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HTML tags
<html> </html> Begins and ends an html page.
<head> </head> Begins and ends the header.
<title> </title> Begins and ends the title.
<body> </body> Begins and ends the body of the page. (This is where you put the content of the page.)
<body background="??"> Allows you to insert an image or wallpaper for your background.
<body bgcolor="??"> Allows you to set the background color of your page. (Use hexadecimal color notation.)
<ul> </ul> Begins and ends an unordered list. (Bulleted list.)
<li> Designates an item on a list.
<ol> </ol> Begins and ends an ordered list. (Numbered list.)
<hr> Inserts a horizontal rule. (Horizontal line.)
<br> Inserts a line break. (Text is moved to the line below.)
<address> </address> Begins and ends an address section. Contact information is put here. (Italicizes text.)
<center> </center> Centers and uncenters text, tables, or images.
<tt> </tt> Teletype. (Monospaced, italicized text.)
<u> </u> Begins and ends underlined text.
<b> </b> Begins and ends bold text.
<i> </i> Begins and ends italicized text.
<h?> </h?> Begins and ends a heading. (There are six lexels.)
<p> </p> Begins and ends a paragraph.
<font face="??">
<font size="??">
<font color="??">
</font> FONT allows you to modify the text. FACE, SIZE, COLOR allow you to change the style, size, and color of the text. (Use hexadecimal notation to change color) </font> closes the font tag.
<img src="??" alt="??"> IMG means image. SRC designates the file name of the image. ALT gives a short description of the image when the mouse is over the image.
<img src="??" ?? width =?? height=??> WIDTH and HEIGHT allow you to change the width and height of an image.
<a href="http://??"> </a> Begins and ends a link.
<a href="http://??" target="??"> TARGET allows you to designate where you want the link to go. (New window, a specific frame.)
<table> </table> Begins and ends a table.
<table cellpadding=?? cellspacing=??> CELLPADDING controls the space between the contents of a cell and the edges, CELLSPACING controls the space between one cell and another.
<caption align=??> Allows you to put a caption outside your table. (Goes inside the <table> tag.)
<tr> </tr> Begins and ends a table row.
<tr height=??> Controls the height of the row.
<td> </td> Begins and ends a data cell.
<td width=??> Controls the width of a cell.
<td align=?? valign=??> ALIGN controls the horizontal alignment of cell contents. VALIGN controls the vertical alignment of cell contents.
<td colspan=??> COLSPAN allows you to have one cell span more than one column.
<td rowspan=??> ROWSPAN allows you to have one cell that spans more than one row.
<frameset cols="??%,??%"> Sets the number and width of the frame columns.
<frameset cols="??%,??%" border=?? spacing=?? frameborder=?? framespacing=??> BORDER, SPACING, FRAMEBORDER, FRAMESPACING all set the border between the frames.
<frameset rows="??%,??%"> Sets the number and height of the frame rows.
<frameset rows="??%,??%" border=?? spacing=?? frameborder=?? framespacing=??> BORDER, SPACING, FRAMEBORDER, FRAMESPACING all set the border between the frames.
<frame src="?? name="??"> SRC designates what file will be in what frame. NAME allows you to name the frame.
<frame src="??"border=?? spacing=?? frameborder=?? framespacing=?? marginwidth=?? marginheight=??> BORDER, SPACING, FRAMEBORDER, FRAMESPACING all set the border between the frames. MARGINWIDTH and MARGINHEIGHT set the space between the text and the edges of the frame.
<frameset> </frameset> Opens and closes the frame.
<form name="??" action="??" method=??> FORM begins a form. NAME gives the form a name. ACTION designates the aplication that handles the form. METHOD designates how the form processes the information.
<input type> TYPE designates the type of input. (Text field, checkbox, or radio button.)
<blockquote> </blockquote> Used for displaying long quotations
<input type="text" name="??" size=?? value="??"> TYPE="text" creates a text field. NAME allows you to name the field. SIZE designates the number of characters the field has visible. VALUE allows you to have text already in the field.
<input type="checkbox" name="??" value="??"> TYPE="checkbox" creates a checkbox. NAME allows you to name the box. All boxes must have the same name. VALUE allows you to name each individual box.
<input type="radio" name="??" value="??"> TYPE="radio" creates a radio button. NAME allows you to name the button. All buttons must have the same name. VALUE allows you to name each individual button.
<select name="??"> SELECT begins a selection list.
<option> OPTION designates a value to be selected.
<option selected> SELECTED designates the value that is highlighted.
</select> Ends the selection list.
<textarea name="??" rows=?? cols=??> Begins the textarea. NAME gives the field a name. ROWS designates the number of visible rows. COLS designates the number of columns.
</textarea> Ends the textarea.
<input type="submit" value="??"> SUBMIT creates a button that sends the form.
<input type="reset" value="??"> RESET creates a button that clears the form.
</form> Ends the form.