How to add code to a post as text
I came across a problem when I was publishing my first 'how to' post' (How to add a recipe index to your blog). The code I was publishing for other bloggers to use was turning into it's function (ie a drop down list style index) instead of just text for bloggers to copy and paste.
After a search on google proved fruitless, I popped onto twitter and put out a call for help. Monica over at SmarterFitter was able to help me and with a wee tweek it eventually worked.
Here is what to do:
1. Each time you have a < in your code, replace it with
2. Each time you have a > in your code, replace it with
Another tip from Helen over at Fuss Free Flavours:
If you are emailing people html, send it in a wordpad document. A wordprocessor can add formatting which can stop it working.
After a search on google proved fruitless, I popped onto twitter and put out a call for help. Monica over at SmarterFitter was able to help me and with a wee tweek it eventually worked.
Here is what to do:
1. Each time you have a < in your code, replace it with
2. Each time you have a > in your code, replace it with
Another tip from Helen over at Fuss Free Flavours:
If you are emailing people html, send it in a wordpad document. A wordprocessor can add formatting which can stop it working.
Another very useful tip is if you are mailing people html, send it in a wordpad document. A wordprocessor can add formatting which can stop it working.
ReplyDeleteGood tip Helen, thank you :)
ReplyDeleteSounds very technical. Can you now code my blog to have better photographs? :-p
ReplyDeleteAs if you need help with photos Scott:)
ReplyDeleteHad to read that about three times before I understood it, it's too late at night for me (10pm) how sad am I???
ReplyDeleteGo to bed Janice x
ReplyDeletegreat post
ReplyDeletethanks for this - I was trying to work this out when I wrote a post recently about anchors and resorted to cropping screenshots but this sounds much more sensible
ReplyDeletevalieu
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