HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) Tags: GENERAL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Document Type (beginning and end of file) Title (must be in header) Header (descriptive info, such as title) Body (bulk of the page) Body STRUCTURAL DEFINITION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heading (the spec. defines 6 levels) Align Heading Division
Align Division
Block Quote
(usually indented) Emphasis (usually displayed as italic) Strong Emphasis (usually displayed as bold) Citation (usually italics) Code (for source code listings) Sample Output eyboard Input Variable Definition (not widely implemented) Author's Address
Large Font Size Small Font Size PRESENTATION FORMATTING --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bold Italic Underline (not widely implemented yet) Strikeout (not widely implemented yet) Strikeout (not widely implemented yet) Subscript Superscript Typewriter (displays in a monospaced font) Preformatted
               (display text spacing as-is)
  Width             
       (in characters)
Center              
(for both text and images) Blinking (the most derided tag ever) Font Size (ranges from 1-7) Change Font Size Base Font Size (from 1-7; default is 3) Font Color Select Font Multi-Column Column Gutter Column Width Spacer Spacer Type Size Dimensions Alignment LINKS AND GRAPHICS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link Something Link to Target (if in another document) (if in current document) Target Window Define Target Display Image Alignment Alignment Alternate *** (if image not displayed) Dimensions (in pixels) Border (in pixels) Runaround Space (in pixels) Low-Res Proxy Imagemap (requires a script) Imagemap Map (describes the map) Section Client Pull Embed Object (insert object into page) Object Size DIVIDERS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paragraph

(closing tag often unnecessary) Align Text

Line Break
(a single carriage return) Clear Textwrap
Horizontal Rule
Alignment
Thickness
(in pixels) Width
(in pixels) Width Percent
(as a percentage of page width) Solid Line
(without the 3D cutout look) No Break (prevents line breaks) Word Break (where to break a line if needed) LISTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unordered List
(
  • before each list item) Compact
      Bullet Type
        (for the whole list)
      • (this & subsequent) Ordered List
        (
      • before each list item) Compact
          Numbering Type
            (for the whole list)
          1. (this & subsequent) Starting Number
              (for the whole list)
            1. (this & subsequent) Definition List
              (
              =term,
              =definition) Compact
              Menu List
            2. (
            3. before each list item) Compact Directory List
            4. (
            5. before each list item) Compact BACKGROUNDS AND COLORS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiled Bkground Bkground Color (order is red/green/blue) Text Color Link Color Visited Link Active Link SPECIAL CHARACTERS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Character &#?; < < > > & & " " Registered TM ® Registered TM ® Copyright © Copyright © Non-Breaking Spc   FORMS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Define Form
              File Upload
              Field Name Field Value Checked? (checkboxes and radio boxes) Field Size (in characters) Max Length (in characters) Selection List Name of List # of Options Multiple Choice Name of Box Wrap Text TABLES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Define Table
              Table Border
              (either on or off) Table Border
              (you can set the value) Cell Spacing Cell Padding
              Desired Width
              (in pixels) Width Percent
              (percentage of page) Table Row Alignment Table Cell (must appear within table rows) Alignment (same as data, except bold centered) Alignment Alignment
              No linebreaks Columns to Span Rows to Span Desired Width (in pixels) Width Percent (percentage of table) Cell Color Table Header No Linebreaks Columns to Span Rows to Span Desired Width (in pixels) Width Percent (percentage of table) Cell Color Table Caption
              (above/below table) FRAMES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frame Document (instead of ) Row Heights (pixels or %) Row Heights (* = relative size) Column Widths (pixels or %) Column Widths (* = relative size) Borders Border Width Border Color Define Frame (contents of an individual frame) Display Document Frame Name Margin Width (left and right margins) Margin Height (top and bottom margins) Scrollbar? Not Resizable Borders Border Color Unframed Content (for non-frames browsers) JAVA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Applet File Name Parameters Location Identifier (for references) Alt Text (for non-Java browsers) Alignment Size (in pixels) Spacing (in pixels) MISCELLANEOUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment (not displayed by the browser) Prologue Searchable (indicates a searchable index) Prompt (text to prompt input) Send Search (use a real question mark) URL of This File (must be in header) Base Window Name (must be in header) Relationship (in header) Meta Information (must be in header) Style Sheets (not widely supported yet) Scripts (not widely supported yet) SYMBOLS USED --------------------------------------------------------------------------- URL URL of an external file (or just file name if in the same directory) ? Arbitrary number (i.e. means

              ,

              ,

              , etc.) % Arbitrary percentage (i.e.
              means
              , etc.) *** Arbitrary text (i.e. ALT="***" means fill in with text) $$$$$$ Arbitrary hex (i.e. BGCOLOR="#$$$$$$" means BGCOLOR="#00FF1C", etc.) ,,, Comma-delimited (i.e. COORDS=",,," means COORDS="0,0,50,50", etc.) | Alternatives (i.e. ALIGN=LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER means pick one of these)