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21 HTML Commands

The document provides an overview of 21 HTML basics that every non-developer should know, including how to format text using headings, paragraphs, links, images, lists, quotes, and tables. It explains the HTML tags needed to bold, italicize, underline, superscript, subscript, insert line breaks, and more. Styles are demonstrated for setting fonts, text colors, sizes, and alignment.

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21 HTML Commands

The document provides an overview of 21 HTML basics that every non-developer should know, including how to format text using headings, paragraphs, links, images, lists, quotes, and tables. It explains the HTML tags needed to bold, italicize, underline, superscript, subscript, insert line breaks, and more. Styles are demonstrated for setting fonts, text colors, sizes, and alignment.

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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:

2. Paragraphs
To get a paragraph like the one you're reading now, simply wrap your text
in <p> tags like the example

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

Hey, I'm a paragraph!

3. Links
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="http://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="http://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 "class="lazy" data-
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.

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 & Strong


To make something bold, there are two code elements that work.
However, my developers tell me that <strong> is used much more over
<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 & 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
Yes, 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
As I mentioned in the last example, only one letter change is needed to
switch from an ordered list to an unordered list. Determine which type of
list would be more effective for your projects.

11. Superscript
To insert a superscript format within your text, wrap the text you want to
appear superscripted in <sup> tags. </sup> you’ll end up with something like
this.

Trademarks should be written in superscript<sup>TM</sup>.

Trademarks should be written in superscriptTM.

12. Subscript
If you know how to superscript, you should know how to subscript. Just
use <sub> tags </sub> so you get text like this.

Sometimes, citations are written in subscript.

Sometimes, citations are written in subscript.

13. Horizontal Line


Want a creative way 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>.


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 & Long Quotations


By now, you may be wondering how I'm putting all of my examples in a
light greyish-blue 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.

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.

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 alignment, and more.

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