Step-by-Step Guide to Creating, Testing & Adding Schema Markup to Your Blog
Once again Google I/O was full of new technology and tools - some being released that day and others promised to be rolled out 'soon'. Well, one of our favorites was the Structured Data Code Lab, which is a 29min step-by-step tutorial that teaches you how to create, test and then add schema code to your website.
It's a solid practical guide to working with Structured Data without a plugin, something that is smart to do so that you have the understanding necessary to test any plugin's code to be sure it's accurate and complete. Google's code lab promises to walk you through the process and uses recipe markup as the example. The type of schema is less important than the process you'll learn, which is essentially how those of us who do not use plugins go through to create our code. Saving the finished code in a text pad to be used again and again with just a bit of personalization based on any new information.
What you'll learn:...
What you'll need:
How to add structured data to a simple HTML site
How to avoid common pitfalls
How to test and validate structured data
A recent version of Chrome or other modern web browser
The sample code
A text editor (This is optional. You can use the Structured Data Testing Tool to draft your JSON-LD samples)
Basic understanding of HTML and JSON syntax
