The beauty of most blogging platforms is that they let you write and publish without bothering to learn any code. But, sometimes you’ll be on a browser or in a blank box with no help and you’ll want the link that your pasting to appear as a link that poeple can click on. This is a handy bit of HTML code to learn or have handy to copy.
<a href=”http://www.talkaboutlocal.org.uk”>Link<a/>
will appear as
Important: your URL needs to include http:// ie http://www.talkaboutlocal.org.uk rather than just www.talkaboutlocal.org.uk, otherwise it won’t work.
A small adaptation to this is to add in target=”_blank” if you want the link to open up in a new window, like this:
<a href=”http://www.talkaboutlocal.org.uk” target=”_blank”>Link<a/>
I work part-time for Talk About Local, mainly trying to develop resources that will help make new bloggers’ journey smoother and widen awareness of the range of free tools at our fingertips and the clever ways people use them. I also help out with unconferences, webinars and workshops. I’m passionate about the communities that are sometimes left voiceless and love discovering the small, the hidden and the new.
