Review: Basic Tags


<html></html> Creates an HTML document

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

<title></title> Puts the name of the document in the title bar

<body></body> Sets off the visible portion of the document

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

Text Tags

<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

<cite></cite> Creates a citation, usually italic

<em></em> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)

<pre></pre> Creates preformatted text

<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 to a link on the Web

<a href="filename.htm"></a> Creates a hyperlink to a file in the same folder

<a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a> Creates a mailto link

Formatting

<p> Creates a new paragraph

<br> Inserts a line break

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

<ol></ol> Creates a numbered list

<li> Precedes each list item, and adds a number

<ul></ul> Creates a bulleted list

<li> Precedes each list item, and adds the bullet

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)

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

<hr> Inserts a horizontal rule

<hr size=?> Sets size (height) of rule

<hr width=?> Sets width of rule, in percentage or absolute value


Lesley ECOMP 6009   © 1999 Mary Hopper mehopper@world.comUpdated 12/01/99