| SYNTAX |
| Basic |
HTML: <tag></tagclose> or <tag>
XHTML: <tag></tagclose> or <tag
/> |
| With an Attribute |
HTML: <tag attribute="?">
XHTML: <tag attribute="?" / > |
| BASIC |
| <body> |
the visible portion of the page |
| <head> |
portion not displayed on the page |
| <html> |
creates a html page |
| <title> |
shows the page name in the title bar |
| LINKS |
| <img src="URL">* |
displays an image |
| <a href="#?">* |
link to anchor in current document |
| <a href="URL">* |
link to another document |
| <a href="URL#?">* |
link to anchor in another document |
| <a href="mailto:EMAIL">* |
email link |
| STRUCTURE |
| <br>* |
line break |
| <code> |
source code listing |
| <div> |
Formats structure or block of text |
| <em> |
italic text |
| <h1>...<h6> |
page headings from largest to smallest |
| <hr> |
horizontal rule |
| <p> |
paragraph |
| <pre> |
preformatted text |
| <span> |
Inline formatting |
| <strong> |
bold text |
| <sub> |
subscript text |
| <sup> |
superscript text |
| FRAMES |
| <frame> |
defines a single frame |
| <frameset> |
frame document |
| <iframe> |
inline frame |
| HEAD |
| <link rel="stylesheet" href="?" type="text/css"> * |
external CSS link |
| <script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript"> |
embedded javascript |
| <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="?";
charset="?">* |
meta information |
| TABLES |
| <caption> |
table caption |
| <table> |
defines a table |
| <tbody> |
body section of the table |
| <td> |
table cell |
| <td colspan="?"> |
number of columns cell spans |
| <td rowspan="?"> |
number of rows cell should spans |
| <tfoot> |
footer section of the table |
| <th> |
table header cells |
| <th colspan="?"> |
number of columns table header cell spans |
| <thead> |
the header section of the table |
| <tr> |
table row |
| LISTS |
| <dd> |
definition |
| <dl> |
definition list |
| <dt> |
definition term |
| <li> |
item in a list |
| <ol> |
ordered list |
| <ul> |
unordered list |
| FORMS |
| <form> |
defines a form |
| <fieldset> |
group of related form items |
| <input type="?">* |
form element (see input types at right) |
| <option> |
menu item in a select box |
| <select> |
drop-down list |
| <textarea> |
multi-row text area |
| SPECIAL CHARACTERS |
| |
non-breaking space |
| " |
quotation mark |
| & |
ampersand |
| < |
less than sign |
| > |
greater than sign |
* Note: Does not require a closing
tag