| 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 |
<!-- ..... --> Specifies a comment. Anything between these tags will be skipped by the browser. |
Header Tags |
<title></title> Puts the name of the document in the title bar |
<meta http-equiv="refresh" cotent=X> Automatically reload the page in X seconds. |
<meta http-equiv="refresh" cotent="X;url=http://www.cielion.com"> Automatically load a different page in X seconds. |
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache"> Disable cache of the page contents. |
<meta name="kewords" content="keyword1, keyword2"> Specify a keywords for search engines to use. |
<meta name="description" content="description of the page"> Provide a description of the page for search engines to use. |
| Body Attributes |
<body bgcolor=?> Sets the background color, using name or hex value |
<body background="image.gif"> Sets the images to be tiled as background. |
<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 activated links. |
| 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="URL" target=?></a> Sets the target windows to open the link: _blank, _parent, _top, _self |
<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> 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 |
<ol type=?></ol> Specifies the type of numbering: A, a, I, i, 1 |
<ol start=X></ol> Specifies the starting value for the numbering |
<li></li> Precedes each list item, and adds a number |
<ul></ul> Creates a bulleted list |
<ul type=?></ul> Specifies the type of bullet: disc, circle, square |
<div align=?> A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets |
| Multimedia Elements |
<img src="name"> Adds an image |
<img src="name" align=?> Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle, texttop, absmiddle, baseline, absbottom |
<img src="name" border=X> Sets size of border around an image |
<img src="name" usemap="Map1"> Client-side clickable image map defined under the name "Map1" |
<img src="name" alt="..."> Specifies a text string to be displayed on broswers that do not support images |
<img src="name" vspace=X> Specifies the space on top and bottom of the image |
<img src="name" hspace=X> Specifies the space on left and right of the image |
<img src="name" width=X> Specifies the width of the image |
<img src="name" height=X> Specifies the height of the 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 |
<script language=?></script> Encloses the scripting language statements to be executed by the browser |
<script src="name"></script> Specifies the location of the script file |
<noscript></noscript> For browsers that do not support scripts. These go inside "script" tags |
| 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 |
| Frames |
<frameset></frameset> Replaces 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 |
| 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 |
| Forms |
<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 |
<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 |