code goes inside the angle brackets.

Let's say you want to make some words bold.
is the code for bold.


You turn the bold code on with 




and turn the bold code off with



Everything that is between the on and the off will be bold.

Example: 
I want to order a mushroom only pizza.

Let's add some HTML for bold:  



This is how it will look: 
I want to order a mushroom only pizza.


HERE'S SOME MORE SIMPLE HTML CODES:

CENTER:
Example:
  





How it looks: 
The Title of My Paper


ITALIC:
Example: 

   

How it looks:
 She was so dreadfully boring.


BIG:
Example:




How it looks:
  The sale is for a Limited Time Only!


DELETED:
Note: In comments, this is used mostly for jokes or sarcasm.

Example:




How it looks:
   The Antiques Shoppe was filled with junk treasures.


HOW TO MAKE A LINK:
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The link is live. It goes to my Twitter.  Click on it and see. Here is how to make such a  a link: 



This will get you started on HTML. Practice makes perfect!  There are many more HTML codes.  Have fun learning them!