Tag
Name
Code Example
Browser View
<!--
comment
<!-- This can be viewed in the HTML part of a document-->
Nothing will show (Tip)
<A -
anchor
<A HREF="http://www.yourdomain.com/">Visit Our Site</A>
Visit Our Site (Tip)
<B>
bold
<B> Example</B>
Example
<BIG>
big (text)
<BIG> Example</BIG>
Example (Tip)
<BODY>
body of HTML document
<BODY> The content of your HTML page</BODY>
Contents of your web page (Tip)
<BR>
line break
The contents of your page<BR> The contents of your page
The contents of your web page
The contents of your web page
<CENTER>
center
<CENTER> This will center your contents</CENTER>
This will center your contents
<DD>
definition description
<DL>
<DT>Definition Term
<DD>Definition of the term
<DT>Definition Term
<DD>Definition of the term
</DL>
Definition Term Definition of the term Definition Term Definition of the term
<DL>
definition list
<DL>
<DT>Definition Term
<DD>Definition of the term
<DT>Definition Term
<DD>Definition of the term
</DL>
Definition Term Definition of the term Definition Term Definition of the term
<DT>
definition term
<DL>
<DT>Definition Term
<DD>Definition of the term
<DT>Definition Term
<DD>Definition of the term
</DL>
Definition Term Definition of the term Definition Term Definition of the term
<EM>
emphasis
This is an <EM> Example</EM> of using the emphasis tag
This is an Example of using the emphasis tag
<EMBED>
embed object
<EMBED src="yourfile.mid" width="100%" height="60" align="center">
(Tip)
<EMBED>
embed object
<EMBED src="yourfile.mid" autostart="true" hidden="false" loop="false">
<noembed><bgsound src="yourfile.mid" loop="1"></noembed>
Music will begin playing when your page is loaded and will only play one time. A control panel will be displayed to enable your visitors to stop the music.
<FONT>
font
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Example</FONT>
Example (Tip)
<FONT>
font
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4">Example</FONT>
Example (Tip)
<FONT>
font
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="+3" COLOR="#FF0000">Example</FONT>
Example (Tip)
<FORM>
form
<FORM action="mailto:you@yourdomain.com">
Name: <INPUT name="Name" value="" size="10"><BR>
Email: <INPUT name="Email" value="" size="10"><BR>
<CENTER><INPUT type="submit"></CENTER>
</FORM>
<H1>
<H2>
<H3>
<H4>
<H5>
<H6>
heading 1
heading 2
heading 3
heading 4
heading 5
heading 6
<H1> Heading 1 Example</H1>
<H2> Heading 2 Example</H2>
<H3> Heading 3 Example</H3>
<H4> Heading 4 Example</H4>
<H5> Heading 5 Example</H5>
<H6> Heading 6 Example</H6>
<HEAD>
heading of HTML document
<HEAD> Contains elements describing the document</HEAD>
Nothing will show
<HR>
horizontal rule
<HR>
Contents of your web page (Tip)
Contents of your web page
<HR>
horizontal rule
<HR WIDTH="50%" SIZE="3">
Contents of your web page
Contents of your web page
<HR>
horizontal rule
<HR WIDTH="50%" SIZE="3" NOSHADE>
Contents of your web page
Contents of your web page
<HR>
(Internet
Explorer)
horizontal rule
<HR WIDTH="75%" COLOR="#FF0000 " SIZE="4">
Contents of your web page
Contents of your web page
<HR>
(Internet
Explorer)
horizontal rule
<HR WIDTH="25%" COLOR="#6699FF " SIZE="6">
Contents of your web page
Contents of your web page
<HTML>
hypertext markup language
<HTML> <HEAD><META><TITLE>Title of your web page</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>HTML web page contents</BODY></HTML>
Contents of your web page
<I>
italic
<I> Example</I>
Example
<IMG>
image
<IMG SRC="Earth.gif" WIDTH="41" HEIGHT="41" BORDER="0" ALT="text describing the image">
(Tip)
<INPUT>
input field
Example 1:
<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
<INPUT type="text" size="10" maxlength="30">
<INPUT type="Submit" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>
<INPUT>
(Internet Explorer)
input field
Example 2:
<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
<INPUT type="text" STYLE="color: #FFFFFF; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; background-color: #72A4D2;" size="10" maxlength="30">
<INPUT type="Submit" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>
<INPUT>
input field
Example 3:
<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="2"><TR><TD BGCOLOR="#8463FF"><INPUT type="text" size="10" MAXLENGTH="30"></TD><TD BGCOLOR="#8463FF" VALIGN="Middle"> <INPUT type="image" name="submit" src="yourimage.gif"></TD></TR> </TABLE>
</FORM>
<INPUT>
input field
Example 4:
<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
Enter Your Comments:<BR>
<TEXTAREA wrap="virtual" name="Comments" rows=3 cols=20 MAXLENGTH=100></TEXTAREA><BR>
<INPUT type="Submit" VALUE="Submit">
<INPUT type="Reset" VALUE="Clear">
</FORM>
<INPUT>
input field
Example 5:
<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
<CENTER>
Select an option:
<SELECT>
<OPTION >option 1
<OPTION SELECTED>option 2
<OPTION>option 3
<OPTION>option 4
<OPTION>option 5
<OPTION>option 6
</SELECT><BR>
<INPUT type="Submit" VALUE="Submit"></CENTER>
</FORM>
Example 5: (Tip)
Select an option:
option 1
option 2
option 3
option 4
option 5
option 6
<INPUT>
input field
Example 6:
<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
Select an option:<BR>
<INPUT type="radio" name="option"> Option 1
<INPUT type="radio" name="option" CHECKED> Option 2
<INPUT type="radio" name="option"> Option 3
<BR>
<BR>
Select an option:<BR>
<INPUT type="checkbox" name="selection"> Selection 1
<INPUT type="checkbox" name="selection" CHECKED> Selection 2
<INPUT type="checkbox" name="selection"> Selection 3
<INPUT type="Submit" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>
Example 6: (Tip)
Select an option:
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Select an option:
Selection 1
Selection 2
Selection 3
<LI>
list item
Example 1:
<MENU>
<LI type="disc">List item 1
<LI type="circle">List item 2
<LI type="square">List item 3
</MENU>
Example 2:
<OL type="i">
<LI> List item 1
<LI> List item 2
<LI> List item 3
<LI> List item 4
</OL>
Example 1: (Tip)
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
Example 2:
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
<LINK>
link
Visit our <A HREF="http://www.yourdomain.com/">site</A>
Visit our site
<MARQUEE>
(Internet
Explorer)
scrolling text
<MARQUEE bgcolor="#CCCCCC " loop="-1" scrollamount="2" width="100%"> Example Marquee</MARQUEE>
Example Marquee (Tip)
<MENU>
menu
<MENU>
<LI type="disc">List item 1
<LI type="circle">List item 2
<LI type="square">List item 3
</MENU>
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
<META>
meta
<META name="Description" content="Description of your site">
<META name="keywords" content="keywords describing your site">
Nothing will show (Tip)
<META>
meta
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="4;URL=http://www.yourdomain.com/">
Nothing will show (Tip)
<META>
meta
<META http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache">
Nothing will show (Tip)
<META>
meta
<META name="rating" content="General">
Nothing will show (Tip)
<META>
meta
<META name="ROBOTS" content="ALL">
Nothing will show (Tip)
<META>
meta
<META NAME="ROBOTS" content="NOINDEX,FOLLOW">
Nothing will show (Tip)
<OL>
ordered list
Numbered
<OL>
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</OL>
Numbered Special Start
<OL start="5">
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</OL>
Lowercase Letters
<OL type="a">
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</OL>
Capital Letters
<OL type="A">
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</OL>
Capital Letters Special Start
<OL type="A" start="3">
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</OL>
Lowercase Roman Numerals
<OL type="i">
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</OL>
Capital Roman Numerals
<OL type="I">
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</OL>
Capital Roman Numerals Special Start
<OL type="I" start="7">
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</OL>
Numbered
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
Numbered Special Start
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
Lowercase Letters
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
Capital Letters
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
Capital Letters Special Start
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
Lowercase Roman Numerals
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
Capital Roman Numerals
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
Capital Roman Numerals Special Start
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
<OPTION>
listbox option
<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
<CENTER>
Select an option:
<SELECT>
<OPTION> option 1
<OPTION SELECTED> option 2
<OPTION> option 3
<OPTION> option 4
<OPTION> option 5
<OPTION> option 6
</SELECT><BR>
</CENTER>
</FORM>
Select an option: (Tip)
option 1
option 2
option 3
option 4
option 5
option 6
<P>
paragraph
This is an example displaying the use of the paragraph tag. <P> This will create a line break and a space between lines.
Attributes:
Example 1:<BR>
<BR>
<P align="left">
This is an example<BR>
displaying the use<BR>
of the paragraph tag.<BR>
<BR>
Example 2:<BR>
<BR>
<P align="right">
This is an example<BR>
displaying the use<BR>
of the paragraph tag.<BR>
<BR>
Example 3:<BR>
<BR>
<P align="center">
This is an example<BR>
displaying the use<BR>
of the paragraph tag.
This is an example displaying the use of the paragraph tag.
This will create a line break and a space between lines.
Attributes:
Example 1:
This is an example
displaying the use
of the paragraph tag.
Example 2:
This is an example
displaying the use
of the paragraph tag.
Example 3:
This is an example
displaying the use
of the paragraph tag.
<SMALL>
small (text)
<SMALL> Example</SMALL>
Example (Tip)
<STRIKE>
deleted text
<STRIKE> Example</STRIKE>
Example
<STRONG>
strong emphasis
<STRONG> Example</STRONG>
Example
<TABLE>
table
Example 1:
<TABLE BORDER="4" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD>Column 1</TD>
<TD>Column 2</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
Example 2: (Internet Explorer)
<TABLE BORDER="2" BORDERCOLOR="#336699 " CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD>Column 1</TD>
<TD>Column 2</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
Example 3:
<TABLE CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC ">Column 1</TD>
<TD BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC ">Column 2</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Row 2</TD>
<TD>Row 2</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
Example 1: (Tip)
Example 2: (Tip)
Example 3: (Tip)
Column 1
Column 2
Row 2
Row 2
<TD>
table data
<TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD>Column 1</TD>
<TD>Column 2</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TH>
table header
<DIV align="center"><TABLE>
<TR>
<TH>Column 1</TH>
<TH>Column 2</TH>
<TH>Column 3</TH>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Row 2</TD>
<TD>Row 2</TD>
<TD>Row 2</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Row 3</TD>
<TD>Row 3</TD>
<TD>Row 3</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Row 4</TD>
<TD>Row 4</TD>
<TD>Row 4</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Row 2
Row 2
Row 2
Row 3
Row 3
Row 3
Row 4
Row 4
Row 4
<TITLE>
document title
<TITLE> Title of your HTML page</TITLE>
Title of your web page will be viewable in the title bar. (Tip)
<TR>
table row
<TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD>Column 1</TD>
<TD>Column 2</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<TT>
teletype
<TT> Example</TT>
Example
<U>
underline
<U>Example</U>
Example
<UL>
unordered list
Example 1:<BR>
<BR>
<UL>
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
</UL>
<BR>
Example 2:<BR>
<UL type="disc">
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<UL type="circle">
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</UL>
</UL>
Example 1:
Example 2: