<tagname attribute = 'value'>content</tagname>
<br>
element (which indicates a line break).<span>, <img>, <a>, <strong>, <em>
<div>, <header>, <h1>-<h6>, <p>, <form>, <ol>, <ul>
<span>
element is often used as a container for some text. The <span>
element has no required attributes, but style
, class
and id
are common.<div>
element is often used as a container for other HTML elements. The <div>
element has no required attributes, but style
, class
and id
are common.<b>
- Bold text<strong>
- Important text<i>
- Italic text<em>
- Emphasized text<mark>
- Marked text<small>
- Small text<del>
- Deleted text<ins>
- Inserted text<sub>
- Subscript text<sup>
- Superscript text<a>
tag. The link address is specified in the href
attribute:<ul>
(unordered/bullet list) or the <ol>
(ordered/numbered list) tag, followed by <li>
tags (list items):<form>
element defines a form that is used to collect user input. An HTML form contains form elements:<input>
element is the most important form element. The <input>
element can be displayed in several ways, depending on the type attribute:<input type='text'>
<input type='password'>
<input type='submit'>
<input type='button'>
<input type='checkbox'>
<input type='color'>
<input type='date'>
<input type='datetime-local'>
<input type='email'>
<input type='file'>
<input type='hidden'>
<input type='image'>
<input type='month'>
<input type='number'>
<input type='radio'>
<input type='range'>
<input type='reset'>
<input type='search'>
<input type='tel'>
<input type='time'>
<input type='url'>
<input type='week'>
value
attribute specifies the initial value for an input field. The maxlength
attribute specifies the maximum allowed length for the input field. The min
and max
attributes specify the minimum and maximum values for an <input>
element. The placeholder
attribute specifies a hint that describes the expected value of an input field (a sample value or a short description of the format).action
attribute defines the action to be performed when the form is submitted. The method
attribute specifies the HTTP method (GET or POST) to be used when submitting the form data. Each input field must have a name
attribute to be submitted. If the name
attribute is omitted, the data of that input field will not be sent at all.<button>
tag:<img>
tag.<tagname>
background-color
, color
, font-family
, font-size
, text-align
.class
attribute is used to define equal styles for elements with the same class name.class
attribute will get the same style.getElementsByClassName()
method.id
attribute specifies a unique id for an HTML element (the value must be unique within the HTML document).getElementById()
method.html? What are
tags? - Perhaps check out where to start or what is html first :-)
Basic HTML Structure | Help | Top |
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Common Tags for Blogs | Help | Top |
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<h?> heading </h?> | Heading (h1 for largest to h6 for smallest) |
<p> paragraph </p> | Paragraph of Text |
<b> bold </b> | Make text between tags bold |
<i> italic </i> | Make text between tags italic |
<a href='url'> link name </a> | Create a link to another page or website |
<div> .. </div> | Divide up page content into sections, and applying styles |
<img src='filename.jpg'> | Show an image |
<ul> <li> list </li> </ul> | Unordered, bullet-point list |
<br> | Line Break (force a new line) |
<span> red </span> | Use CSS style to change text colour |
Text Formatting | Help | Top |
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<h?> .. </h?> | Heading (?= 1 for largest to 6 for smallest, eg h1) |
<b> .. </b> | Bold Text |
<i> .. </i> | Italic Text |
<u> .. </u> | Underline Text |
<strike> .. </strike> | Strikeout |
<sup> .. </sup> | Superscript - Smaller text placed below normal text |
<sub> .. </sub> | Subscript - Smaller text placed below normal text |
<small> .. </small> | Small - Fineprint size text |
<tt> .. </tt> | Typewriter Text |
<pre> .. </pre> | Pre-formatted Text |
<blockquote> .. </blockquote> | Text Block Quote |
<strong> .. </strong> | Strong - Shown as Bold in most browsers |
<em> .. </em> | Emphasis - Shown as Italics in most browsers |
<font> .. </font> | Font tag obsolete, use CSS. (*) |
Section Divisions | Help | Top |
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<div> .. </div> | Division or Section of Page Content |
<span> .. </span> | Section of text within other content |
<p> .. </p> | Paragraph of Text |
<br> | Line Break |
<hr> | Basic Horizontal Line |
<hr> Tag Attributes: | |
size='?' | Line Thickness in pixels |
width='?' | Line Width in pixels |
width='??%' | Line Width as a percentage |
color='#??????' | Line Colour(*) |
align='?' | Horizontal Alignment: left, center, right (*) |
noshade | No 3D cut-out |
<nobr> .. </nobr> | Line Break |
Images | Help | Top |
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<img src='url' alt='text'> | Basic Image |
<img> Tag Attributes: | |
src='url' | URL or filename of image (required!) |
alt='text' | Alternate Text (required!) |
align='?' | Image alignment within surrounding text (*) |
width='??' | Image width (in pixels or %) |
height='??' | Image height (in pixels or %) |
border='??' | Border thickness (in pixels) (*) |
vspace='??' | Space above and below image (in pixels) (*) |
hspace='??' | Space on either side of image (in pixels) (*) |
Linking Tags | Help | Top |
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<a href='url'> link text </a> | Basic Link |
<a> Tag Attributes: | |
href='url' | Location (url) of page to link to. |
name='??' | Name of link (name of anchor, or name of bookmark) |
target='?' | Link target location: _self, _blank, _top, _parent . |
href='url#bookmark' | Link to a bookmark (defined with name attribute). |
href='mailto:email' | Link which initiates an email (dependant on user's email client). |
Lists | Help | Top |
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<ol> .. </ol> | Ordered List |
<ul> .. </ul> | Un-ordered List |
<li> .. </li> | List Item (within ordered or unordered) |
<ol type='?'> | Ordered list type: A, a, I, i, 1 |
<ol start='??'> | Ordered list starting value |
<ul type='?'> | Unordered list bullet type: disc, circle, square |
<li value='??'> | List Item Value (changes current and subsequent items) |
<li type='??'> | List Item Type (changes only current item) |
<dl> .. </dl> | Definition List |
<dt> .. </dt> | Term or phrase being defined |
<dd> .. </dd> | Detailed Definition of term |
Tables | Help | Top |
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<table> .. </table> | Define a Table |
<table> Tag Attributes: | |
border='?' | Thickness of outside border |
bordercolor='#??????' | Border Colour |
cellspacing='?' | Space between cells (pixels) |
cellpadding='?' | Space between cell wall and content |
align='??' | Horizontal Alignment: left, center, right (*) |
bgcolor='#??????' | Background Colour (*) |
width='??' | Table Width (pixels or %) (*) |
height='??' | Table Height (pixels or %) (*) |
<tr> .. </tr> | Table Row within table |
<th> .. </th> | Header Cell within table row |
<td> .. </td> | Table Cell within table row |
<td> Tag Attributes: | |
colspan='?' | Number of columns the cell spans across (cell merge) |
rowspan='?' | Number of row a cell spans across (cell merge) |
width='??' | Cell Width (pixels or %) (*) |
height='??' | Cell Height (pixels or %) (*) |
bgcolor='#??????' | Background Colour (*) |
align='??' | Horizontal Alignment: left, center, right (*) |
valign='??' | Vertical Alignment: top, middle, bottom (*) |
nowrap | Force no line breaks in a particular cell |
Frames | Help | Top |
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<frameset> .. </frameset> | Define the set of Frames |
<frameset> Tag Attributes: | |
rows='??,??, ..' | Define row sizes & number of rows (size in pixels or %) |
cols='??,??, ..' | Define column sizes & number of columns (size in pixels or %) |
noresize='noresize' | User cannot resize any frames in frameset |
<frame> .. </frame> | Define a frame within the frameset |
<frame> Tag Attributes: | |
src='url' | Location of HTML File for a frame |
name='***' | Unique name of frame window |
marginwidth='?' | Horizontal margin spacing inside frame (pixels) |
marginheight='?' | Vertical margin spacing inside frame (pixels) |
noresize='noresize' | Declare all frameset sizes as fixed |
scrolling='***' | Can the user scroll inside the frame: yes, no, auto |
frameborder='?' | Frame Border: (1 =yes, 2 =no) |
bordercolor='#??????' | Border Colour (*) |
<noframes> .. </noframes> | Unframed content (for browsers not supporting frames) |
Forms | Help | Top |
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<form> .. </form> | Form input group decleration |
<form> Tag Attributes: | |
action='url' | URL of Form Script |
method='***' | Method of Form: get, post |
enctype='***' | For File Upload: enctype='multipart/form-data' |
<input> .. </input> | Input field within form |
<input> Tag Attributes: | |
type='***' | Input Field Type: text, password, checkbox, submit etc. |
name='***' | Form Field Name (for form processing script) |
value='***' | Value of Input Field |
size='***' | Field Size |
maxlength='?' | Maximum Length of Input Field Data |
checked | Mark selected field in radio button group or checkbox |
<select> .. </select> | Select options from drop down list |
<select> Tag Attributes: | |
name='***' | Drop Down Combo-Box Name (for form processing script) |
size='?' | Number of selectable options |
multiple | Allow multiple selections |
<option> .. </option> | Option (item) within drop down list |
<option> Tag Attributes: | |
value='***' | Option Value |
selected | Set option as default selected option |
<textarea> .. </textarea> | Large area for text input |
<textarea> Tag Attributes: | |
name='***' | Text Area Name (for form processing script) |
rows='?' | Number of rows of text shown |
cols='?' | Number of columns (characters per rows) |
wrap='***' | Word Wrapping: off, hard, soft |
Special Characters | Help | Top |
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< | < - Less-Than Symbol |
> | > - Greater-Than Symbol |
& | & - Ampersand, or 'and' sign |
" | ' - Quotation Mark |
© | © - Copyright Symbol |
™ | ™ - Trademark Symbol |
| - A space (non-breaking space) |
&#??; | ISO 8859-1 character - replace ?? with the iso code |
Miscellaneous Tags | Help | Top |
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<!-- .. --> | Comment within HTML source code |
<!DOCTYPE html .. > | Document Type Definition (wiki) |
<meta> .. </meta> | META information tag |
<meta> Tag Attributes: | |
name='***' | Meta name: description, keywords, author |
http-equiv='***' | HTTP Equivalent Info: title, etc. |
content='***' | Information content |
<link> | LINK content relationship tag |
<link> Tag Attributes: | |
rel='***' | Type of forward relationship |
http='url' | Location (URL) of object or file being linked |
type='***' | Type of object or file, eg: text/css |
title='***' | Link title (optional) |
Body Background & Colours | Help | Top |
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<body> Tag Attributes: | |
background='url' | Background Image (*) |
bgcolor='#??????' | Background Colour(*) |
text='#??????' | Document Text Colour (*) |
link='#??????' | Link Colour (*) |
vlink='#??????' | Visited Link Colour (*) |
alink='#??????' | Active Link Colour (*) |
bgproperties='fixed' | Background Properties - 'Fixed' = non-scrolling watermark (*) |
leftmargin='?' | Side Margin Size in Pixels (Internet Explorer) (*) |
topmargin='?' | Top Margin Size in Pixels (Internet Explorer) (*) |