Write down the name of the author or editor of the page's content. List the last name first and the first name second, separated by a comma. If there is no discernible author or editor, skip to the next step.
Add the article title (or page title) in quotations, then the title of the website in italics, then the publisher's name. This can get confusing. Let's say you find a (fictional) column on ESPN.com that you want to use in a paper. The title of the column is, "High school sports improve teamwork skills in players." ESPN often brands its online presence as "ESPN.com," so that is the title of the website. The publisher's name for this particular entry is, of course, ESPN, the company. This is how the online citation in MLA format would look (the text between the "#" denotes italics):
Davis, Greg. "High school sports improve teamwork skills in players." #ESPN.com.# ESPN.
If no publisher information is available use "n.p." in its place. In the example above, this abbreviation would take the place of "ESPN."
Add in the publishing date, set off from the publisher's name by a comma. If the publishing date is unavailable, use "n.d." instead.
Davis, Greg. "High school sports improve teamwork skills in players." #ESPN.com.# ESPN, 4 Sept. 2009.
Add the word "Web" to the citation. This tells the reader the medium of publication of the work. It will not change for any web resource in your bibliography. Now your MLA style citation looks like:
Davis, Greg. "High school sports improve teamwork skills in players." #ESPN.com.# ESPN, 4 Sept. 2009. Web.
Add the date of access, meaning the date you found and used the online content. This is an important part of the online MLA format because the Internet is fickle, and content on a webpage one day might not be there the next. The format for the date of acces is: Day Month Year" (no commas).
Davis, Greg. "High school sports improve teamwork skills in players." #ESPN.com.# ESPN, 4 Sept. 2009. Web. 12 Sept. 2009.