Handy HTML

<html></html>
Creates an HTML document (<html> begins page, </html> ends page)

<head></head>
Sets off the title and other information that isn't displayed on the Web page itself

<title></title>
Puts the name of the document in the title bar (use between beginning and ending head tags)

<body></body>
Goes around visible part of document; place <body> tag just after closing head tag </head>, then place closing </body> tag just before your ending </html> tag.

<body bgcolor="name of color or six digit hex value color code goes here">
Sets the background color, using name or hex value

<body text="name of color or six digit hex value color code goes here">
Sets the text color, using name or hex value

<body link="name of color or six digit hex value color code goes here">
Sets the color of links, using name or hex value

<body vlink="name of color or six digit hex value color code goes here">
Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex value

<body alink="name of color or six digit hex value color code goes here">
Sets the color of links on click

<pre></pre>
Creates preformatted text; places following text in exact manner typed

<hl></hl>
Creates the largest headline
<h6></h6>
Creates the smallest headline (note: h2 thru h5 can be used to create different sizes)

<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 value

<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

<p></p>
Creates a new paragraph

<p align="?">
Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center

<br>
Inserts a line break

<blockquote></blockquote>
Indents text from both sides

Lists

<dl></dl>
Creates a definition list
<dt>
Precedes each definition term
<dd>
Precedes each definition

<ol></ol>
Creates a numbered list
<ul></ul>
Creates a bulleted list
<li></li>
Precedes each list item, and adds a number
(if it is in a numbered list)

<div align="?">
A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets

Graphical Elements

<img src="name">
Adds an image

<img src="name" align="?">
Aligns an image: left, right, center, bottom, top, texttop, middle, absmiddle, absbottom, baseline
<img src="name" border="?">
Sets size of border around an image
www.w3.org IMG reference

<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

Tables

<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)

<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
<td rowspan=#>
Sets number of rows a cell should span (default=1)
<td nowrap>
Prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit

Frames

<frameset></frameset>
tag in a frames document; can also be nested in other framesets
<frameset rows="value,value">
Defines the rows within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of w idth <frameset cols="value,value">
Defines the columns within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width <frame>
Defines a single frame - or region - within a frameset
<noframes></noframes>
Defines what will appear on browsers that don't support frames
Frames Attributes
<frame src="URL">
Specifies which HTML document should be displayed
<frame name="name">
Names the frame, or region, so it may be targeted by other frames
<frame marginwidth=#>
Defines the left and right margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1
<frame marginheight=#>
Defines the top and bottom margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1

<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.
<frame noresize>
Prevents the user from resizing a frame
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
<select multiple name="NAME" size="?"></select>
Creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before yo u need to scroll.
<option>
Sets off each menu item
<select name="NAME"></select>
Creates a pulldown menu
<option>
Sets off each menu item
<textarea name="NAME" cols=40 rows=8></textarea>
Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.
<input type="checkbox" name="NAME">
Creates a checkbox. Text follows tag.
<input type="radio" name="NAME" value="x">
Creates a radio button. Text follows tag
<input type=text name="foo" size=20>
Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.
<input type="submit" value="NAME">
Creates a Submit button
<input type="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="name.gif">
Creates a Submit button using an image
<input type="reset">
Creates a Reset button

Meta Tags

Instructs the web browser to automatically load a different page. In this example, the web browser is instructed to load the page: http://www.url.com/page.html in 10 seconds.

This meta tag allows you to specify the options for internet indexing spiders (also known as robots). You can read more about the commands used for spiders in our article on the robots.txt file.

Information on Keywords and Description meta tags can be found in the keywords article.

References:

Robots.txt

Cascading Style Sheets

Keywords and Description Meta Tags

Article last reviewed: 02/03/2004

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