Basic HTML 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 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, using name or hex # value
Text Tags
- <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 as seen here
- <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:YourEmail@.com"> </a>
- Creates a mailto link
- <a name="Your Locate Name"> </a>
- Creates a "location" target within a document
- <a href="Your Name"> </a>
- Links to a specific target location in a document
Formatting
- <p> </p>
- Creates a new paragraph
- <p align=?>
- Aligns a paragraph to the left, center or right
- <br>
- Inserts a single line break
- <blockquote></blockquote>
- indents text from both sides
- <dl> </dl>
- Creates a Definition List
- <dt>
- Precedes each Definition Term
- <dd>
- Precedes each Definition 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 CSS
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
- <img src="name" align=? border=? width=? height=?>
- Sets size of border, width and height of 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
- <hr color=?>
- Creates a rule with color choice
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
Frames
- <frameset> </frameset>
- tag in a frames document; can also be nested in other framesets
- <frameset rows="width=? or %">
- Defines the rows within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width
- <frameset cols="width=? or %">
- 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=?>
- 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
A Functional form requires that you have access to a CGI bin directory. The HTML just creates the appearance of a working form until given a path to execute purpose intended.
- <form> </form>
- Creates the starting base for all forms
- <form name="Your Form Name"> </form>
- Creates name for form, also used with JavaScript & CGI functions
- <select multiple name="Your Select Name" size=?> </select>
- Creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of visible items before scrolling.
- <option> </option>
- Sets off each menu item
- <select name="Your Menu Name"> </select>
- Creates a pulldown menu
- <textarea name="Your Text Name" cols=50 rows=5> </textarea>
- Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.
- <input type="checkbox" name="Your Selection Name">
- Creates a checkbox. Text question follows tag for selecting.
- <input type="radio" name="Your Selection Name" value="?">
- Creates a radio button. Text question follows tag for selecting.
- <input type=text name="Your input Name" size=30>
- Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.
- <input type="submit" value="Submit">
- Creates a Submit button to send form
- <input type="image" border=0 name="Your Form Name" src="your.gif">
- Creates a Submit button using an image
- <input type="Reset form">
- Creates a Reset button to clear form
Additional Form References
- <form action="/cgi-bin/formmail.cgi">
- Form shows directing towards formmail.cgi in CGI directory
- <input type=hidden name="recipient" value="you@your.com">
- Shows a hidden contact point to forward form to.
- <input type=hidden name="subject" value="Your Subject">
- This creates a subject line as an email would show.
- <input type=hidden name="return_link_url" value="your.com>
- This provides a link on a form results page leading viewer to URL
- <input type=hidden name="return_link_title" value="Your Title">
- This creates the visible text wording for the return link.
- <input type=hidden name="required" value="name,email">
- This allows you designate certain form fields are filled before sending.
- <input type=hidden name="text_color" value="?">
- On the return page this provides text color preference.
- <input type=hidden name="link_color" value="?">
- On the return page this provides link color preference.
- <input type=hidden name="vlink_color" value="?">
- On the return page this provides visited link color preference.
- <input type=hidden name="alink_color" value="?">
- On the return page this provides active link color preference.
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