How to Create a Calendar With HTML

It is possible to create a calendar with some knowledge of HTML. You may need a calendar for your Web site or blog, and instead of embedding a calendar graphic into the page, you may want to create your own using HTML. It may seem complicated at first especially if you don't know code, but it's rewarding to learn because you can use the code again in different pages of your Web site where you need a calendar. You can create a monthly HTML calendar by using a few series of HTML code.

Things You'll Need

• computer
• keyboard
• html coding software
• print calendar

Instructions

1. Create a table by using the code <table border>. A calendar can be seen as a table, and in HTML, tables are great tools to create a calendar. You may configure other functions inside the "< >" such as cellspacing, and cellpadding. To add value to these functions, add ="" after each function and insert the value inside the quotation marks. As a guideline, keep the table border value the same with the cellspacing and cellpadding values.

2. Add <td colspan"7">, which represents the number of days in a week. This will expand the table to a length of 7, which is suitable to create seven columns for your calendar. These seven columns will represent Monday through Friday.

3. Add information to the rows by adding <td align="center">DAY</td>. Prefix this code by adding <tr>, which is part of the HTML code to form a table. Add the name of the day in between the <td align="center">DAY</td> code. Start with either Sunday or Monday, whichever you prefer. Repeat <td align="center">DAY</td> as needed to form the days of the week. When you've completed writing seven days, close the set with a </tr>.

4. Create another set of <td align="center"></td> seven times, and always prefixing it with <TR> and suffixing with </TR> for each complete set. Look at your print calendar and see where the first of the month falls, and place "1" in the appropriate column number, in between <td align="center"> and </td>. For example, if the first of the month falls on a Wednesday, and Wednesday is the third day in your week, add "1" to the third <td align="center"></td> in the set of seven. The number 1 represents the first day of the month.

5. Repeat the set of 7 <td align="center"></td> as needed until you have inserted all the days in a month in between the <td align="center"> and </td> code. After the last set of seven <td align="center"></td> codes, end the table with a </table>. Using your print calendar, check to see if your calendar has the appropriate days of the month in the correct day of the week.

References

• HTML Calendar code
• HTML Calendar Maker
• Advanced Calendar Creator

Resources

• HTML Tutorial
• HTML code on WebSource
• Creating an Online Event Calendar