PhotoHunt: Theme—Half

Advanced Blogging Tutorial

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This delightful young boy's face is half-masked. Today's theme at TNChick's PhotoHunt also made me think of how frequently I'm lazy when leaving comments on Blogger blogs. Often, I only take my knowledge of HTML half way.

For instance, if I want to include a link to a relevant post with my comment, instead of creating a proper clickable HTML link, I simply leave the full URL. It always looks messy, long, and cumbersome!

How to Create a Clickable Link in Blogger Comments

NOTE: When creating your link, DO NOT remove the double quotes, but DO remove ALL FOUR single quotes around the a's. (Also, be sure to leave a space between a and href="etc.")

To insert a clickable link, type:

<'a' href="YOURLINKGOESHERE">The Link's Title<'/a'>

Example:

<'a' href="http://alonethoughts.blogspot.com/">Blogging Along<'/a'>

Repeat NOTE: When creating your link, DO NOT remove the double quotes, but DO remove ALL FOUR single quotes around the a's. (Also, be sure to leave a space between a and href="etc." )

Your link will end up looking like this: Blogging Along

Click PREVIEW before you publish your comment to see if you've used the HTML correctly. If not, no one will know and you can try it again!

Your Mission... Should You Decide to Accept It

Today, your challenge is to try creating a link in my comment box. If you goof up, no problem. Simply send your comment to the trash. Then start over!

Related: How to Bold a Word & How to Italicize a Word & How to Center Text & Images

Photo: Carf (Flickr)

Next Week: How to Create a Scroll Box Below a Button

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