HTML tags and their key attributes | ||
<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 | |
New tags used in this month's tutorial | ||
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) | |