Writing Gallery Descriptions

A quick and easy guide to HTML

Writing code can sound intimidating, like something reserved for hackers in dark rooms. But here is the secret: HTML is incredibly simple. It isn’t a complex math equation; it’s just a way of “marking up” text so a web browser knows how to display it.

If you can follow a recipe or organise a folder, you can master this. In fact, it’s so logical that even a tech-illiterate baboon could get the hang of it with five minutes of practice.

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Writing album descriptions

Don’t panic! HTML might look like code, but it’s honestly one of the easiest things you’ll ever learn. If you can write a message on WhatsApp, you can write HTML. Think of it as just wrapping your text in little labels that tell the website what to do with it. Even a mere social media account manager could master these two tags in about five minutes.

The only two tags you need to know

1. The link tag: <a>

This creates a clickable link.

The pattern:

<a href="PUT-YOUR-URL-HERE">The text people click on</a>

Real example:

<a href="https://wovenandwoods.com/product/woodpecker/goodrich-biscotti-oak/">Woodpecker Goodrich Biscotti</a>

Important bits:

• The web address goes inside the quotation marks after href=
• The clickable text goes between > and </a>
• Don’t forget the </a> at the end, or chaos ensues

Pro tip: Add target="_blank" to make links open in a new tab:

<a href="https://yourwebsite.com" target="_blank">Click here</a>

2. The line break tag: <br>

This creates a new line, like pressing Enter.

The pattern:

Just add <br> wherever you want a line break

Real example:

Product: Woodpecker Goodrich Biscotti
<br>
Installed by: Chris & Sonny

Important bits:

• No closing tag needed, just <br> on its own
• Use it anywhere you want text to drop down to the next line

Putting it all together

Here’s a complete album description example:

<Product: a href="https://wovenandwoods.com/product/woodpecker/goodrich-biscotti-oak/" target="_blank">Woodpecker Goodrich Biscotti Oak</a>
<br>
Installed by: Chris & Sonny in January 2026
<br>
<br>
This beautiful oak flooring transformed the client's living space.

Common mistakes (and how to avoid them)

• Forgetting the closing tag: Every <a> needs a </a> at the end
• Missing quotation marks: URLs must be wrapped in "quotes"
• Wrong slashes: It’s </a> not <\a> or <a\>

That’s it. Seriously. You now know enough HTML to write perfectly good album descriptions. Just copy the patterns above and swap in your own text and links.