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


This month's new tags

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)