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January 17, 2005
HTML coding
Our blog client does not, alas, have WYSIWYG options. That means you have to hand-code links (to other websites, for example) and text formatting (such as italics and boldfacing). Lester Faigley has a fairly accessible coding guide on the Longman website, and you may well find that useful.
The main principle you need to remember for HTML coding is that directions must precede the word or words to be linked or formatted; and that you must signal where the coding ends.
Personally, I find it easiest to locate a website that presents text in the way I want mine, and then on the browser menu I choose "view source" and study the way the coding was done. That means I have a profoundly erratic, partial understanding of coding, but it suits my profoundly erratic, partial personality.
Posted by senioritis at January 17, 2005 09:53 AM
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