How to Use the html Tags in Your Articles

You are allowed to use certain html tags in your article to put emphasis on certain parts of you articles. You can emphasize keywords or whole sentences. You can also use other html tags to give your article a nice layout. For example when you want to make a list of things.

Tags explained in this document:

- The bolding tags: bold
- The italic tags: italic
- The underline tags: underline
- The unordered list tags:

• Fact
• Fact
• Fact

- The ordered list tags:

1. First Step
2. Second Step
3. Third Step

- The hyperlink tags: hyperlink text

The bolding tags <b></b> or <strong></strong>

The bolding tags <b></b> or <strong></strong> tags are used if you want to bold a particular part of your text. It is always wise to bold your keywords within your text. For example: Let's say the beginning of my article says. "Many people struggle with <b>how to get rid of Bermuda Grass</b> exactly." Notice the <b> tag in front of the word "how" and the closing </b> after the word "grass". This means that the words "how to get rid of Bermuda Grass" will all be bolded. Also note the slash in </b> to end the bolding. If you do not put that tag at the end of the word or words that you want to bold, the ENTIRE article will be bolded. You don't want that. If it happens your article will be rejected.

To recap, at the beginning of the words that you want to bold put this tag: <b> at the end of the words that you want to bold put this tag: </b>

Ex.: <b>how to get rid of Bermuda Grass</b>
Result: how to get rid of Bermuda Grass

You can also use <strong> instead of <b>

Ex.: <strong>how to get rid of Bermuda Grass</strong>
Result: how to get rid of Bermuda Grass

The italic tags <i></i> or <em></em>

The italic tags <i> </i> or <em></em> are used if you want to italicize a piece of text in your article. Let's say that I want to use italics for the words Bermuda Grass within a sentence. "Another alternative is to make friends with your <i>Bermuda Grass</i>." By using the <i> in front of the word Bermuda, and the </i> after the word Grass, I have just italicized the words "Bermuda Grass" in my text.

Ex.: <i>Bermuda Grass</i>
Result: Bermuda Grass

The underline tags <u></u>

The underline tags <u></u> are used for underlining text. Let's say that I want to underline the words "Bermuda Grass" in the previous sentence. I would write: "Another alternative is to make friends with your <u>Bermuda Grass</u>." Again by using the <u> before the word "Bermuda" and the </u> after the word "Grass", I have just underlined those 2 words in my text.

Ex.: <u>Bermuda Grass</u>
Result: Bermuda Grass

The Unordered List tags <ul><li></li></ul>

The unordered list tags <ul><li></li></ul> are used for makeing a list. Best explained with an example:

Ex.:

<ul>
<li>This is a list item.</li>
<li>This is a list item.</li>
<li>This is a list item.</li>
</ul>

Result:

• This is a list item.
• This is a list item.
• This is a list item.

The "ul" in <ul> stands for "Unordered List".
The "li" in <li> stands for "List Item".

The Ordered List tags <ol><li></li></ol>

The ordered list tags <ol><li></li></ol> are used for makeing a list in a particular order. Best explained with an example:

Ex.:

<ol>
<li>This is a list item in place 1.</li>
<li>This is a list item in place 2.</li>
<li>This is a list item in place 3.</li>
</ol>

Result:

1. This is a list item in place 1.
2. This is a list item in place 2.
3. This is a list item in place 3.

The "ul" in <ul> stands for "Unordered List".
The "li" in <li> stands for "List Item".

The Hyperlink tags <a></a>

The hyperlink tags <a></a> are used to hyperlink a piece of text. Let's say that I want to the words "Gardening Tips" within a sentence (in my Author Resource Box) linking to my site.

Ex.: Julie Gardener has more <a href="http://www.greenthumbarticles.com">Gardening Tips</a> for you on her site.
Result: Julie Gardener has more Gardening Tips for you on her site.

As you can see the hyperlink tags <a></a> are used together with an href parameter. The href actually means 'refer this text to the following hyperlink'. The url of Julie's site is put between quotes "".

<a href="http://www.yoursite.com">Text</a>

Resource

Additionally, here's a good resource for learning basic html: http://www.w3schools.com/html/