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Basic Tags
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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 |
| <body></body> |
Sets off the visible portion of the document
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Header Tags
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| <title></title> |
Puts the name of the document in the title bar
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| <meta></meta> |
meta attributes like description and content help with search engine positioning
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Body Attributes
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| <body bgcolor="?"> |
Sets the background color, using name or hex value |
| <body text="?"> |
Sets the text color, using name or hex value |
| <body link="?"> |
Sets the color of links, using name or hex value |
| <body vlink="?"> |
Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex
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| <body alink="?"> |
Sets the color of links on click |
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Text tags
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| <pre></pre> |
Creates preformatted text |
| <h1></h1> |
Creates the largest headline |
| <h6></h6> |
Creates the smallest headline |
| <b></b> |
Creates bold text |
| <i></i> |
Creates italic text |
| <tt></tt> |
Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text |
| <cite></cite> |
Creates a citation, usually italic |
| <em></em> |
Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold) |
| <strong></strong> |
Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold) |
| <font size="?"></font> |
Sets size of font, from 1 to 7 |
| <font color="?"></font> |
Sets font color, using name or hex
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Links
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| <a href="URL"></a> |
Creates a hyperlink |
| <a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a> |
Creates a mailto link |
| <a name="NAME"></a> |
Creates a target location within a document |
| <a href="#NAME"></a> |
Links to that target location from elsewhere in the document |
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Formatting
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| <p> |
Creates a new paragraph |
| <p align="?"> |
Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center |
| <br> |
Inserts a line break |
<blockquote>
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Indents text from both sides |
| <dl></dl> |
Creates a definition list |
| <dt> |
Precedes each definition term |
| <dd> |
Precedes each definition |
| <ol></ol> |
Creates a numbered list |
| <li> |
Precedes each list item, and adds a number |
| <ul></ul> |
Creates a bulleted list |
| <li> |
Precedes each list item, and adds the bullet |
| <div align=?> |
A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets |
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Graphical Elements
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| <img src="name"> |
Adds an image |
| <img src="name" alt="text"> |
the 'alt' attribute describes the image |
| <img src="name" align="?"> |
Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom,
top, middle |
| <img src="name" border="?"> |
Sets size of border around an image |
| <hr> |
Inserts a horizontal rule |
| <hr size="?"> |
Sets size (height) of rule |
| <hr width="?"> |
Sets width of rule, in percentage or absolute value |
| <hr noshade> |
Creates a rule without a shadow |
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Tables
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| <table></table> |
Creates a table |
| <tr></tr> |
Sets off each row in a table |
| <td></td> |
Sets off each cell in a row |
| <th></th> |
Sets off the table header (a normal cell with bold, centered text) |
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Table Attributes
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| <table border="#"> |
Sets width of border around table cells |
| <table cellspacing="#"> |
Sets amount of space between table cells |
| <table cellpadding="#"> |
Sets amount of space between a cell's border and its contents |
| <table width="#" or" %"> |
Sets width of table - in pixels or as a percentage of document width |
| <tr align="?"> or <td align="?"> |
Sets alignment for cell(s) (left, center, or right) |
| <tr valign="?"> or <td valign="?"> |
Sets vertical alignment for cell(s) (top, middle, or bottom) |
| <td colspan="#"> |
Sets number of columns a cell should span (default is 1) |
| <td rowspan="#"> |
Sets number of rows a cell should span (default is 1) |
| <td nowrap> |
Prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit
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