How To Show HTML To People

Have you ever tried to show HTML code to people, only to have it really operate?

For example, you type in

<b>bold</b> and you just get this:

bold

This is how people (including us) display HTML tags:

In the previous example, we used <b>bold</b> as the displayed code. This is how I wrote that:

&lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt;

Look complicated? It's not. Let's break it down.

The first part is

<b>

This is written as

&lt;b&gt;

Ever noticed how the things around the tags are greater and less than signs (<,>)? Well, that is used here. & l t ; is used for less than and & g t ; is used for greater than.

That's essentially all you need to know!

&lt; = <

&gt; = >

Now you can show people HTML on your website!



NOTE FROM NILS: In addition, & = &amp;



NOTE FROM GEOFFREY: To show people how to show people how to make HTML, remember to use &amp; as an &. So to write &lt; you would write &amp;lt;