| 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 |
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| Header
Tags |
<title></title>
Puts the name of the
document in the title bar |
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| Body
Attributes |
<body bgcolor=?>
Sets the background
colour, using name or hex value |
<body text=?>
Sets the text colour, using
name or hex value |
<body link=?>
Sets the colour of links,
using name or hex value |
<body vlink=?>
Sets the colour of followed
links, using name or hex value |
<body alink=?>
Sets the colour of links on
click |
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| 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 colour=?></font>
Sets font
colour, using name or hex value |
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| 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 |
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| Formatting |
<p>
Creates a new paragraph |
<p
align=?>
Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or
centre |
<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 |
<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 |
<img
src="name">
Adds an image |
<img
src="name" align=?>
Aligns an image: left, right, centre,
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 |
<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 |
<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, centre, 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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