Kapusta, let me be clear about the aforementioned “stuff”. What I should have said is: Yes, you use the brackets (less than and greater than signs) on either side of the word/s you would like to use as the link, but you have to add the URL into the first brackets too.
For instance, if you want the words “Click This” to be the link, you would put “” Click This (your link words) and end it all with .
I hope that is clear for you. If it wasn’t then I think it would be better for you to go back to the above links, ICOT really did a good job showing how to do it.
I know you can do it!