When submitting to online article directories, there will usually be an editor where you can perform simple formatting functions like underline, linking and bolding. But, there are still a few article directories in which you need to embed the HTML for performing the formatting functions into your articles yourself.
The following HTML tags are introduced in this article: unordered html list , list item , anchor , italics , underline , bold and line break . Although the tags accepted by different directories are not the same, for the most part, the tags here are all you need to be able to properly format your article.
To ensure that the HTML tags in this article are not mistaken for actual formatting tags, they will have spaces before and after the opening and closing angle brackets. When using the tags for your own articles, remove the 2 spaces. In addition, for easier reading, the text in your article is in italics.
It might look hard but I promise that you will end up with better looking articles, and it really is easy once you get the hang of it. Okay? Let’s continue…
Opening And Closing HTML Tags
In most cases, HTML tags comes with an opening and a closing tag, although some tags are used singly.
In the following example, the italics tag has to be closed and is used as follows:
This whole sentence is in italics.
Note the opening and closing tags.
However, the line break tag is used by itself:
There is a line break after this sentence.
Nesting Of HTML Tags Within Each Other
This just means that the tags can be used within each other. However, they cannot be interlinked.
This is how it should be written:
This text in bold and italics.
This is another way that tags can be nested:
The word italics is in italics.
This is not right:
The HTML tags are wrongly put.
The Underline, Bold and Italic Tag
The bold, italic and underline HTML tags are , and respectively. They have a corresponding closing tag which are , and . They are used to bold your text, put it in italics and to underline it.
The following will be in bold, in italics and underlined:
This is underlined, in italics and bold.
The Line Break Tag
Among all the tags in this article, the line break tag is the only one that does not need to be closed. It is used to insert a line break.
It can be used in the following way:
There is a line break after this line.
You can also put 2 or more line breaks together:
You have inserted 2 line breaks after this sentence.
The Anchor HTML Tag
This is the tag that you have to pay particular attention to as it is the most complicated. It is also the one that will bring visitors to your website.
Let’s say you want to link to your blog or website at MySiteDotCom. you would write something like the following:
Please visit my site here.
Note that in the previous example, the only word that will be underlined and clickable is the word “here”. In addition, MySiteDotCom must be an actual url.
Unordered HTML List And List Item Tag
An unordered list can be created by using the unordered HTML list tag and the list item tag . They are used together to create the unordered list.
As an example, if you wanted an unordered list of 3 items, you would write something like the following:
This unordered list contains 3 items:
First Item
Second Item
Third Item
Note that the list item tags are within the unordered HTML list tag.
Conclusion
Each article directory is different and each have their own sets of tags they will accept. But the tags introduced here will no doubt stand you in good stead. When in doubt, read their guidelines and help files, and always use the preview feature before submitting.