Opening Page Tags

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

TEXT TAGS

<b></b>
Creates bold text

<i></i>
Creates italic text

<blockquote>\</blockquote>

Indents text from both sides. Used for setting off large portions of text.

<pre></pre>
Creates preformatted text. The browser will reproduce the same formatting, indentation and white space of the enclosed text.

<hl></hl>
Creates the largest headline

<h6></h6>
Creates the smallest headline

<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

<tt></tt>
Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text

<cite></cite>
Creates a citation, usually italic

<em></em>
Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)

<p></p>
Creates a new paragraph. A line break and return occur where this tag is placed.

<p align=?>
Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, center or justified

<br>
Inserts a line break (no carriage return)

<dl></dl>
Creates a definition list

<dt>
Precedes each definition term

<dd>
Precedes each definition

<ol></ol>
Creates a numbered list

<ul></ul>
Creates a bulleted list

<li>

Identifies an item in a list and adds a bullet or number, depending on the type of list.

<div align=?>
A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets

Graphical Elements

IMAGE TAGS

<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

TABLE TAGS Tables

<table></table>
Surrounds the contents in a table

<tr></tr>
Sets off each row in a table

<td></td>
Sets off the data in each cell in the table

<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 (in pixels)

<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 content in rows or 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

<td nowrap>
Prevents the content within a cell from turning onto more than one line.

<td bgcolor=”RRGGBB” or “Color”>

Use this command to change the color of a table or cell.

FRAMES

<frameset></frameset>
Tag in a frames document that is the main container for any frame

<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

<frame src="URL">
Specifies which HTML document should be displayed in the defined frame

<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 (pixel)

<frame marginheight=#>
Defines the top and bottom margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1 (pixel)

<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. Auto makes scroll bars appear only when more content than fits in the window must be displayed.

<frame noresize>
Prevents the user from resizing a frame

<noframes></noframes>
Defines what will appear on browsers that don't support framestributes

FORMS

For functional forms, you'll have to run a CGI script. The HTML just creates the appearance of a form.

<form></form>
Defines an input form

<select name="NAME"></select>
Creates a pulldown menu

<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 in a dropdown list inside SELECT

<fieldset>

Identifies a selection of controls within a form as a group

<legend>

Assigns a caption to a group of form controls in a fieldset

<textarea name="NAME" cols=40 rows=8></textarea>
Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.

<input name="name">

Assigns a name to go with the input field.

<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="TYPE" 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