Tutorial Thursday: How to create a textbox for codes

This is a very simple and handy code to use on websites.

SHORT VERSION:
(if you don't want to read how to customize/what's behind the code and you just want to copy and paste)

Box only

<textarea rows="3" cols="20"><a href="YOUR WEBSITE/BLOG LINK"><img src="YOUR IMAGE LINK"></a></textarea>

Box with image above:
Example:

<a href="http://blog.pocketwonders.ca"><img src="http://pengadore.com/img/BLOG/button160x60.png" /></a>

CODE:

<img src="YOUR PICTURE LINK"><br /><p><textarea rows="3" cols="20"><a href="YOUR WEBSITE/BLOG LINK"><img src="YOUR IMAGE LINK" /></a></textarea>

LONG VERSION
How do you share snippets of html code with other people on the internet? Well, there are two ways. For short codes, you can use the <xmp> tag. Basically, using this tag will show any html code between the opening and closing <xmp> tags.

The second (more preferred IMO way) is to use

<textarea></textarea>

Anything that goes between these tags will show up in a textbox.

This:

<textarea rows="5" cols="40">Yay html code <a href="http://pocktwonders.ca">Visit my website</a></textarea>

Becomes this:
Yay html code <a href="http://pocktwonders.ca">Visit my website</a>

Adjustments
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You can make adjustments to it by adding rows and columns:

<textarea rows="#of rows" cols="# of characters for width"></textarea>

This has 5 rows and 1 column (1 space of text):

<textarea rows="5" cols=1">12345</textarea>

Becomes this:
12345

This has 1 row and 5 columns (5 space of text):

<textarea rows="1" cols=5">12345</textarea>

Becomes this:
12345