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Header
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Body
Attributes
Text
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Links
Formatting |
Graphical
Elements
Tables
Table
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Frames
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Basic
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| <html></html> Creates an HTML document |
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| <head></head> Sets off the title and other information that isn't displayed on the Web page itself |
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| <body></body> Sets off the visible portion of the document |
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| <title></title> Puts the name of the document in the title bar |
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Body
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| <body
bgcolor=?> Sets the background color, using name or hex value |
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text=?> Sets the text color, using name or hex value |
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link=?> Sets the color of links, using name or hex value |
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vlink=?> Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex value |
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alink=?> Sets the color of links on click |
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| <pre></pre> Creates preformatted text |
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| <h1></h1> Creates the largest headline |
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| <h6></h6> Creates the smallest headline |
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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 italic |
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| <em></em> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold) |
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| <strong></strong> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold) |
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| <font
size=?></font> Sets size of font, from 1 to 7) |
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| <font
color=?></font> Sets font color, using name or hex value |
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Links
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| <a
href="URL"></a> Creates a hyperlink |
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| <a
href="mailto:EMAIL"></a> Creates a mailto link |
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| <a
name="NAME"></a> Creates a target location within a document |
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| <a
href="#NAME"></a> Links to that target location from elsewhere in the document |
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Formatting
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| <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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| <dl></dl> Creates a definition list |
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| <dt> Precedes each definition term |
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| <dd> Precedes each definition |
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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
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| <img
src="name"> Adds an image |
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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 rule, in percentage or absolute value |
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| <hr
noshade> Creates a rule without a shadow |
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Tables
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| <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> Sets off the table header (a normal cell 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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rowspan=#> Sets number of rows a cell should span (default=1) |
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nowrap> Prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit |
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Frames
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| <frameset></frameset> tag in a frames document; can also be nested in other framesets |
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| <frameset
rows="value,value"> Defines the rows within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of w idth |
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cols="value,value"> Defines the columns within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width |
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| <frame> Defines a single frame - or region - within a frameset |
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| <noframes></noframes> Defines what will appear on browsers that don't support frames |
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Frames
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| <frame
src="URL"> Specifies which HTML document should be displayed |
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| <frame
name="name"> Names the frame, or region, so it may be targeted by other frames |
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| <frame
marginwidth=#> Defines the left and right margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1 |
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| <frame
marginheight=#> Defines the top and bottom margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1 |
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| <frame
scrolling=VALUE> Sets whether the frame has a scrollbar; value may equal "yes," "no," or "auto. " The default, as in ordinary documents, is auto. |
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| <frame
noresize> Prevents the user from resizing a frame |
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Forms
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| 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=?></select> Creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before you need to scroll. |
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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> 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"> Creates a checkbox. Text follows tag. |
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| <input
type="radio" name="NAME"
value="x"> Creates a radio button. Text follows tag |
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| <input
type=text name="foo" size=20> Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters. |
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| <input
type="submit" value="NAME"> Creates a Submit button |
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| <input
type="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="name.gif"> Creates a Submit button using an image |
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| <input
type="reset"> Creates a Reset button |
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