# HTML Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [February 10, 2026, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244 "2026-02-10T08:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mintyfreshsmile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@mintyfreshsmile](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mintyfreshsmile)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/1 "2026-02-10T08:26:56Z")
Are the Custom Components the only way to use HTML on my Elements site? When I used RW Classic, I had a really nice carousel from 1LD and I put the embed code from essays I wrote on Substack in there to drive subscriptions from the site to Substack. If I can’t do that in Elements that’s a big downgrade. I’m not looking to build/design Custom Components to sell, I just want to migrate over with the same capabilities I had before. I tried creating an HTML CC and once I put the embed code in Elements wouldn’t let me make a second one with different embed code. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/2 "2026-02-10T08:39:25Z")
You can make as many custom components in a project as you like, as long as you’re using Plus or Pro 🙂 Here’s how to do it: If you want to get fancy you can create just one component, and use the Elements API (to make it more like the built-in components). If you share the code you want to use, I can help further! ---
**Author:** ![mintyfreshsmile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@mintyfreshsmile](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mintyfreshsmile)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/3 "2026-02-10T10:16:05Z")
I think I have just the base because I was thinking I’m not a developer. Can I do what you suggest in the video with that? Here’s some examples of embed code I’d be looking to use in Marquee Pro - I did something similar in RWC with a 1LD stack ```auto ESSAY 1

Staging a High Fantasy Masterpiece Time Forgot by Kevin Ray

How an overlooked novel from 1926, Nietzschean philosophy, and a grant award launched my most ambitious adventure yet

Read on Substack
ESSAY 2

NOISE/QUIET: A Cycle of Short Plays by Kevin Ray

From rejection to resurrection: how two plays became a cycle of sound and silence

Read on Substack
ESSAY 3

Learning to Ask "What's Next?" Like a Child by Kevin Ray

Refections on staging Yevgeny Zamyatin's WE and his 1923 essay "On Literature, Revolution, Entropy, and Other Matters”

Read on Substack
ESSAY 4

Discovering Gratitude Through Grant Writing by Kevin Ray

On perseverance, perspective, and the unexpected gift that came right before Thanksgiving.

Read on Substack
``` ---
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/4 "2026-02-10T11:11:57Z")
Kevin I have just got Marquee plus and just started playing today so cobbled this together for you to see if it’s what you want, I have just copied essay 1 but you’ll get the drift. Just copy your snippet into the “HTML” part of the script and away you go. Very basic and no styling but see if it helps? [elementsapp://downloadDocument/gBzF094PmLSy](elementsapp://downloadDocument/gBzF094PmLSy) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/5 "2026-02-10T11:35:02Z")
@mintyfreshsmile The Base version of Elements only supports 3 custom components, and 2 globals. I’d highly recommend upgrading to the Plus version, that way you can create an unlimited number of custom components (and globals), like I did in the video above. You can easily upgrading your plan in the Element Preferences 🙂 ![CleanShot 2026-02-10 at 11 .19.25@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/b/f/bf77c3fe219ca09bc75ac0a18f33abf89303abb6.jpeg) If you don’t want to upgrade you could use a custom component that includes a simple text box in the inspector (this is using the [Elements API](https://docs.realmacsoftware.com/elements-docs/elements-language)). You can just copy and paste this component into your project if you want to use it 🙂 👉 [Open Project in Elements](elementsapp://downloadDocument/PP5OfLMJ4veR) Hope that helps! ---
**Author:** ![mintyfreshsmile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@mintyfreshsmile](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mintyfreshsmile)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/6 "2026-02-10T18:35:19Z")
Great! How do I copy it from the project that downloads when I click the link to my project? I see “duplicate” in the dropdown menu but I don’t see how I copy it. Do I paste it by clicking the + in my project? ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/7 "2026-02-10T19:10:09Z")
Press “Command-C” while you have the custom component highlighted in the Editor. Then click back over to the editor of your own project and press “Command P”. ---
**Author:** ![mintyfreshsmile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@mintyfreshsmile](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mintyfreshsmile)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/8 "2026-02-10T19:53:43Z")
I’m sorry Dan it’s not working. I have it highlighted in Blue in the Editor, I click Command C, then I go back to my project and click Command P and preview opens. ---
**Author:** ![mintyfreshsmile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@mintyfreshsmile](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mintyfreshsmile)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/9 "2026-02-10T20:00:43Z")
AHA! Scratch that I fixed it. Before I had no HTML Custom created but then when I created one it worked! PS I looked and I did sign up for the Plus subscription. ---
**Author:** ![mintyfreshsmile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@mintyfreshsmile](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mintyfreshsmile)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/10 "2026-02-10T20:49:45Z")
I put the embed code in and it works but they all seem to align center and I want to align them at the stop (which I think is “start”) but I don’t see an option in Marquee Pro to set that. Am I not looking in the right place? ![Screenshot 2026-02-10 at 3.47.26 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/c/c/ccbd1d229c5efe6003ba06a2bf32b37c0b1fc7e9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/11 "2026-02-10T21:59:04Z")
Okay, I’ve taken another look… there’s a couple of tweaks you’ll need to make to the html. The first line of the substack embed for each item looks like this: ```auto
``` You’ll need to add `self-start` to the class, and `style="overflow: visible;"` just after it, like this: ```auto
``` Here’s a sample doc with two of the altered embeds in for your reference: [elementsapp://downloadDocument/1tIPKGrxN7rF](elementsapp://downloadDocument/1tIPKGrxN7rF) btw. If this were me… I’d probably recreate the cards in Elements and just link to the articles on Substack, you’d have much more control over how they look and behaviour that way. ---
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/12 "2026-02-10T22:04:37Z")
Did you take a look at the project I did for you? ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/13 "2026-02-10T22:08:02Z")
@PMUK I think it was missing the actual embed code, it just had the text… ---
**Author:** ![mintyfreshsmile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@mintyfreshsmile](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mintyfreshsmile)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/14 "2026-02-10T22:17:12Z")
Thanks Dan. I had a feeling it would involve editing the code. I’ll play around as you suggest, but I think you’re right that I’m better off making cards like the other ones I made and make it look similar to what the embed codes produce. Those other cards I made in Marquee Pro look so great! ---
**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/15 "2026-02-10T22:17:43Z")
Thanks just wanted to see so I can learn! ---
**Author:** ![iMac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/imac/32/110_2.png) [@iMac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/iMac)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/16 "2026-02-27T10:52:22Z")
How can I embed a external gallery page to Elements with html? ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-question/54244/17 "2026-02-27T12:04:59Z")
You have a few options, you can add code pages to your site, or add the HTML via a Custom Component.