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:
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
"> Name: <INPUT
name="Name" value="" size="10"><BR> Email: <INPUT
name="Email" value=""
size="10"><BR> <CENTER><INPUT
type="submit"></CENTER></FORM>
<H1>
heading 1
<H1> Heading 1
Example</H1>
Heading 1 Example
<H2>
heading 2
<H2> Heading 2
Example</H2>
Heading 2 Example
<H3>
heading 3
<H3> Heading 3
Example</H3>
Heading 3 Example
<H4>
heading 4
<H4> Heading 4
Example</H4>
Heading 4 Example
<H5>
heading 5
<H5> Heading 5
Example</H5>
Heading 5 Example
<H6>
heading 6
<H6> Heading 6
Example</H6>
Heading 6 Example
<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
3Select 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)
<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: