8 Essentials HTML Skills For Article Writers

Many of the Internet marketers shut off learning HTML as they feel that it’s alright not to learn HTML as technologies are so advanced now that all we need to do is to highlight the words or sentences, and press the command button. I was like that when I first start off. It was only when I submitted articles to some of the directories that do not have the basic command, which lead me to learn some of the basic HTML coding for my article writing.

You do not have to spend money to get some experts to help, you can learn them in a matter of minutes. I can assure you that by learning some of the HTML codes for your articles, you can help to improve the quality of your articles, making it look nicer and reader friendly for your audiences.

Here are the 8 Essential HTML codes you MUST learn as an article writer:

How to link to a URL or Website Address

<a href=”http://www.websitemakernovice.com”>http://www.WebsiteMakerNovice.com</a>

Will show http://www.WebsiteMakerNovice.com on your article.

Do note the above HTML code do not open a new window or tap to the URL, instead it will be open in the same window or tap where you are reading the article. It is my preference to always open in new window or tap, so below is the difference:

<a href=”http://www.websitemakernovice.com”target=”_blank”>http:www.WebsiteMakerNovice.com</a>

This new HTML code will be able to open up a new tap for the directed URL to appear.

Using Anchor Text Linking To Website Address

It works the same for the previous HTML code, just that you need to the wordings before the </a>, below are the examples:

<a href=”http://www.websitemakernovice.com”>Learn To Build Website</a>   (No new tap or window)

<a href=”http://www.websitemakernovice.com”target=”_blank”>Learn To Build Website</a>   (opens new tap or window)

The link will look like this on the article learn to build website

Linking Your Email Address On The Article

<a href=mailto:YourAddress@DomainName.com>YourAddress@DomainName.com</a>

Will appear as: YourAddress@DomainName.com

One very important note is that we usually do not use this to link to our email address, as the spammers will gather your email address, and start spamming you very soon. A good way is to provide a graphic with your email address on it (not linkable). This will prevent the spammers to get a hold of your email address. Another way is to link to a contact page, where the readers can fill in their details to contact you .

Make My Words Bold

<b>My Words are bold</b>

Will create this : My Words are bold

Make My Words Italics

<i>My Words are italics</i>

Will create this: My Words are italics

Make My Words Underline

<u>Make My Words underline</u>

Will create this: Make My  Words underline

HTML code for Bullet Point List

<ul>

<li>First Para</li>

<li>Second Para</li>

<li>Third Para<li>

Will create this:

• First Para
• Second Para
• Third Para

HTML code for Numbered List

<ol>

<li>First Para<li>

<li>Second Para<li>

<li>Third Para<li>

</ol>

Will create this:

1. First Para
2. Second Para
3. Third Para

You can also use them together for maximum benefit for you and your reader. These 8 essentials HTML tips for article writing will help improve your article for readability for your targeted audience.

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