Edit website in HTML

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by bgjyd834, Mar 10, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hi-

    I'm new to all this, but I hope to find an answer to a question. (My apologies beforehand if I've made mistakes in handling all this...)

    I have new website that's hosted by a hosting site. The website is in HTML. I'd like to make one tiny edit (without nagging my former designer).

    I want to delete someone's last name and replace it with their last initial. I tried to go into my website and do this myself (on a page that said "File Manager"--it looks like a file in Text Edit [no code except to indicate quotation marks and apostrophes]). When I did, it changed all the apostrophes and quotation marks to "B"'s on that page. I had to restore the page to the original and give up, because the support people couldn't help me.

    I read a little bit about HTML on here and some other sites. It seems like this shouldn't be difficult. Do you think I should go into the actual HTML file and delete the name, replace it with the initial, and be sure the code marker immediately follows? (I think it's: </b><br />

    Sorry to be long-winded. I'm a humanities person, not a techie...obviously

    Thanks very much.
     
    bgjyd834, Mar 10, 2011 IP
  2. flyingdutchmen

    flyingdutchmen Peon

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    #2
    Your explenation of what you are trying to achieve is not very clear to me.
    the </b> is the end-tag for the b-tag. it is used as in forums where everyting between those text
    will be made into cursive text. <b>Cursiv</b>
    the br-tag aka placing <br/> behind a text is simply a linebreak, it will bring you to the next line.
    Sorry i cant be more helpfull i am not sure what you wish to achieve
     
    flyingdutchmen, Mar 10, 2011 IP
  3. sebasago

    sebasago Peon

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    Yeah, I'm not too sure what you mean either? Seems like a simple edit. Is there anyway you can copy and paste your code here?
     
    sebasago, Mar 11, 2011 IP