HTML Tag Chart
Tag
Name
Code
Example
Browser
View
<!--
comment
<!-- This
can be viewed in the HTML part of a document-->
Nothing will show
<A
-
anchor
<A
HREF="http://www.yourdomain.com/">Visit Our Site</A>
Visit Our Site
<B>
bold
<B> Example</B>
Example
<BIG>
big
(text)
<BIG> Example</BIG>
Example
<BODY>
body of document
<BODY> The
content of your page</BODY>
Contents of your webpage
<BR>
line break
The
contents of your page<BR> The
contents of your page
The
contents of your page
The contents of
your 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">
<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
<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>
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 document
<HEAD> Contains
elements describing the document</HEAD>
Nothing will show
<HR>
horizontal rule
<HR>
Contents of your
webpage
(Tip)
Contents of your webpage
<HR>
horizontal rule
<HR
WIDTH="50%" SIZE="3">
Contents of your webpage
Contents of your webpage
<HR>
horizontal rule
<HR
WIDTH="50%" SIZE="3" NOSHADE>
Contents of your webpage
Contents of your webpage
<HR>
(Internet
Explorer)
horizontal rule
<HR
WIDTH="75%" COLOR=" #FF0000 "
SIZE="4">
Contents of your webpage
Contents of your webpage
<HR>
(Internet
Explorer)
horizontal rule
<HR
WIDTH="25%" COLOR=" #6699FF "
SIZE="6">
Contents of your webpage
Contents of your webpage
<HTML>
hypertext markup language
<HTML> <HEAD><META><TITLE>Title
of your webpage</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>Webpage contents</BODY></HTML>
Contents of your webpage
<I>
italic
<I> Example</I>
Example
<IMG>
image
<IMG
SRC="Earth.gif" WIDTH="41" HEIGHT="41" BORDER="0" ALT="a sentence about your
site">
<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 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)
Example 2:
i.
List item 1
ii.
List item 2
iii.
List item 3
iv.
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>
(Tip)
<MENU>
menu
<MENU>
<LI type="disc">List item 1
<LI type="circle">List item 2
<LI type="square">List item 3
</MENU>
<META>
meta
<META
name="Description" content="Description of your site">
< META
name="keywords" content="keywords describing your site">
Nothing will show
<META>
meta
<META
HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="4;URL=http://www.yourdomain.com/">
Nothing will show
<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
Example 1:
<OL>
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</OL>
Example 2:
<OL type="a">
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</OL>
Example 1:
1.
List item 1
2.
List item 2
3.
List item 3
4.
List item 4
Example 2:
a.
List item 1
b.
List item 2
c.
List item 3
d.
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
<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:
Example 2:
Example 3:
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 webpage</TITLE>
Title of your webpage will be viewable in the title bar.
<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: