HTML Tags

Basic Tags
<html></html> Creates an HTML document
<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
Header Tags
<title></title> Puts the name of the document in the title bar
Body Attributes
<body bgcolor=?> Sets the background color, using name or hex value
<body background="image source?">Sets a background image (image source? Should be the file name & path)
<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 value
<body alink=?> Sets the color of links on click
Text Tags
<pre></pre> Creates preformatted text
<hl></hl> 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 value
Links
<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
Formatting
<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
<dl></dl> Creates a definition list
<dt> Precedes each definition term
<dd> Precedes each definition
<ol></ol> Creates a numbered list
<li></li> Precedes each list item, and adds a number
<ul></ul> Creates a bulleted 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, middle
<img src="name" border=?> Sets size of border around an image
Graphical Elements cont.
<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 Attributes
<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

A simple web page can be created in a text editor (e.g. notepad) using these tags as the basic structure. ___________________________________________________________________________ <html>
<head>
<title>My First Webpage</title>
</head>
<body> Hello World!!!
</body>
</html> ___________________________________________________________________________ Try making some test pages using tags from the table above. Remember that only text that IS NOT enclosed by angled brackets will be displayed on your page.

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