| Document Structure and Meta Tags | |
|---|---|
<HTML></HTML> |
start and end of HTML document |
<!-- comment --> |
comment; not displayed by browser |
<HEAD></HEAD> |
document meta-information start and end |
<TITLE></TITLE> |
document title; goes in HEAD |
<BASE Href="URL"> |
base reference URL of document;
goes in HEAD |
<BODY></BODY> |
content of document displayed by browser |
| Anchors | |
<A Href="URL">Hotspot</A> |
anchor linking Hotspot text to document URL |
<A Href="URL#Jump">Hotspot</A> |
anchor with jump from Hotspot to anchor named Jump in document URL |
<A Name="Jump">Text</A> |
anchor with name Jump associated with Text |
| Blocks of Text | |
<BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> |
extended quotation |
<UL></UL> |
unordered list (items marked with <LI>) |
<OL></OL> |
ordered list (items marked with <LI>) |
<MENU></MENU> |
menu list (items marked with <LI>) |
<DIR></DIR> |
directory list (items marked with <LI>) |
<DL></DL> |
definition list
(terms marked with <DT>,definitions marked with < DD>) |
<ADDRESS></ADDRESS> |
address; often used for document author identification |
| Separators | |
<H1></H1>...
<H6></H6> |
headings from level 1 (major) to 6 (minor) |
<HR> |
horizontal rule |
<BR> |
line break |
<P> |
paragraph start (end paragraph, </P>
optional) |
| Physical Character Formatting | |
<B></B> |
bold |
<I></I> |
italic |
<TT></TT> |
typewriter |
<PRE></PRE> |
preformatted text; preserves line breaks |
| Logical Character Formatting | |
<EM></EM> |
emphasized |
<STRONG></STRONG> |
strongly emphasized |
<KBD></KBD> |
keyboard entry |
<CITE></CITE> |
citation |
<VAR></VAR> |
variable name |
<SAMP></SAMP> |
text sample |
| Images | |
<IMG Src="URL"> |
inserts image at URL into document |
<IMG Src="URL" Alt="string"> |
displays string for non-graphical browsers instead of image |
<IMG Src="URL" Align="top|bottom|middle"> |
sets alignment of text after image |
| Forms | |
<FORM Action="URL Method="get|post"></FORM> |
a Form with a gateway program at URL and using a method |
<INPUT Name="name" Type="checkbox |hidden |image |password |radio |reset |submit |text"> |
Input element with a specific type and symbolic name, name |
<TEXTAREA Name="name" Rows="R" Cols="C"> |
Text area (lines of editable text) with symbolic name, name and R rows and C columns visible at a time |
<SELECT Name="name" Size="N" Multiple"> |
Select element with symbolic name, name, N selections visible at a time;
and multiple selections possible;
selections defined using OPTION |
<OPTION Value="string"> |
Option element used with SELECT;
with returned value string |
| Tables | |
<TABLE Border></TABLE> |
start and stop of a Table with a border |
<CAPTION></CAPTION> |
start and stop of the caption |
<TR></TR> |
start and stop of a row |
<TH Colspan="C" Rowspan="R"></TH> |
start and stop of a header cell spanning C columns and R rows |
<TD Colspan="C" Rowspan="R"></TD> |
start and stop of a data cell spanning C columns and R rows |
| Netscape Color Extensions | |
<BODY Background="URL"> |
sets background texture to image at URL |
<BODY Bgcolor="#RRGGBB"> |
sets background to color with red, green, blue values given
by hexidecimal RR, GG, BB |
<BODY Text="#RRGGBB"> |
sets text color |
<BODY Link="#RRGGBB"> |
sets unvisited links color |
<BODY VLink="#RRGGBB"> |
sets visited links color |
<BODY ALink="#RRGGBB"> |
sets active links color |
http://www.rpi.edu/~decemj/pages/intro.html
http://www.w3.org/
http://sunsite.unc.edu/boutell/faq/www_faq.html
http://www.stars.com/Vlib/
http://www.mindspring.com/~guild/
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