Basic Tags |
<html></html>Creates an HTML document |
<head></head>Sets off the title and other information that isn’t displayed on the Web page itself |
<body></body>Sets off the visible portion of the document |
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Header Tags |
<title></title>Puts the name of the document in the title bar |
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Body Attributes |
<body bgcolor=?>Sets the background color, using name or hex value |
<body text=?>Sets the text color, using name or hex value |
<body link=?>Sets the color of links, using name or hex value |
<body vlink=?>Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex value |
<body alink=?>Sets the color of links on click |
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Text Tags |
<pre></pre>Creates preformatted text |
<h1></h1>Creates the largest headline |
<h6></h6>Creates the smallest headline |
<b></b>Creates bold text |
<i></i>Creates italic text |
<tt></tt>Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text |
<cite></cite>Creates a citation, usually italic |
<em></em>Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold) |
<strong></strong>Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold) |
<font size=?></font>Sets size of font, from 1 to 7 |
<font color=?></font>Sets font color, using name or hex value |
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Links |
<a href=”URL”></a>Creates a hyperlink |
<a href=”mailto:EMAIL”></a>Creates a mailto link |
<a name=”NAME”></a>Creates a target location within a document |
<a href=”#NAME”></a>Links to that target location from elsewhere in the document |
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Formatting |
<p>Creates a new paragraph |
<p align=?>Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center |
<br>Inserts a line break |
<blockquote></blockquote>Indents text from both sides |
<dl></dl>Creates a definition list |
<dt>Precedes each definition term |
<dd>Precedes each definition |
<ol></ol>Creates a numbered list |
<li>Precedes each list item and adds a number |
<ul></ul>Creates a bulleted list |
<li>Precedes each list item and adds the bullet |
<div align=?>A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML; also used for stylesheets |
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Graphical Elements |
<img src=”name”>Adds an image |
<img src=”name” align=?>Aligns an image: left, right, center, bottom, top, middle |
<img src=”name” border=?>Sets size of border around an image |
<hr>Inserts a horizontal rule |
<hr size=?>Sets size (height) of rule |
<hr width=?>Sets width of rule in percentage or absolute value |
<hr noshade>Creates a rule without a shadow |
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Tables |
<table></table>Creates a table |
<tr></tr>Sets off each row in a table |
<td></td>Sets off each cell in a row |
<th></th>Sets off the table header (a normal cell with bold, centered text) |
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Table Attributes |
<table border=#>Sets width of border around table cells |
<table cellspacing=#>Sets amount of space between table cells |
<table cellpadding=#>Sets amount of space between a cell’s border and its contents |
<table width=# or %>Sets width of table in pixels or as a percentage of document width |
<tr align=?> or <td align=?>Sets alignment for cell(s) (left, center, or right) |
<tr valign=?> or <td valign=?>Sets vertical alignment for cell(s) (top, middle, or bottom) |
<td colspan=#>Sets number of columns a cell should span (default=1) |
<td rowspan=#>Sets number of rows a cell should span (default=1) |
<td nowrap>Prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit |
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Frames |
<frameset></frameset>Precedes the <body> tag in a frames document; can also be nested in other framesets |
<frameset rows=”value,value”>Defines the rows within a frameset, using number in pixels or percentage of width |
<frameset cols=”value,value”>Defines the columns within a frameset, using number in pixels or percentage of width |
<frame>Defines a single frame within a frameset |
<noframes></noframes>Defines what will appear on browsers that don’t support frames |
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Frames Attributes |
<frame src=”URL”>Specifies which HTML document should be displayed |
<frame name=”name”>Names the frame so it may be targeted by other frames |
<frame marginwidth=#>Defines the left and right margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1 |
<frame marginheight=#>Defines the top and bottom margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1 |
<frame scrolling=VALUE>Sets whether the frame has a scroll bar; value may equal “yes,” “no,” or “auto.” (The default, as in ordinary documents, is auto.) |
<frame noresize>Prevents the user from resizing a frame |
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Forms |
For functional forms, you’ll have to run a CGI script. The HTML just creates the appearance of a form. |
<form></form>Creates all forms |
<select multiple name=”NAME” size=?></select>Creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before you need to scroll. |
<option>Sets off each menu item |
<select name=”NAME”></select>Creates a pulldown menu |
<option>Sets off each menu item |
<textarea name=”NAME” cols=40 rows=8></textarea>Creates a text box area – columns set the width; rows set the height. |
<input type=”checkbox” name=”NAME”>Creates a checkbox – text follows tag. |
<input type=”radio” name=”NAME” value=”x”>Creates a radio button – text follows tag |
<input type=text name=”foo” size=20>Creates a one-line text area – size sets length in characters. |
<input type=”submit” value=”NAME”>Creates a Submit button |
<input type=”image” border=0 name=”NAME” src=”name.gif”>Creates a Submit button using an image |
<input type=”reset”>Creates a Reset button |