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Basic Tags
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| <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
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| <title></title> |
Puts the name of the document in the title bar
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Body Attributes
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| <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
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| <body alink=?> |
Sets the color of links on click |
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Text tags
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| <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
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| <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
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| <p> |
Creates a new paragraph |
| <p align=?> |
Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center |
| <br> |
Inserts a line break |
<blockquote>
</blockquote>
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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
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| <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
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| <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
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| <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
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| <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 - or region - within a frameset |
| <noframes></noframes> |
Defines what will appear on browsers that don't support frames |
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Frames Attributes
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| <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
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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
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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 |
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