More Simple Code

To add any content to your blog besides plain text, you’ll need to use HTML code. HTML is the language used to create most Web pages. This section covers how to write some basic HTML code.

If you want to format a subhead or just emphasize some words, it’s some of the easiest HTML to use. These require an opening and a closing tag, just like <a> tags for links. Don’t forget your closing tags!

Italics/emphasis

Italicized text requires <em> tags (em stands for emphasis).

This is <em>italic</em>.

This is italic.

Bold/strong emphasis

Bold text requires <strong> tags (strong stands for strong emphasis).

This is <strong>bold</strong>.

This is bold.

Strikethroughs, superscript and subscript

Other simple tags that are needed very rarely include <del> for strikethroughs or deleted text, <ins> for inserted text, <sup> for superscript and <sub> for subscript.

Use strikethroughs <del>all the time</del> <ins>rarely</ins>.


x<sup>2</sup>


H<sub>2</sub>O

Use strikethroughs all the time rarely.
x2
H20