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Common HTML Tags
| Document Tags | |
| Structure Tags | Uses |
| < HTML> ..... < /HTML> | Indicates HTML format--begins each document |
| < HEAD> ...... < /HEAD> | Information for browser; not displayed in document |
| < TITLE> ...... < /TITLE> | Title displayed on title bar browser; name on bookmarks |
| < BODY> ...... < /BODY> | Contains data displayed in document |
| Formating Tags | Uses |
| < H1> ......< /H1> through < H6> ......< /H6> | First-level heading used at the beginning of a document |
| < BR> | Line break: does not generate blank line |
| < P> | Indicates paragraph beginning: does generate blank line |
| < HR> | Horizontal rule (line) |
| < ADDRESS> ...... < /ADDRESS> | Addresses; displayed in italics |
| < BLOCKQUOTE> ..... < /BLOCKQUOTE> | Quotation; indents |
| < CITE> ...... < /CITE> | citation; generally italics |
| < PRE> .....< /PRE> | Preformatted text; appears exactly as typed |
| Lists | Uses |
| < OL> ...... < /OL> |
Order list (1,2...) Netscape allows letters, roman numerals and where to begin |
| < UL> ...... < /UL> |
Unordered list; uses bullets, etc |
| < LI> | List item (use with < OL> or < UL> ); indented |
| < DL> ...... < /DL> |
Descriptive list |
| < DT> | Descriptive title |
| < DD> | Descriptive data; indented with wordwrap |
| Character formatting | Uses |
| < EM> ...... < /EM> | Emphasis; usually italics |
| < STRONG> ...... < /STRONG> | Stronger emphasis; usually bold |
| < I> ...... < /I> | italics |
| < B> ...... < /B> | bold |
| Hypermedia Tags | |
| Hyperlinks | Uses |
| < A HREF="#target"> word/phrase < /A> | Hyperlinks from a word/phrase to a specified named location (target) within the same document |
| < A NAME="target"> word/phrase < /A> | Indicates the destination (target) linked to within a document |
| < A HREF="URL"> word/phrase < /A> | Hyperlinks from the word/phrase to the beginning of another document at a specified URL |
| < A HREF="URL#target"> word/phrase < /A > | Hyperlinks from the word/phrase to a named destination (target) in another document at the specified URL |
| Images | Uses |
| < IMG SRC="URL"> | Displays in-line specified image (on the same line as the text) |
| < IMG ALIGN=RIGHT/CENTER/LEFT SRC="URL"> | Display the specified image on the right/center/left side of document with single line of text. If text following the image concludes with a corresponding tag < BR CLEAR=RIGHT/CENTER/LEFT>, the text will wrap around the image |
| < IMG VSPACE/HSPACE="number in pixels" SRC="URL"> | Creates a buffer vertical/horizontal white space equal to the number in pixels. |
| < IMG BORDER="number in pixels" SRC="URL"> | Creates a border the color of the text equal to the number in pixels. |
| Note: combine the above in any way necessary by inserting tag between < IMG.......SRC="URL" > i.e.:< IMG BORDER=2 ALIGN=LEFT VSPACE=15 HSPACE=5 SRC="URL"> | |
| Audio | Uses |
| < A HREF="URL (.au)"> audio name < /A> | Hyperlinks to named audio recording--launches appropriate application if available on users computer |
| Video | Uses |
| < A HREF="URL (.mov)"> video name< /A> | Hyperlinks to named video--launches appropriate application if available on users computer |
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