JUST TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO USE HTML ON MY SITE

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  avantdonald · Member · May 9, 2014 at 10:52 pm

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  I’m tying to find a good simple tutorial about HTML…specifically, I’m trying to find out how to use HTML in the body of texts. When I cut and paste codes into text body, such as trying to put an image in the text of a blog, All I get is a visual representation of the text, not the image or effect I’m going for…

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  raincoaster · Member · May 10, 2014 at 1:56 am

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  Well, stop pasting HTML code into the visual editor, and familiarize yourself with the way WordPress.com works; not all code is supported here. Javascript, for instance, and many HTML tags are not supported.

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  avantdonald · Member · May 10, 2014 at 2:59 am

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  O….K….Now that I have been properly chastised, please excuse my ignorance…I’m VERY new to all this and learning on the fly…Are you inferring that I need to be working in text editor? I’m not using Javascript.

  As for “familiarize yourself with the way WordPress.com works” , that’s precisely what I’m trying to do…Do you know where I can find simple easy to follow Instructions?

  Thanks…
  DWA

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  auxclass · Member · May 10, 2014 at 3:05 am

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  avantdonald · Member · May 10, 2014 at 3:43 am

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  Thanks auxclass but I’ve been through all of those before and didn’t find the answer to my question…Which is a simple step by step as if you’re talking to a five year old Instructions as to how to add HTML to text body in a blog…I know how to use a text widget, but that’s not what I want to do… I want to add images in places inside the blog…not in side panels or header or footer…

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  auxclass · Member · May 10, 2014 at 5:49 am

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  Images can be inserted using the Add Media button – no need for html

  For html tutorials you will need to look outside of WordPress.COM – and as you have found out – not all html code is supported here

  there is not really much reason to write in html coding here – many bloggers have had blogs here for years and never used the html editor

  I only use html for fixing picture formatting to match text up for how do Posts and clearing where I want a break to make the how to text match the picture

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  raincoaster · Member · May 10, 2014 at 7:22 am

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  And yes, you need to be putting code in the Text editor if you want it to execute.

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  avantdonald · Member · May 10, 2014 at 11:24 am

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  Finally an answer…well…actually two answers..

  Many thanks for your patience with a newbie guys …

  DWA