| Basic HTML Structure |
|---|
<html>
<head>
<title>website title</title>
</head>
<body>
content of website ...
</body>
</html>
| Text Formatting | |
|---|---|
| <h?> ... </h?> | Heading (?= 1 for largest to 6 for smallest, eg h1) |
| <b> ... </b> | Bold Text |
| <i> ... </i> | Italic Text |
| <u> ... </u> | Underline Text |
| <strike> ... </strike> | Strikeout |
| <sup> ... </sup> | Superscript - Smaller text placed below normal text |
| <sub> ... </sub> | Subscript - Smaller text placed below normal text |
| <small> ... </small> | Small - Fineprint size text |
| <tt> ... </tt> | Typewriter Text |
| <pre> ... </pre> | Pre-formatted Text |
| <blockquote> ... </blockquote> | Text Block Quote |
| <strong> ... </strong> | Strong - Shown as Bold in most browsers |
| <em> ... </em> | Emphasis - Shown as Italics in most browsers |
| <font> ... </font> | Font tag obsolete, use CSS. (*) |
| Section Divisions | |
|---|---|
| <div> ... </div> | Division or Section of Page Content |
| <span> ... </span> | Section of text within other content |
| <p> ... </p> | Paragraph of Text |
| <br> | Line Break |
| <hr> | Basic Horizontal Line |
| <hr> Tag Attributes: | |
| size="?" | Line Thickness in pixels |
| width="?" | Line Width in pixels |
| width="??%" | Line Width as a percentage |
| color="#??????" | Line Colour (*) |
| align="?" | Horizontal Alignment: left, center, right (*) |
| noshade | No 3D cut-out |
| <nobr> ... </nobr> | Line Break |
| Images | |
|---|---|
| <img src="url" alt="text"> | Basic Image |
| <img> Tag Attributes: | |
| src="url" | URL or filename of image (required!) |
| alt="text" | Alternate Text (required!) |
| align="?" | Image alignment within surrounding text (*) |
| width="??" | Image width (in pixels or %) |
| height="??" | Image height (in pixels or %) |
| border="??" | Border thickness (in pixels) (*) |
| vspace="??" | Space above and below image (in pixels) (*) |
| hspace="??" | Space on either side of image (in pixels) (*) |
| Linking Tags | |
|---|---|
| <a href="url"> link text </a> | Basic Link |
| <a> Tag Attributes: | |
| href="url" | Location (url) of page to link to. |
| name="??" | Name of link (name of anchor, or name of bookmark) |
| target="?" | Link target location: _self, _blank, _top, _parent. |
| href="url#bookmark" | Link to a bookmark (defined with name attribute). |
| href="mailto:email" | Link which initiates an email (dependant on user's email client). |
| Lists | |
|---|---|
| <ol> ... </ol> | Ordered List |
| <ul> ... </ul> | Un-ordered List |
| <li> ... </li> | List Item (within ordered or unordered) |
| <ol type="?"> | Ordered list type: A, a, I, i, 1 |
| <ol start="??"> | Ordered list starting value |
| <ul type="?"> | Unordered list bullet type: disc, circle, square |
| <li value="??"> | List Item Value (changes current and subsequent items) |
| <li type="??"> | List Item Type (changes only current item) |
| <dl> ... </dl> | Definition List |
| <dt> ... </dt> | Term or phrase being defined |
| <dd> ... </dd> | Detailed Definition of term |
| Tables | |
|---|---|
| <table> ... </table> | Define a Table |
| <table> Tag Attributes: | |
| border="?" | Thickness of outside border |
| bordercolor="#??????" | Border Colour |
| cellspacing="?" | Space between cells (pixels) |
| cellpadding="?" | Space between cell wall and content |
| align="??" | Horizontal Alignment: left, center, right (*) |
| bgcolor="#??????" | Background Colour (*) |
| width="??" | Table Width (pixels or %) (*) |
| height="??" | Table Height (pixels or %) (*) |
| <tr> ... </tr> | Table Row within table |
| <th> ... </th> | Header Cell within table row |
| <td> ... </td> | Table Cell within table row |
| <td> Tag Attributes: | |
| colspan="?" | Number of columns the cell spans across (cell merge) |
| rowspan="?" | Number of row a cell spans across (cell merge) |
| width="??" | Cell Width (pixels or %) (*) |
| height="??" | Cell Height (pixels or %) (*) |
| bgcolor="#??????" | Background Colour (*) |
| align="??" | Horizontal Alignment: left, center, right (*) |
| valign="??" | Vertical Alignment: top, middle, bottom (*) |
| nowrap | Force no line breaks in a particular cell |
| Miscellaneous Tags |  Help | Top  |
|---|---|
| <!-- ... --> | Comment within HTML source code |
| <!DOCTYPE html ... > | Document Type Definition (wiki) |
| <meta> ... </meta> | META information tag |
| <meta> Tag Attributes: | |
| name="***" | Meta name: description, keywords, author |
| http-equiv="***" | HTTP Equivalent Info: title, etc. |
| content="***" | Information content |
| <link> | LINK content relationship tag |
| <link> Tag Attributes: | |
| rel="***" | Type of forward relationship |
| http="url" | Location (URL) of object or file being linked |
| type="***" | Type of object or file, eg: text/css |
| title="***" | Link title (optional) |
| Body Background & Colours | Help | Top |
|---|---|
| <body> Tag Attributes: | |
| background="url" | Background Image (*) |
| bgcolor="#??????" | Background Colour (*) |
| text="#??????" | Document Text Colour (*) |
| link="#??????" | Link Colour (*) |
| vlink="#??????" | Visited Link Colour (*) |
| alink="#??????" | Active Link Colour (*) |
| bgproperties="fixed" | Background Properties - "Fixed" = non-scrolling watermark (*) |
| leftmargin="?" | Side Margin Size in Pixels (Internet Explorer) (*) |
| topmargin="?" | Top Margin Size in Pixels (Internet Explorer) (*) |