HTML Reference guide.
This is a simple guide to the characters used in constructing a web page.
- Basic tags
- Header Tags
- Meta Tags
- Body Attributes
- Text Tags
- Links
- Formatting
- Graphical Elements
- Tables
- Table Attributes
- Frames
- Frames Attributes
- Page affects
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<html></html>
Makes an HTML document |
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<head></head>
Sets off the title and other information that isn't displayed on the Web page itself |
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<body></body>
Sets off the visible portion of the document |
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Header Tags |
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<title></title>
Puts the name of the document in the title bar
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| Meta Tags |
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<META HTTP-Equiv='Cache-Control' Content='no-cache'>
Instructs search engines not to cache a page ,
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<meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=http://www.yourdomain.com/index.html">
Redirects to another page.
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<META content=ALL name=robots>
Instructs all search engine robots to crawl your site.
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<META content=GLOBAL name=distribution>
Instructs search engines worldwide to crawl.
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<META NAME="robots" CONTENT="all, index, follow">
Instructs search engines to crawl all pages to index and follow all links.
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<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="Here">
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Here">
These lines will help direct search engine results.
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<body bgcolor=?>
Sets the background color, using name or hex value |
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<body text=?>
Sets the text color, using name or hex value |
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<body link=?>
Sets the color of links, using name or hex value |
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<body vlink=?>
Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex value |
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<body alink=?>
Sets the color of links on click |
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| Text Tags |
<font face="Arial Black">
Displays font or text style.
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<pre></pre>
Creates preformatted text |
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<hl></hl>
Creates the largest headline |
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<h6></h6>
Creates the smallest headline |
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<b></b>
Creates bold text |
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<i></i>
Creates italic text |
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<tt></tt>
Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text |
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<cite></cite>
Creates a citation, usually italic |
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<em></em>
Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold) |
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<strong></strong>
Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold) |
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<font size=?></font>
Sets size of font, from 1 to 7) |
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<font color=?></font>
Sets font color, using name or hex value |
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<a href="URL"></a>
Creates a hyperlink |
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<a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a>
Creates a mailto link |
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<a name="NAME"></a>
Creates a target location within a document |
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<a href="#NAME"></a>
Links to that target location from elsewhere in the document |
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| Formatting |
<p></p>
Creates a new paragraph |
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<p align=?>
Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center |
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<br>
Inserts a line break |
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<blockquote>
</blockquote>
Indents text from both sides |
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<dl></dl>
Creates a definition list |
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<dt>
Precedes each definition term |
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<dd>
Precedes each definition |
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<ol></ol>
Creates a numbered list |
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<li></li>
Precedes each list item, and adds a number |
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<ul></ul>
Creates a bulleted list |
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<div align=?>
A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets |
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| Graphical Elements
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<img src="name">
Adds an image |
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<img src="name" align=?>
Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle |
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<img src="name" border=?>
Sets size of border around an image |
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<hr>
Inserts a horizontal rule |
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<hr size=?>
Sets size (height) of rule |
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<hr width=?>
Sets width of rule, in percentage or absolute value |
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<hr noshade>
Creates a rule without a shadow |
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<table></table>
Creates a table |
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<tr></tr>
Sets off each row in a table |
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<td></td>
Sets off each cell in a row |
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<th></th>
Sets off the table header (a normal cell with bold, centered text) |
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Table Attributes
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<table border=#>
Sets width of border around table cells |
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<table cellspacing=#>
Sets amount of space between table cells |
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<table cellpadding=#>
Sets amount of space between a cell's border and its contents |
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<table width=# or %>
Sets width of table — in pixels or as a percentage of document width |
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<tr align=?> or <td align=?>
Sets alignment for cell(s) (left, center, or right) |
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<tr valign=?> or <td valign=?>
Sets vertical alignment for cell(s) (top, middle, or bottom) |
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<td colspan=#>
Sets number of columns a cell should span |
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<td rowspan=#>
Sets number of rows a cell should span (default=1) |
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<td nowrap>
Prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit |
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| Frames
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<frameset></frameset>
Replaces the <body> tag in a frames document; can also be nested in other framesets |
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<frameset rows="value,value">
This defines the rows within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of w
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<frameset cols="value,value">
Defines the columns within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width |
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<frame>
Defines a single frame — or region — within a frameset |
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<noframes></noframes>
Defines what will appear on browsers that don't support frames |
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<frame src="URL">
Specifies which HTML document should be displayed |
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<frame name="name">
This names the frame, or region, so it may be targeted by other frames |
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<frame marginwidth=#>
Defines the left and right margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater
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<frame marginheight=#>
This defines the top and bottom margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater
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<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. |
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<frame noresize>
Prevents the user from resizing a frame |
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| Page affects.
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<style
type="text/css"/
<!--
BODY
{
SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #000099;
SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: #3333FF;
SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #000000;
SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #009999;
SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #33FFFF;
SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #003366;
SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: #666666;
}
--/
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Scrollbar style change. Adds colors. |
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<META http-equiv="Page-Enter" CONTENT="RevealTrans(Duration=4,Transition=14)">
Page affects when entering or exiting your page. Use: enter or exit, and 1 thru 14 for transition type |
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<embed width="size" height="size" src="yourfile.swf">
Installs a flash element. |
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<EMBED SRC="mysong.mid" AUTOSTART="true" LOOP="true" HIDDEN="false" WIDTH="145" HEIGHT="30"></embed>
Installs a sound file when entering page. |
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