Don't want to learn HTML? No problem. As long as you know how to copy and paste, you can do the following:
Make a clickable link to your email address.
You can use HTML in the bio section of your SmugMug homepage, in captions, and in gallery descriptions.
Start by opening a new browser window and going to your SmugMug homepage. Click the edit link next to the words "your bio".
Now, copy and paste the following in the box, replacing the teal bits:
<a href="mailto:me@myemail.com">Email me</a>
This will be the result:
Email me
Play with fonts!
Go ahead, give the following HTML a try:
<strong>This text will be bold</strong>
<em>This text will be italicized</em>
<em><strong>This text will be bold AND italicized</strong></em>
<span style="color:yellow">This text will be yellow</span>
<span style="color:#388E8E">This text will be a nice teal color</span> (Find lots of color choices)
<span style="color:blue; background:lime">This text will be blue with a bright green background</span>
<h3>This text will be big</h3>
<h2>This text will be bigger</h2>
Link to a web page.
This is the HTML you'll need to link to a web page:
<a href="http://www.smugmug.com">SmugMug's homepage</a>
This will be the result:
SmugMug's homepage
Just replace the teal bits!
Whew! That wasn't too bad, was it? Continue on down the page to learn more about HTML and you'll be an HTML whiz in no time.
Tell me about tags.
I think I've got it. Anything else?
If you really know your stuff with HTML and want to embed more advanced features than you see above, you can begin your bio, caption, or gallery description with <html> and end it with </html>.
You'll need to add your own carriage returns/line breaks:
<br /> at the end of your sentence produces one carriage return.
<br /><br /> produces two.
Note:
<br /> is one of the few HTML commands that doesn't require a closing command. Just put it at the end of your sentence.
I'm hooked. What else can I use html for?
You can use HTML to insert photos on your SmugMug site into a forum or blog post. Learn more.
Power and Pro SmugMuggers can use HTML to add custom banners to their SmugMug pages. However, most Power and Pro customization will use CSS, instead of HTML.
UH-OH! Something went wrong.
- Did you forget to close a tag? Remember, anytime you open a tag... close it!
- Did you copy HTML from FrontPage or similar program?
Danger, danger... FrontPage is for designing whole web pages, not a simple bio embedded in the middle of one. It will add HTML that you don't want or need that can cause your bio to influence the rest of the page. Better to stick with the simple HTML commands, above.
- Did you start your bio/caption/gallery description with <html> and end it with </html>? Be sure to do this!
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