Basic HTML Codes
| 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 | |
| Header Tags | |
| <title></title> Puts the name of the document in the title bar | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Formatting | |
| <p></p> Creates a new paragraph | |
| <p align=?> Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center | |
| <br> Inserts a line break | |
| <blockquote> </blockquote> ndents 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></li> Precedes each list item, and adds a number | |
| <ul></ul> Creates a bulleted list | |
| <div align=?> A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| <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 | |
