7/10/2020 21 basic HTML codes everyone who’s not a developer should know

21 HTML basics every non-developer should

know
1. Headings
Headings may be one of the easiest codes to learn and considering how crucial
they are to your SEO, it's a good thing. There are six different types, as seen
below. To create a heading, simply wrap your text in the heading tags of your
choice:

2. Paragraphs
What would a nice heading be without a paragraph to elaborate on the
message? To get a paragraph like the one you're reading now, simply wrap
your text in <p> tags like the example below, and don't forget to close it with a
</p> tag!

<p>Hey, I'm a paragraph!</p>

Hey, I'm a paragraph!

3. Links

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Inbound marketing is nothing without linking your already-great content to other

relevant articles and website pieces. Try linking a word or phrase in your
paragraph by using the following <a> code:

<a href="https://www.impactbnd.com">Let's visit IMPACT's awesome

website!</a>

This miraculously turns into: Let's visit IMPACT's awesome website!

The href part of the code sentence specifies the destination website address
you want your link to go to.

4. Images
This is a fun one. Images make everything better, and they make your content
a lot more appealing to the reader. Insert an image like this:

<img class="lazy" data-

src="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/145335/Cute-Puppy.jpg"
alt="Cute-Puppy" style="width:500px;height:333px;">

The image tag is empty because it only contains attributes, so it doesn't need to
be closed. The attributes listed above include "src" or image URL. I also
included the image alt text (important for SEO purposes), and some styling
properties (width and height).
You can customize your image however you'd like. Oh, and for all you puppy
lovers out there — like me — here is the actual image I coded above:

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5. Line break
A line break is also an empty element, so it doesn't need to be closed. A line
break is basically an intentional space between two lines of text, created with
<br>.

<p>Place a line break underneath this sentence.

<br>
Place a line break above this sentence.</p>
Place a line break underneath this sentence
Place a line break above this sentence.

Once the HTML above is converted, you can tell that there's less space
between the first line and the second one, as compared to separating two
paragraphs with <p> tags. Adding a line break helps keep sentences within the
same paragraph on different lines.

6. Bold and strong

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To make something bold, there are two code elements that work. However, my
developers tell me that <strong> is used much more than <b>. Don't forget to
close the <strong> tag! </strong>

<strong>Bold a whole sentence!</strong>

Or only <strong>bold</strong> one word!
Bold a whole sentence!
Or only bold one word!

7. Italic and emphasized

Italic and emphasized text are similar to bold and strong text. There are two
code elements, but one is used more than the other. In this case, <i> will work,
but <em> is more commonly used.

<em>This sentence is super fancy.</em>

This sentence is super fancy.

8. Underlined
Bold, italicized, and now underlined. This one is just as easy as the other two.
Just wrap the text you want underlined in <u> tags, like this.

<u>Look, we can underline!</u>

Look, we can underline!

9. Ordered lists

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There is a difference between an ordered list and an unordered list. The

ordered list contains numbers, while the unordered list contains bullet points.
They both follow the same structure, but one letter changes.
Here is the code sentence for an ordered list. The <ol> is the entire "ordered
list," while the <li> is a "list item." You can include as many list items as you
need.

10. Unordered lists

Only one letter change is needed to switch from an ordered list to an unordered
list.

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11. Superscript
To insert a superscript format within your text, wrap the text you want to appear
something like this.
superscripted in ^tags. You'll end up with

Trademarks should be written in superscript^TM.

TM
Trademarks should be written in superscript .

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12. Subscript
If you know how to superscript, you should know how to subscript. Just use
_tags so you get text like this.

Sometimes, citations are written in subscript.

Sometimes, citations are written in subscript.

13. Horizontal line

Want to break up sections of a page or article? Try a horizontal line! Just use
the empty element (no need to close it), <hr>.

Insert a horizontal line between me and sentence 2.

<hr>
Hi, I'm sentence 2.

Insert a horizontal line between me and sentence 2.

Hi, I'm sentence 2.

14. Marked or highlighted text

I bet you didn't know that you could highlight text through an HTML code, did
you? It's so cool and so easy. Wrap the text to be highlighted in <mark> tags
</mark> so that you get a cool highlighted feature.

Only highlight the <mark>most important notes</mark>.

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Only highlight the most important notes.

15. Deleted (cross-through) text

If you want to display the cross-through effect on your text (maybe you created
a task list and want to cross out each one as you go), there's a code for that.
Try crossing out full sentences or even just one word by using <del> tags.
</del>

<del>Feed the dog.</del>

<del>Write my blog article.</del>
Make dinner.
Feed the dog.
Write my blog article.
Make dinner.

16. Short and long quotations

By now, you may be wondering how I'm putting all of my examples in a text
box. Well, surprise! There's a code for that, too. It's actually called a blockquote
or a long quote. You can see the difference between a long quote and a short
quote (normal quotation marks) below.

<blockquote>All of this text will be in a blockquote like the rest of the

examples.</blockquote>
<q>I'm quoting this because I'm saying it out loud.</q>
All of this text will be in a blockquote like the rest of the examples.
"I'm quoting this because I'm saying it out loud."

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17. Setting a specific font

The next few are going to get a bit trickier, so try to stay with me. Now that you
know how to create a heading, a paragraph, and stylized text, it'll be useful for
you to know that you can easily change the font using the element "font-family."
Don't forget all of the small details, such as the equal sign, quotation marks,
and semi-colon. Check out the examples below.

<h4 style="font-family:Georgia;">I want to change this header to

Georgia font.</h4>
<p style="font-family:Verdana;">I want to change this paragraph to
Verdana font.</p>

I want to change this header to Georgia font.

I want to change this paragraph to Verdana font.

18. Setting a specific text color

This one uses the same code type as the previous example, but instead of
using font-family, you use "color." You can experiment with actual colors (blue,
red, orange, etc.), or you can also insert hex colors to customize your text to
your brand.

<p style="color:blue;">The sky is really blue today.</p>

<p style="color:#ff471a;">The fire is a reddish-orange.</p>
The sky is really blue today.
The fire is a reddish-orange.

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19. Setting a specific text size

Again, this one uses the same basic code logic, but uses the element "font-
size." Put your font sizes in pixels, or px.

<p style="font-size:36px;">Make this paragraph size 36 font.</p>

<p style="font-size:12px;">Make this paragraph size 12 font.</p>

Make this paragraph size 36 font.

Make this paragraph size 12 font.

20. Setting a specific text alignment

Left, centered, right, or justified. How do you like your text? Make it any way
you'd like with "text-align."

<p style="text=align:center;">This paragraph should be centered.</p>

<p style="text-align:right;">This paragraph should be right aligned.
</p>
This paragraph should be centered.
This paragraph should be right aligned.

21. Tables
I saved the best for last! Well, I don't know if it's the best, but I think it's pretty
darn cool. The HTML code for creating a table can become pretty intricate, but
if you get the hang of the basics, you shouldn't have too much of an issue.
I'll show you how to create a simple table below.
To make it easier to understand, <tr> stands for table row, while <td> stands for
table data. Keep in mind that you can change the font, text size, text color, text

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alignment, and more.

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