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.domain.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</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
<dt>Definition Term</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
</dl>
Definition Term
Definition of the term
Definition Term
Definition of the term
<dl>
definition list
<dl>
<dt>Definition Term</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
<dt>Definition Term</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
</dl>
Definition Term
Definition of the term
Definition Term
Definition of the term
<dt>
definition term
<dl>
<dt>Definition Term</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
<dt>Definition Term</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
</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>
<bgsound src="wonderfu.mid" autostart="false" loop="1" />
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><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>
<option selected>option 2</option>
<option>option 3</option>
<option>option 4</option>
<option>option 5</option>
<option>option 6</option>
</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>
<li type="circle">List item 2</li>
<li type="square">List item 3</li>
</MENU>
Example 2:
<ol type="i">
<li> List item 1</li>
<li> List item 2</li>
<li> List item 3</li>
<li> List item 4</li>
</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
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
</head>
<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>
<li type="circle">List item 2</li>
<li type="square">List item 3</li>
</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>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>
Numbered Special Start
<ol start="5">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>
Lowercase Letters
<ol type="a">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>
Capital Letters
<ol type="A">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>
Capital Letters Special Start
<ol type="A" start="3">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>
Lowercase Roman Numerals
<ol type="i">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>
Capital Roman Numerals
<ol type="I">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>
Capital Roman Numerals Special Start
<ol type="I" start="7">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</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>
<option selected> option 2</option>
<option> option 3</option>
<option> option 4</option>
<option> option 5</option>
<option> option 6</option>
</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:
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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>
<li>List item 2</li>
</ul>
<br>
Example 2:<br>
<ul type="disc">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<ul type="circle">
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Example 1:
Example 2: