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HTML Tags   Quick Reference Guide

Structure Tags

Function Tag Switches Ending Tag
HTML File <html> none </html>
File Header <head> none </head>
File Title <title> none </title>
File Comments <!-- none -->
File Body <body> background="filename"
bgcolor="XXXX"
text="XXXX"
link="XXXX"
vlink="XXXX"
</body>

Basic Text Tags

Function Tag Switches Ending Tag
Line Break <br> clear=left/right/all none
Paragraph <p> align=center/right </p>
Bold <b> none </b>
Italic <i> none </i>
Typewriter Text <tt> none </tt>
Headline <h1-6> align=center/right </h1-6>
Font <font> face="name,name"
size=+/-XXX
color="XXXX"
</font>
Horizontal Rule <hr> size=XX
width=XX/XX%
noshade
none
Block Quote <blockquote> none </blockquote>
Division <div> align=left/center/right </div>

List Tags

Function Tag Switches Ending Tag
Unordered List <ul> type=disc/circle/square </ul>
Ordered List <ol> type=I/A/1/a/i
start=XX
</ol>
List Item <li> type=all ul and ol options none
Definiton List <dl> none </dl>
Definition List Item <dt> none none
Definition List Definition <dd> none none

Linking Tags

Function Tag Switches Ending Tag
Anchor <a> href="filename"
target="windowname"
</a>
Anchor Mark <a> name="markname" none

Image Tags

Function Tag Switches Ending Tag
Insert Image <img> src="filename"
align=left/right
width=XXX
height=XXX
alt="text"
ISMAP
USEMAP="#mapname"
none

Client-side Imagemap Tags

Function Tag Switches Ending Tag
Define Map <map> name="mapname" </map>
Area Definition <area> shape="rect/circle/poly/point"
coords="X,Y,X,Y"
href="imagename"
none

Table Tags

Function Tag Switches Ending Tag
Table <table> border=X
width=X
cellspacing=X
cellpadding=X
bgcolor="XXXX"
</table>
Table Row <tr> align=left/center/right
valign=top/middle/bottom
bgcolor="XXXX"
</tr>
Table Data <td> align=left/center/right
valign=top/middle/bottom
width=X
nowrap
colspan=X
rowspan=X
bgcolor="XXXX"
</td>
Table Header <th> align=left/center/right
valign=top/middle/bottom
width=X
nowrap
colspan=X
rowspan=X
bgcolor="XXXX"
</th>
Caption <caption> align=left/center/right
valign=top/middle/bottom
</caption>

Frame Tags

Function Tag Switches Ending Tag
Set Frames <frameset> cols="XX/XX%/*"
rows="XX/XX%/*"
</frameset>
Frame Definition <frame> src="filename"
name="framename"
noresize
scroll=auto/yes/no
marginwidth="XX"
marginheight="XX"
none
Base <base> target="framename"/
"_self"/
"_top"/
"_parent"
(Note the underscores)
none
No Frames <noframes> none </noframes>

Form Tags

Function Tag Switches Ending Tag
Form <form> method=get/put
action="programname"
</form>
Input Field <input> name="variablename"
type=text/password/
checkbox/radio/submit/
reset/image
none
Selection List <select> name="variablename"
size=XX
multiple
</select>
Selection Option <option> none none
Scrolling Text Field <textarea> name="variablename"
rows=XX
cols=XX
</textarea>

Meta Tags

Function Tag Switches
<META>
(Server metatags)
http-equiv="refresh"
content="seconds, filename"
none
<META>
(Content metatags)
name="keywords/description/author/
generator/abstract/expiration"
content="your information"
none

CSS Style Sheet Tags

Function Tag Switches Ending Tag
Style Definition <style> type="text/css"> </style>
Link to CSS File <link> rel=stylesheet
type="text/css"
href="URL"
none
Span <span> style="property:value;" </span>

Commonly-Used Special Characters

Name Symbol HTML Equivalent
ampersand & &amp;
cent sign ¢     &cent;
copyright symbol © &copy;
degree sign ° &deg;
greater than > &gt;
less than < &lt;
non-breaking space   &nbsp;

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