Basic HTML code HELP

This page is meant to help someone who knows nothing about html code.  After reading this page you will know how to:
 
- Create a link
- Display an image
- Display an image that is a clickable link
 
You can use any of the codes taught here with your profile.  Simply go to My Profiles and click on 'Customize Profile'.  Place the code in any text box EXCEPT 'background picture' or 'music/video URL'.

Create a link

To create a link you simply need to know the URL.  The URL of a site is located on the top of your browser and should start with a http://.  For example Google's URL is: http://www.google.com.

Lets say you want to put a link to Google on your vehicle profile.  The code you would use is:

   <a href="http://www.google.com">Google Search</a>

and it would show up as: Google Search

That's it!  All you need to do is replace http://www.google.com with the URL you desire - just remember to put it between the quotes!

Display an image

To put pictures and graphics up on your site you also need to know the picture's URL.  TheAutoLog recommends Imageshack to host your picture on the web (it's free).

Once you know the URL of your picture use the following code for it to show up on your profile:

   <img src="http://www.theautolog.com/images/hotrod.jpg">

And it would show like:

That's it!  All you need to do is place your picture's URL between the quotes.

Display an image that is a clickable link

You can also display a picture and when someone clicks on the picture it takes them to another site.

You'll need to know 2 things.  The URL of the picture and the URL of the site where you want to take them. As a example, lets say we want to have a picture of a hotrod and if someone clicks on it, it will bring them to TheAutoLog.com.  Here's the code:

   <a href="http://www.theautolog.com"><img src="http://www.theautolog.com/images/hotrod.jpg"></a>

And it would show like:

The only difference between this and a regular link is that we used the picture code instead of text.

Congratulations!  Now you can add pictures and links to your vehicle profile!  If you want to learn more just google "Html tutorials."

You can use any of the codes taught here with your profile.  Simply go to 'Customize Profile' and click on 'Add / Edit Details.'