Print this as a reference guide when creating Web pages. Learn how and where to apply these tags, as well as other Web page creation tips at “How Web Pages Work” (www.howstuffworks.com/web-page.htm). Structure Tags Text Tags Tag Description Ending Tag Tag Description Ending Tag <html> begin the HTML document file </html> <b> bold text </b> <head> begin the file header </head> <i> italicize text </i> <title> begin the title of the document </title> <u> underline text </u> <body> begin the body of the document </body> <br> create a line break - can add within tag: <p> create a paragraph break - background=”file name” bgcolor=”color value” <hr> create a horizontal rule - text=”color value” <font> change font attribute </font> link=”color value” add within tag: vlink=”color value” color=”color value” <div> begin applying an attribute to a section </div> face=”font type” add within tag: size=value align=”right, left or center” <small> make text small </small> <!-- insert comments which will not be --> <big> make text large </big> displayed <h1> create a heading </h1> other size headings: <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6>
List Tags Link Tags
Tag Description Ending Tag Tag Description Ending Tag <ul> begin an unordered list </ul> <a href=> create a link to a web page or point on a </a> can add within tag: page type=”circle, square or disc” add within tag: ”URL” <ol> begin an ordered list </ol> ”name” can be added within tag: ”mailto:email address” type=”A, a, I or i” start=value <a name=> create a name to a portion of a page to at end of </a> link to name <li> list items in an unordered or ordered list </li> <dl> begin a definition list </dl> add within tag: <dt> item in definition list </dt> ”name” Link to it using <a <dd> definition in definition list </dd> href=”http://abc.com/page.htm#name”> Table Tags Image Tags Tag Description Ending Tag Tag Description Ending Tag <table> begin a table </table> <img src=> insert an image - can be added within tag: add within tag: border=value ”file name” bgcolor=”color value” can be added within tag: width=fixed value or percentage value alt=”text to describe image” height=fixed value or percentage value align=”left, right, center, top, bottom, align=”right, left or center” middle or absmiddle” cellpadding=value width=”value” cellspacing=value height=”value” border=value <tr> begin a table row </tr> can be added within tag: Frame Tags bgcolor=”color value” Tag Description Ending Tag align=”left, right or center” <frameset> begin a frame document </frameset> valign=”top, bottom or middle” add within tag: <th> create a table heading </th> rows=”fixed values or percentage can be added within tag: values” bgcolor=”color value” cols=”fixed values or percentage values” align=”left, right or center” <frame> specify frame attributes - valign=”top, bottom or middle” add within tag: width=value src=”file name” colspan=value can be added within tag: rowspan=value name=”frame name” <td> begin row data </td> scrolling=yes or no can be added within tag: frameborder=value bgcolor=”color value” marginwidth=value align=”left, right or center” marginheight=value valign=”top, bottom or middle” <noframes> include information within to support </noframes> width=value non-frame browsers colspan=value rowspan=value