| Tags / Codes |
Description |
| Main
Tags |
| <HTML>
</HTML> |
Beginning and ending tags for
HTML documents. |
| <HEAD>
</HEAD> |
Document section head
identifiers. |
| <META> |
Meta-information (resides within
<HEAD> </HEAD> tags). |
| <META
HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="x"> |
Refreshes current page every x
seconds. |
| <META
HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="x";
URL=nextpage.html> |
Refreshes current page in x
seconds and jumps to the URL (nextpage.html). |
| <META
NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="x"> |
Communicates the site's keywords
to search engines that recognize the <META> tag.
Replace the x with your
keywords (eg: fun, html help, etc.). |
| <META
NAME="Description" CONTENT="x" |
Communicates the site's
description to search engines that recognize the
<META> tag. Replace the x
with your descriptions (eg: place where you can learn,
etc.). |
| <TITLE>
</TITLE> |
Identifies the HTML page title
(resides within <HEAD> </HEAD> tags). |
| <BODY>
</BODY> |
Identifies the body, or main
section , of the HTML document. |
| <BODY
BACKGROUND="url"> |
Specifies a tiling background
image. Replace the url with
the image/background location. |
| <BODY BGCOLOR="#xxxxxx"> |
Specifies the page's background
color with a hexadecimal value (in other words, #FFFFFF or
#000000). Replace the xxxxxx
with the hexadecimal value. |
| <BODY
TEXT="#xxxxxx"> |
Specifies HTML text color within
the page. Replace the xxxxxx
with the hexadecimal value. |
| <BODY
LINK="#xxxxxx"> |
Specifies HTML or image border
link color within the page. Replace the xxxxxx
with the hexadecimal value. |
| <BODY VLINK="#xxxxxx"> |
Specifies HTML or visited image
border link color within the page. Replace the xxxxxx
with the hexadecimal value. |
| <BODY ALINK="#xxxxxx"> |
Specifies HTML or image border
link color when the link is activated (or clicked on).
Replace the xxxxxx with the
hexadecimal value. |
| <BODY
MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0"> |
Sets the left and top margins of
the page to 0 in Netscape 4.0+ |
| <BODY
LEFTMARGIN="0" TOPMARGIN="0"> |
Sets the left and top margins of
the page to 0 in Internet Explorer. |
| <BODY ONLOAD="x()"> |
Specifies the initiation of a
Script event x() when the HTML page loads into the
browser. |
| Type
Tags |
| <BASEFONT
SIZE="x"> |
Establishes a default font size
from 1-7 (x, default is 3) throughout the HTML page. |
| <H>
</H> |
Heading from 1-6 (in other
words, <H1> </H1>, <H2> </H2>, and
so on). |
| <B>
</B> |
Bold text. |
| <STRONG>
</STRONG> |
Strong text (similar as bold). |
| <I>
</I> |
Italic text. |
| <U>
</U> |
Underlined text. |
| <STRIKE>
</STRIKE> |
Strikethrough text. |
| <SUB>
</SUB> |
Subscript text. |
| <SUP>
</SUP> |
Superscript text. |
| <TT> </TT> |
Teletype text (fixed width). |
| <SMALL>
</SMALL> |
Smaller text. |
| <BIG>
</BIG> |
Bigger text. |
| <FONT
SIZE="x">
</FONT> |
Specifies font size from 1-7.
Replace x with the size. |
| <FONT
FACE="fontname">
</FONT> |
Specifies font name (in other
words, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial). Replace fontname
with the font you want to use. |
| <FONT
COLOR="#xxxxxx">
</FONT> |
Specifies font color with a
hexadecimal value (in other words, #FFFFFF or #000000).
Replace the xxxxxx with the
hexadecimal value. |
| Layout
Tags |
| <BLOCKQUOTE>
</BLOCKQUOTE> |
Indents a block of text. |
| <BR> |
Inserts line break. |
| <BR CLEAR=LEFT/
RIGHT/ ALL> |
Inserts clearing line break. |
| <CENTER>
</CENTER> |
Centers objects. |
| <DIV> |
Divides a page into logical
sections. |
| <DIV ALIGN=LEFT/
CENTER/ RIGHT> |
Aligns data with DIV section. |
| <DIV CLASS=classname> |
Assigns a CLASS to a DIV
section. |
| <HR> |
Inserts a horizontal rule across
the page or within a table data cell. |
| <HR ALIGN=LEFT/
CENTER/ RIGHT> |
Insets an aligned horizontal
rule. |
| <HR SIZE=x> |
Specifies the thickness of the
horizontal rule in pixels (x). |
| <HR WIDTH=x> |
Specifies the width of the
horizontal rule in pixel (x). |
| <HR NOSHADE> |
Applies a solid black horizontal
rule. |
| <NOBR> |
Prevents a line break. |
| <P> |
Creates a new paragraph. |
| <P ALIGN=LEFT/
CENTER/ RIGHT> |
Aligns paragraph text. |
| <PRE>
</PRE> |
Preformatted text (includes all
spaces and returns). |
| Link
Tags |
| <A HREF="url">
</A> |
Links text or image to a url. |
| <A HREF="url"
TARGET="_BLANK"> </A> |
Links text or image to a url
within a brand new browser window. |
| <A HREF="url"
TARGET="framename">
</A> |
Links text or image to a url
within a frame. |
| <A HREF="url"
TARGET="_SELF"> </A> |
Within frames, links text or
image to a url within the
frame in which the link was clicked. |
| <A HREF="url"
TARGET="_PARENT"> </A> |
Within frames, links text or
image to a url within the
FRAMESET parent of the document. |
| <A HREF="url"
TARGET="_TOP"> </A> |
Within frames, eliminates
FRAMESET parent and links text or image to a url
within the same browser window. |
| Image
Tags |
| <IMG SRC="url"> |
Displays image at url
location. |
| <IMG SRC="url"
ALIGN=TOP/ MIDDLE/
BOTTOM> |
Aligns image relative to text
baseline. |
| <IMG SRC="url"
ALIGN=LEFT/ RIGHT> |
Aligns image relative to page,
table or frame. |
| <IMG SRC="url"
ALT="alt text"> |
Provides alternate descriptive
text for users with non-graphic browsers. Replace alt
text with the description. |
| <IMG SRC="url"
USEMAP="#mapname"> |
Specifies an image map and
points to map name. Replace mapname
with your map name. |
| <IMG SRC="url"
WIDTH="x"
HEIGHT="x"> |
Specifies image dimensions in
pixels (x). |
| <IMG SRC="url"
BORDER="x"> |
Specifies whether or not to
include a border (x) around
an image (0 = no, 1 = yes). |
| <IMG SRC="url"
HSPACE="x" VSPACE="x"> |
Specifies horizontal and
vertical spacing in pixels (x). |
| <IMG LOWSRC="url"
SRC="url"> |
Specifies an initial
low-resolution loading of an image is loaded. |
| <IMG
NAME="x" SRC="url"> |
Names an image for use with
JavaScript. Replace x with
the image name. |
| List
Tags |
| <DL>
</DL> |
Begins/ends a definition title. |
| <DD>
</DD> |
Begins/ends a definition. |
| <DT>
</DT> |
Begins/ends a definition term. |
| <OL> </OL> |
Begins/ends an ordered list. |
| <OL
COMPACT> </OL> |
Creates a compact ordered list. |
| <OL TYPE=A/
a/ I/
i/ 1>
</OL> |
Creates an ordered list,
specified by type (A for uppercase letters,
a for
lowercase letters, I for uppercase roman numerals, i for
small roman numerals and 1 for numbers - default). |
| <LI>
</LI> |
Lists item (default bullet when
used with <UL> and numbered list when used with <OL>. |
| <LI TYPE=A/
a/ I/
i/ 1>
<LI> |
Controls the format of a list
item. |
| <UL>
</UL> |
Begins/ends an unordered list. |
| <UL
COMPACT> </UL> |
Creates a compact unordered
list. |
| <UL TYPE=DISC/
CIRCLE/ SQUARE>
</UL> |
Specifies the bullet style. |
| Form
Tags |
| <FORM
ACTION="url"
METHOD=GET/ POST>
</FORM> |
Begins/ends and defines the
parameters of a form. |
| <INPUT
TYPE="TEXT/ PASSWORD/
CHECKBOX/ RADIO/
SUBMIT/ RESET/
IMAGE"> |
Specifies input field as text,
password field, check box, radio button, submit button,
reset button or visual submit button. |
| INPUT
TYPE=HIDDEN> |
Specifies a hidden field. |
| <INPUT
NAME="fieldname"> |
Names a form field. |
| <INPUT
CHECKED> |
Specifies a selected check box
or radio button. |
| <INPUT SIZE=x> |
Specifies the field size in
characters. |
| <OPTION> |
Creates menu options that can be
selected on forms. |
| <OPTION
SELECTED="selected"> |
Specifies a selected option from
a menu form. |
| <OPTION
VALUE="value"> |
Specifies the initial value of a
menu option. |
| <SELECT>
</SELECT> |
Creates a menu in forms. |
| <SELECT
NAME="name">
</SELECT> |
Identifies the data collected by
the menu. |
| <SELECT
MULTIPLE> </SELECT> |
Specifies more than one option
in the menu. |
| <SELECT
SIZE="x">
</SELECT> |
Specifies the number of items
visible in the menu (x). |
| <TEXTAREA
ROWS=x COLS=y>
</TEXTAREA> |
Creates an input box with the
height dimension (x) in ROWS
and the width dimension (y)
in COLS. |
| <TEXTAREA
NAME="name">
</TEXTAREA> |
Identifies the input box. |
| <TEXTAREA
WRAP> </TEXTAREA> |
Specifies automatic text wrap in
TEXTAREA. |
| Table
Tags |
| <TABLE>
</TABLE> |
Begins/ends table. |
| <TABLE
BORDER="x"> |
Specifies whether table borders
are on (1) or off (0). |
| <TABLE
CELLSPACING="x"> |
Defines spacing between cells in
pixels (x). |
| <TABLE
CELLPADDING="x"> |
Defines thickness of table cell
borders in pixels (x). |
| <TABLE
WIDTH="x"> |
Specifies table width in pixels
(x). |
| <TABLE
WIDTH="x%"> |
Specifies table width in
percentage (relative to the browser page width). |
| <TR> </TR> |
Defines table row. |
| <TR
ALIGN="LEFT/ CENTER/
RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP/
MIDDLE/ BOTTOM"> |
Specifies table row content
harizontal and vertical alignment. |
| <TD>
</TD> |
Defines table data cell (appears
within table rows). |
| <TD
ALIGN="LEFT/ CENTER/
RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP/
MIDDLE/ BOTTOM"> |
Specifies table data cell
content horizontal and vertical alignment. |
| <TD NOWRAP> |
Specifies no linebreaks within
table data cell. |
| <TD
COLSPAN="x"> |
Specifies number of columns (x)
for a table data cell to span horizontally across. |
| <TD
ROWSPAN="x"> |
Specifies number of rows (x)
for a table data cell to span vertically down. |
| <TD
WIDTH="x"> |
Specifies table data cell width
in pixels (x). |
| <TD
WIDTH="x%"> |
Specifies table data cell width
in percentage (relative to the table size). |
| <TH>
</TH> |
Defines table header. |
| <TH
ALIGN="LEFT/ CENTER/
RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP/
MIDDLE/ BOTTOM"> |
Specifies horizontal and
vertical alignment within table header cell. |
| <TH NOWRAP> |
Specifies no linebreaks within
table header cell. |
| <TH
COLSPAN="x"> |
Specifies number of columns (x)
for a table header cell to span horizontally across. |
| <TH
ROWSPAN="x"> |
Specifies number of rows (x)
for a table header cell to span vertically down. |
| <TH
WIDTH="x"> |
Specifies table header cell
width in pixels (x). |
| <TH
WIDTH="x%"> |
Specifies table header cell
width in percentage (relative to the table size). |
| <CAPTION
ALIGN="TOP/ BOTTOM">
</CAPTION> |
Defines table caption. |
| Frameset
Tags |
| <FRAMESET>
</FRAMESET> |
Resides in the HTML page header
and defines the frame elements. |
| <FRAMESET
COLS="x,x"> |
Defines frames in columns,
defined by widths in pixels or percentages (x). |
| <FRAMESET
ROWS="x,x"> |
Defines frames in rows, defined
by heights in pixels (x). |
| <FRAMESET
BORDER="0/ 1/
2/ 3/
etc."> |
Specifies the thickness of frame
borders: on (1, 2,
3, and so on) or off (0). |
| <FRAMESET
FRAMESPACING="1/ 0"> |
Defines spacing between frames:
on (1) or off (0). |
| <FRAMESET
FRAMEBORDER="1/ 0"> |
Defines visibility (1)
or invisibility (0) of frame
borders. |
| Frame
Tags |
| <FRAME
SRC="url"> |
Specifies url
to be loaded into the frame. |
| <FRAME
ALIGN="LEFT/ CENTER/
RIGHT"> |
Defines alignment of items
within the frame. |
| <FRAME
FRAMEBORDER="1/ 0"> |
Specifies whether to display (1)
or hide (0) frame borders. |
| <FRAME
BORDERCOLOR="#xxxxxx"> |
Determines the border color
(only if specified) for the frame. |
| <FRAME
FRAMESPACING="0/ 1/
2/ 3/
etc."> |
Specifies space (if any) added
between frames. |
| <FRAME
NAME="name"> |
Names the frame for future
targetting. |
| <FRAME
NORESIZE> |
Prevents viewers from resizing
the frame. |
| <FRAME
MARGINWIDTH="x"
MARGINHEIGHT="x"> |
Specifies the width (x)
and height (x) of invisible
margins within frames. |
| <FRAME
SCROLLING="0/ 1/
AUTO"> |
Determines whether (1)
or not (0) the frame will
scroll. AUTO forces the
browser to detect whether scrolling is neccessary and add
scrollbars accordingly. |
| Multimedia
Tags |
| <APPLET="url"
HEIGHT="x"
WIDTH="x">
<IMG SRC="allternate
image.gif" HEIGHT="x"
WIDTH="x">
</APPLET> |
Defines a Java applet and points
to a url, specifying width
and height attributes. For Java disabled browsers, an alternate
image is pointed to within the <APPLET> tags. |
| <OBJECT
CODETYPE="x"
CLASSID="url"
WIDTH="x"
HEIGHT="x">
<IMG SRC="alternate
image.gif" HEIGHT="x"
WIDTH="x">
</OBJECT> |
HTML 4.0 standard for defining a
multimedia object (sound, movie and so on). As with the
preceding description, an alternate GIF <IMG> tag
may be used within <OBJECT> tags for browsers
without specific plug-ins. |
| <EMBED
SRC="url"
WIDTH="x"
HEIGHT="x">
<NOEMBED> Your browser does
not have the required plug-in! </NOEMBED>
</EMBED> |
Netscape 3.0+ friendly (but not
HTML 4.0 standard) method for embedding sounds, movies and
plug-ins, including a <NOEMBED> alternative for
those lacking the capability to display the sound, movie
or other plug-in. |
