Web writing: do you need to know HTML?

Do you need to know HTML to write for the Web?

No, but it helps. You’ll often need to add H1 tags, or links, quickly, and it helps when you know how to do that.

More importantly, as a Web writer, you’ll want to add title tags and page descriptions to pages which are already online — adding these helps the page get some “free” advertising from the search engines. Many FTP programs have built-in editors, which quickly let you add these items.

You’ll find many tools online which will help you. I use RapidWeaver for example, as my page editor, Taco HTML as my HTML editor, and MarsEdit to write blog posts quickly. (All Mac programs, the PC has many similar tools.)

If you’re completely new to HTML these Squidoo pages on this article How To Squidoo – Big List of Squidoo Help Lenses – Learn Squidoo for Free | PotPieGirl.com offer a not-intimidating HTML primer:

“HTML is a type of web page code that allows you to make your text bold, or in italics, or underlined, or bigger, or a different color….or ALL of it at once. These lenses are a ton of help learning basic HTML for those that are new and for more advanced users who want HTML techniques to really wow their readers.

Big tip for HTML and other Web code: learn it as you need it. Please don’t be cowed by it. Compared with WRITING, HTML is a breeze.

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