Filtered Judgment

Movable Type Publishing Platform may not have all you're looking for. I was looking for a way to embed music into my blog yesterday. If anyone is interested in how I was able to do that, for their own curiosity, or to better their blog, here are some tips about HTML.
HTML is the programming language that governs the design of web pages. Most people are familiar with this term. There are several good online resources for beginners in HTML. I found two for the lazy:

• Tag Syntax Resources: "Tags" are essentially the vocabulary of HTML
• A Guide to Your First Web Page: Written by Dave Raggett (links to his homepage if you liked this)

I have had some formal background in HTML. I took a class a few years back. I don't claim to be an expert, but I do feel comfortable with the basics. It would be difficult to read (or for me to write) HTML in this blog, because It won't let me actually write the code without implementing it before publication. This means I see code, you see what the code does. This
is a document I wrote about the basic structure of an HTML document. This is the output of the code I wrote. I spent a good amount of time with this, but if it helps one person, it's worth it.

HTML tags can be used in the entry body box when you write entries to the blog. If you wanted to add a song, like I did, you would just need to upload the song to your webspace and use the embed tag, the source being the address of the song. For specific questions about this and formatting, ask. I only don't write them because they get complicated. For instance, what if you upload an itunes song in the .m4a format? People with itunes would be able to play the song, but others who don't will be left out. Make sure the music file is a .mp3 file. Nearly (if not) everything can play this.

If programming interests you, HTML or otherwise, I have to make this recommendation. Notepad++ is an open source text editor from heaven itself. It supports over 80 programming languages, color coding tags or statements or functions to ease the eyes. It's very easy to use. If you want it, the download link is here. Give it a try. It can't compile it for you ( for languages like C++ and Python) but you could write in it, save it with the correct extension, and compile it using something else (if this applies to you).

Let me know if I could have been more explanatory about a specific topic, or if you have any questions and want to talk to a human being about them. Happy coding!