| <html></html> | Creates an HTML document - encloses the entire document. |
| <head></head> | Page info and set up. Includes: title, isindex, base, nextid, meta, script, style. |
| <body></body> | Sets off the visible portion of the document. |
| for frames | see bottom of page |
| <title></title>........................... | Places the name of the document in the title bar. |
| <meta name="author" content="?"> | The name of the author of the page goes here. |
| <meta name="robots" content="?"> | follow or nofollow and index or noindex separated by comma(to direct search engine spiders). |
| <meta name="keywords" content="?"> | Contains the keywords found on page separated by commas. |
| <meta name="generator" content="?"> | The name of the program that created the webpage. |
| <meta name="description" content="?"> | Descibes what the page contains or its subject matter. |
| <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> |
just copy onto page Sets type of page and character set used. |
| <meta name="?" content="?"> | blank |
| <script language="javascript"><!-- // --></script> |
Used to enclose javascript. In head or body |
| <script language="vbscript"><!-- --> </script> |
Used to enclose vbscript. In head or body |
| <style type="text/css"><-- --></style> |
Used to enclose style sheet formating. In head only |
| bgcolor="?" | Sets the background color- use the name or hex #value. |
| text="?" | Sets the text color- use the name or hex #value. |
| link="?" | Sets the color of links- use the name or hex #value. |
| vlink="?" | Sets the color of links followed- use the name or hex #value. |
| alink="?" | Sets the color of links on click- use the name or hex #value. |
| <b></b> | Creates bold text or use alt: <strong></strong> |
| <i></i> | Creates italic text or use alt: <em></em> |
| <tt></tt> | Creates typewriter-style text. |
| <big></big> | Causes text to be one size larger than normal. |
| <small></small> | Causes text to be obe size smaller than normal. |
| <sub></sub> | Causes text to be subscripted. |
| <sup></sup> | Causes text to be superscripted. |
| <blink></blink> | Causes text to blink. (Netscape) |
| <font size="?"></font> | Sets size of font- from 1 to 7. |
| <font color="?"></font> | Sets the font color- use the name or hex #value. |
| <basefont size="?"> | Sets the default size, color, face, of the font for the document. |
| <a href="?"></a> | Creates a hyperlink - insert path name to page- title between tags. |
| <a href="mailto:?"></a> | Creates a mailto link- insert email address- title between tags. |
| <a name="name"></a> | Creates a target location within a document. |
| <a href="#name"></a> | Links to that target location from elsewhere in the document. |
| <hl></hl> | Creates the largest heading. |
| <h6></h6> | Creates the smallest heading. |
| <p></p> | Creates a new paragraph. |
| <cite></cite> | Creates a citation, usually italic. |
| <br> | Inserts a line break. |
| <center></center> | Centers elements on the document. |
| <blockquote> </blockquote> |
Indents text from both sides. |
| <pre></pre> | Creates preformatted text. |
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| <dl></dl> | Creates a definition list. |
| <dt> | Precedes each definition term. |
| <dd> | Precedes each definition. |
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| <ol></ol> | Creates a numbered list. |
| <ul></ul> | Creates a bulleted list. |
| <li></li> | Precedes each list item, and adds a number or button. |
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| <div align="?"></div> | A tag used to format large blocks of HTML. |
| <span></span> | Identifies a small block of space within element groups. |
| <img src="name"> | Adds an image, src is the source of the image. |
| align="?" | Aligns an image: left, right, center; Aligns text relative to image: bottom, top, middle. |
| border="?" | Sets the size of the border around an image. |
| alt="?" | A text string that will be displayed in browsers that do not support images. |
| vspace="?" | The size of the space above and below the image. |
| hspace="?" | The size of the space to left and right of the image. |
| width="?" | The width the image will be displayed. |
| height="?" | The height the image will be displayed. |
| lowsrc="?" | URL path to image that will be loaded first. |
| <hr> | Inserts a horizontal rule. |
| size="?" | Sets size (height) of rule. |
| width="?" | Sets width of rule. |
| color="#?" | Sets the color of rule- in some browsers. |
| align="?" | The alignment of the ruler: left, center or right. |
| noshade | Creates a rule without a shadow. |
| <table></table> | Creates a table. |
| <caption></caption> | Creates the title heading for the table. |
| <th></th> | Creates a cell for headings- A normal cell with bold, centered text. |
| <tr></tr> | Creates a row in a table. |
| <td></td> | Creates a table cell in a row- columns. |
| table | border="?" | Sets the width of the border around table cells. |
| table | cellspacing="?" | Sets the amount of space between table cells. |
| table | cellpadding="?" | Sets the amount of space between a cell's border and its contents. |
| table | width="?" | Sets width of table - In pixels or as a percentage of the document's width. |
| tr or td | align="?" | Sets the alignment for inside the cells: left, center, or right. |
| tr or td | valign="?" | Sets the vertical alignment for inside the cells: 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 a line of text within a cell from being broken to fit. |
| <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. |
| <select name="name"></select> | Creates a pulldown menu. |
| <textarea name="name" cols="?" rows="?"></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="submit" value="name"> | Creates a Submit button. |
| <input type="image" border="?" name="name" src="name.gif"> | Creates a Submit button using an image. |
| <input type="reset"> | Creates a Reset button. |
| <option> | Creates each menu item. |
| <frameset></frameset> | Main tags in a frames document; can also be nested within other framesets. |
| <frameset rows="value, value"> | Defines the number and the height of the rows within a frameset- in pixels or percentage. |
| <frameset cols="value, value"> | Defines the width of the columns within a frameset- in pixels or percentage. |
| <frame src="?" name="?"> | Defines a single frame within a frameset- src of url & name of frame. |
| <noframes></noframes> | Defines what will appear on browsers that don't support frames. |
| <base target="?"> | Sets which frame will host clicked links. |
| <frame marginwidth="?"> | Sets the left and right margins for the frame; must be greater than 0. |
| <frame marginheight="?"> | Sets the top and bottom margins for the frame; must be greater than 0. |
| <frame scrolling="value"> | Sets whether the frame has a scrollbar; value may equal "yes," "no," if not used the default is auto. |
| <frame noresize> | If used it prevents the user from resizing a frame. |
More to follow when I have researched a little better.
Hope that this helps you...
Author: Joseph Raymond
4th of February, 2001