HTML Quick Reference
The following is an incomplete reference of HTML tags and attributes. It attempts to touch upon the most commonly used HTML elements and should be considered a quick reference rather than a complete guide.
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| <html></html> The HTML tags surround all the rest of the HTML content in the page. |
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| <head></head> The Head section contains the title and other information that isn't displayed on the Web page itself |
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| <body></body> The Body section contains the visible elements of the document |
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| Header Tags | |
| <title></title> Establishes the title of the document. The title appears on the browser's title bar and becomes the name of any favorites or bookmarks created for the page. |
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| Body Attributes | |
| <body bgcolor="?"> Sets the background color, using name or hex value |
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| <body text="?"> Sets the text color, using name or hex value |
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| <body link="?"> Sets the color of links, using name or hex value |
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| <body vlink="?"> Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex value |
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| <body alink="?"> Sets the color of links on click |
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| Text Tags | |
| <pre></pre> Creates preformatted text |
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| <hl></hl> ( or <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> ) Creates a header line of text. Numbers 2-6 creates various levels of subheadings. |
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| <b></b> Creates bold text |
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| <i></i> Creates italic text |
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| <tt></tt> Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text |
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| <cite></cite> Creates a citation, usually italicizing text |
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| <em></em> Emphasizes a word (by default, this italicizes text) |
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| <strong></strong> Makes text appear stronger on the page (by default, this italicizes bolds text) |
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| Links | |
| <a href="URL"></a> Creates a hyperlink to another page |
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| <a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a> Creates a hyperlink that attempts to open an email message addresses to the EMAIL address when clicked |
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| <a name="NAME"></a> Identifies a unique, named location within a document |
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| <a href="#NAME"></a> Creates a hyperlink pointing to a specific, named location within a document |
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| Formatting | |
| <p></p> Creates a new paragraph |
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| <p align="?"> Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center |
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| <br> Inserts a line break |
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| <blockquote></blockquote> Indents text from both sides |
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| <ol></ol> Creates a numbered list |
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| <li></li> Precedes each list item, and adds a number |
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| <ul></ul> Creates a bulleted list |
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| <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 |
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| <img src="name" align="?"> Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle |
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| <img src="name" border="?"> Sets size of border around an image |
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| <hr> Inserts a horizontal rule |
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| <hr size="?"> Sets size (height) of rule |
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| <hr width="?"> Sets width of a horizontal line in percentage or absolute value |
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| <hr noshade> Creates an unbeveled horizontal line |
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| Tables | |
| <table></table> Creates a table |
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| <tr></tr> Sets off each row in a table |
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| <td></td> Sets off each cell in a row |
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| <th></th> Identifies the table header (cells with bold, centered text) |
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| <table border=#> Sets width of border around table cells |
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| <table cellspacing=#> Sets amount of space between table cells |
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| <table cellpadding=#> Sets amount of space between a cell's border and its contents |
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| <table width=# or %> Sets width of table — in pixels or as a percentage of document width |
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| <tr align=?> or <td align=?> Sets alignment for cell(s) (left, center, or right) |
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| <tr valign=?> or <td valign=?> Sets vertical alignment for cell(s) (top, middle, or bottom) |
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| <td colspan=#> Sets number of columns a cell should span |
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| <td rowspan=#> Sets number of rows a cell should span (default=1) |
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| <td nowrap> Prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit |
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| Forms | |
| For functional forms, you'll have to run a CGI script. The HTML just creates the appearance of a form. | |
| <form></form> Creates all forms |
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| <select multiple name="NAME" size="4"></select> Creates a scrolling menu. Size determines the number of menu items visible without scrolling. |
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| <option> Sets off each menu item |
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| <select name="NAME"></select> Creates a pulldown menu |
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| <option></option> Sets off each menu item |
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| <textarea name="NAME" cols="40" rows="8"></textarea> Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height. |
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| <input type="checkbox" name="NAME"></input> Creates a checkbox. Text follows tag. |
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| <input type="radio" name="NAME" value="x"></input> Creates a radio button. Text follows tag |
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| <input type="text" name="foo" size="20"></input> Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters. |
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| <input type="submit" value="NAME"></input> Creates a Submit button |
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| <input type="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="name.gif"></input> Creates a Submit button using an image |
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| <input type="reset"></input> Creates a Reset button |
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