HTML tags and their key attributes
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<HTML>...</HTML>
| defines the HTML code |
<HEAD>...</HEAD>
| the head of the document |
<TITLE>...</TITLE>
| the document's title |
<BODY attribute= >...</BODY>
| the body of the document |
background=
| the background image |
bgcolor=
| the background colour |
text=
| the colour of the page text |
link=
| the colour of links |
vlink=
| the colour of followed links |
alink=
| the colour of activated links |
<p attribute>...</p>
| a paragraph |
align=center
| centres the paragraph. |
<center>...</center>
| centres the elements |
<br>
| insert a line break |
<hr attribute= >
| insert a horizontal line |
size=
| the thickness of the line |
width=
| the length of the line as a % of screen width |
<strong>...</strong>
| strong type, commonly bold |
<b>...</b>
| bold type |
<em>...</em>
| emphasised text, usually italics |
<i>...</i>
| italic text |
<kbd>...</kbd>
| fixed width typewriter font |
<tt>...</tt>
| typewriter (courier) font |
<basefont size= >
| sets the font size for the entire page |
<font attribute= >...</font>
| sets font attributes |
size=
| font size, range 1-7, default is 3, can use size=+5 |
color= #rrggbb
| the font colour |
<blink>...</blink>
| text blinks continually |
<address>...</address>
| small italic text used for author details |
<blockquote>...</blockquote>
| a long quote |
<h1>...</h1>
| heading text, level one (also h2-h6 are possible) |
<! >
| a comment |
<img src= >
| filename or URL of a graphic |
align=
| align text to left, right, top, middle, bottom of image |
vspace=
| space above and below the graphic |
hspace=
| space to the left and right of the graphic |
width=
| image's width |
height=
| image's height |
alt=
| show text instead of image for text browsers |
ismap
| mapped image with click spots (requires server support) |
<a href= >...</a>
| a link to another URL |
<ul>...</ul>
| an unordered list |
<ol>...</ol>
| an ordered list |
<li>
| a list item |
<dl>...</dl>
| definition or glossary list |
<dt>
| definition term |
<dd>
| definition description |
This month's new tags
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Table attributes: |
<table attribute>...</table>
| creates a table which can include any number of rows and columns |
width=
| specifies the width of the table on the page |
cellpadding=
| creates space between the borders of the table and the inside text |
border=
| specifies the width of the table border, 0 = no border. |
<tr attribute>...</tr> | creates a table row |
Row attributes: |
valign=
| specifies the vertical alignment of the row's contents |
<td attribute>...</td>
| creates a table cell, the cell's data appears between these tags. |
Cell attributes: |
valign=
| specifies the vertical alignment of the cell's contents |
colspan=
| specifies the number of columns a cell will span |
rowspan=
| specifies the number of rows a cell will span |
width=
| specifies the width of the cell in the table |
bgcolor=
| sets cell background colour (Internet Explorer and Netscape 3.0 only) |