HTML / HTM
Tags Explained
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Basic Tags
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<html>
Begins an HTML document
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</html>
Ends an HTML document
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<title></title>
The name typed between these two tags puts the NAME of the document in the title bar
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<head>
This tag starts the section of information that isn't displayed on the Web page itself
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</head>
This tag ends the section of information that isn't displayed on the Web page itself
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<body></body>
This tag starts the visible portion of the program
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<body></body>
This tag ends the visible portion of the program
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Body Attributes
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<body bgcolor=?>
This tag determines the background color of the page's background, using the color name or hex value
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<body text=?>
This tag determines the text color, using the color name or hex value
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<body link=?>
This tag determines the color of links, using the color name or hex value
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<body vlink=?>
the color of followed links, using the color name or hex value
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<body alink=?>
This tag determines the color of links on click, using the color name or hex value
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Text Tags
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<pre></pre>
This text between these tags creates preformatted text
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<hl></hl>
This text between these tags creates the largest headline
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<h6></h6>
This text between these tags creates the smallest headline
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<b></b>
This text between these tags creates bold text
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<i></i>
This text between these tags creates italic text
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<tt></tt>
This text between these tags creates teletype, or typewriter-style text
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<cite></cite>
This text between these tags creates a citation, usually italic
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<em></em>
These tags start and stop emphasizing text with italic or bold face type.
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<strong></strong>
These tags start and stop emphasizing text with italic or bold face type.
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<font size=?></font>
These tags start and stop the size of font, from 1 to 7)
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<font color=?></font>
These tags start and stop the font color, using color name or hex value
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Links
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<a href="URL"></a>
The text between these tags creates a hyperlink
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<a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a>
The text between these tags creates a mailto link
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<a name="NAME"></a>
The text between these tags creates a target location within a document
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<a href="#NAME"></a>
The text between these tags links to that target location from somewhere else in the document
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Formatting
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<p></p>
These tags start and stop a new paragraph
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<p align=?>
This tag will align a paragraph to the left, right, or center of the page.
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<br>
Thia tag stops a line and jumps to the next line.
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<blockquote>
</blockquote>
Everything between these tags in indented from both sides of the page
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<dl></dl>
These tags start and stop a definition list
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<dt>
This tag precedes each definition term
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<dd>
This tag precedes each definition
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<ol></ol>
This tag creates a numbered list
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<ul></ul>
This tag creates a bulleted list
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<li></li>
This tag in front of each list item adds the number or bullet in front of the item
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<div align=?>
This is a generic tag that is used to format large blocks of HTML. It is also used in stylesheets
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Graphical Elements
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<img src="name">
This tag places a graphic image on the page
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<img src="name" align=?>
This tag can align the graphic image to the left, right, center; bottom, top, middle
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<img src="name" border=?>
This tag governs the size of a border around an image
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<hr>
This tag inserts a horizontal rule on the page
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<hr size=?>
This tag sets the height of rule
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<hr width=?>
This tag sets width of rule, in either a percentage or a numerical value
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<hr noshade>
This tag creates a solid color rule
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Tables
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<table></table>
These tags create and stop a table
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<tr></tr>
The tags start and stop each row in a table
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<td></td>
These tags start and stop each cell in a row
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<th></th>
These tags start and stop the table header with bold, centered text in a normal cell
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Table Attributes
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<table border=#>
This tag sets the width of a border around the table
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<table cellspacing=#>
This tag sets the amount of space between the table cells and between the cells and the border
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<table cellpadding=#>
This tag sets the amount of space sourounding the contents within a the cells
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<table width=# or %>
This tag sets the width of the table in pixels or as a percentage of the page width
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<tr align=?> or <td align=?>
This tag sets alignment of the cells contents to the left, center, or right of the cell
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<tr valign=?> or <td valign=?>
This tag sets the vertical alignment of the contents of the cells to the top, middle, or bottom of the cell
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<td colspan=#>
This tag will set the number of columns a cell is to span
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<td rowspan=#>
This tag will set the number of rows a cell is to span (the default number is 1)
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<td nowrap>
This tag prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit the cell
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Frames
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<frameset></frameset>
This tag replaces the <body> tag in a frames document; can also be nested in
other framesets
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<frameset rows="value,value">
This tag defines the rows within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of
w idth
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<frameset cols="value,value">
This tag defines the columns within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of
width
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<frame>
This tag defines a single frame — or region — within a frameset
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<noframes></noframes>
This tag defines what will appear on browsers that don't support frames
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Frames Attributes
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<frame src="URL">
This tag specifies which HTML document should be displayed
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<frame name="name">
This tag names the frame, or region, so it may be targeted by other frames
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<frame marginwidth=#>
This tag defines the left and right margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater
than 1
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<frame marginheight=#>
This tag defines the top and bottom margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater
than 1
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<frame scrolling=VALUE>
This tag sets whether the frame has a scrollbar; value may equal "yes,"
"no," or "auto." The default, as in ordinary documents,
is auto.
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<frame noresize>
This tag 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.
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<form></form>
These tags start and end all forms
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<select multiple name="NAME" size=?></select>
This tag creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before
you need to scroll.
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<option>
This tag sets off each menu item
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<select name="NAME"></select>
This tag creates a pulldown menu
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<option>
This tag sets off each menu item
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<textarea name="NAME" cols=40
rows=8></textarea>
This tag creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.
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<input type="checkbox" name="NAME">
This tag creates a checkbox. Text follows tag.
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<input type="radio" name="NAME"
value="x">
This tag creates a radio button. Text follows tag
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<input type=text name="foo" size=20>
This tag creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.
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<input type="submit" value="NAME">
This tag creates a Submit button
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<input type="image" border=0
name="NAME" src="name.gif">
This tag creates a Submit button using an image
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<input type="reset">
This tag creates a Reset button
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