WEB AUTHORING – Print This Page
[ADVANCED] Are you someone that creates, manages or edits your website? Now that there are easy tools and website administration features, a webmaster is not always needed and many of our readers update their own.
However, even though simple tools can help you build a web page in a matter of minutes, there are always customizations you can do that require a little knowledge in HTML coding.
To make a web page more user friendly, often we see a “Print this Page” button at the bottom (or top) of the website. Offering this option can encourage your readers to retain a copy of the web page information that they may need later.
For instance you could add a “print this page” reminder on:
- A landing page when someone signs up for a teleseminar that contains the conference date, time and dial-in information.
- A website that shows an article or special report.
- A calendar page of events.
Think of all the pages on your website that could benefit from a “print” button!
How To Add The Button
In researching how to add a “Print This Page” button, we found a remarkably easy way to do it. All you have to do is add a small string of HTML code to any page on your website.
You have a choice of two code options, based on the words and look that you want.
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Use the Insert HTML feature on your website. Put in this string of code, carefully replacing each underscore ( __ ) with a single SPACE:
