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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
- <pre></pre>preformatted text
- <hl></hl>largest headline ...
- <h6></h6>Creates the smallest headline
- <b></b>bold text
- <i></i>Creates italic text
- <tt></tt>teletype text
- <cite></cite>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>
- <a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a>
- <a name="NAME"></a>
- <a href="#NAME"></a>
Formatting
- <p></p>new paragraph
- <p align=?>Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center
- <br>Inserts a line break
- <blockquote></blockquote> Indents text from both sides
- <dl></dl>definition list
- <dt>Precedes each definition term
- <dd>Precedes each 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=?>generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets
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=?>
- <hr width=?>
- <hr noshade>Creates a rule without a shadow
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 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>Replaces the <body> tag in a frames document; can also be nested in other framesets
- <frameset rows="value,value">rows within frameset, in pixels, or percentage of width
- <frameset cols="value,value">columns within frameset, 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=#>the left and right margins for frame; must be = to > than 1
- <frame marginheight=#>the top and bottom margins for frame; must be = to > than 1
- <frame scrolling=VALUE>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
- For functional forms, you'll have to run a CGI script. The HTML just creates the appearance of a form.
- <form></form>Creates all forms
- <select multiple name="NAME" size=?></select>Creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before you need to scroll.
- <option>Sets off each menu item
- <select name="NAME"></select>Creates a pulldown menu
- <option>Sets off each menu item
- <textarea name="NAME" cols=40 rows=8></textarea>Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.
- <input type="checkbox" name="NAME">Creates a checkbox. Text follows tag.
- <input type="radio" name="NAME" value="x">Creates a radio button. Text follows tag
- <input type=text name="foo" size=20>Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.
- <input type="submit" value="NAME">Creates a Submit button
- <input type="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="name.gif">Creates a Submit button using an image
- <input type="reset">Creates a Reset button
