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 font> |
<pre></pre> Creates
preformatted text |
<hl></hl> 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 font> |
<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 font> |
<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 |
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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 |
<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> 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 w idth |
<frameset
cols="value,value"> Defines the
columns within a frameset, using number in pixels, or
percentage of width |
<frame> Defines a single
frame - or region - 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, or
region, 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 scrollbar; 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 yo u 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 |