Basic HTML Tags
 
Structure Tags
Function
Starting Tag
Ending Tag
Attributes
 

HTML File

 <html> </html> version="value"
File Header <head> </head> none
File Title <title> </title> none
Comments <!-- --> Comments go between the tags
Body <body> </body>

background="filename"
bgcolor="color"
text="color"
link="color"
alink="color"
vlink="color"
bgproperties="fixed" (*IE only)
leftmargin="value" (*IE only)
topmargin="value" (*IE only)

Division <div> </div> align="right/left/center"
style="property:value;"
class="classname"
Span
(Inline Style)		 <span> </span> style="property:value;"
class="classname"
Basic Text Tags
Function
Starting Tag
Ending Tag
Attributes
 
Abbreviation <abbr> </abbr> none
Acronym <acronym> </acronym> title="text"
Address <address> </address> none
Anchor Tag <a> </a> coords="coordinates"
href="location"
hreflang="languageCode"
name="name"
shape="cirlce,rect,poly"
tabindex="value"
target="target"
Base <base> none href="location"
target="target"
Basefont Size <basefont> none size="value"
face="name"
color="color"
Bidirectional Algorithm <bdo> </bdo> dir="ltr/rtl"
Big Text <big> </big> none
Blinking Text <blink> </blink> none ("Netscape Only)
Blocks of text with fixed width format <xmp> </xmp> none
Blockquote <blockquote> </blockquote> style="property:value;"
class="classname"
Bold <b>
<strong>
</b>
</strong> 		none
Center <center> </center> none
Citation <cite> </cite> none
Code or Formula <code> </code> none
Disallow Line Breaks <nobr> </nobr> none
Font <font> </font> face="name, name"
size="+/- value or fixed size"
color="color"
Headline <h1 - 6> </h1 - 6> align="center/right"
Horizontal Rule <hr> none in HTML size="value"
width="value or %"
noshade
Image Map Area <area> </area>

alt="text"
coords="coordinates"
href="location"
nohref="value"
shape="cirlce,rect,poly"
tabindex="value"
target="target"

Image Map Name <map> </map>

name="name"
Image Tag <img> </img>

align="alignment"
alt="text"
border="value"
height="value"
hspace="value"
ismap="URL"
longdesc="URL"
name="name"
usemap="URL"
vspace="value"
width="value"

Italics <i>
<em>
</i>
</em>
 none
Line Break <br> none in HTML clear="left/right/all"
Paragraph <p> </p> align="center/right"
Plain Text <plaintext> </plaintext> none
Preformatted Text <pre> </pre> none
Quotation <q> </q> cite="URL"
Sample Program <samp> </samp> none
Small Text <small> </small> none
Spacer <spacer> </spacer> type="horizontal/vertical/block"
size="value"
width="value"
height="value"
align="left/right/center"
Split Word
(*if necessary)
 <wbr> </wbr> none
Strike Out <s>
<strike>
</s>
</strike> 		none
Subscript <sub> </sub> none
Superscipt <sup> </sup> none
Typewriter Text
Fixed Font
 <tt> </tt> none
Underline <u> </u> none
User Inputted Text <kdb> </kdb> none
Variable Names <var> </var> none
 
Table Tags
Function
Starting Tag
Ending Tag
Attributes
 
Begin and End Table <table> </table> align="center/right"
background="image"
bgcolor="color"
border="value"
bordercolor="color"
cellpadding="value"
cellspacing="value"
summary="text"
width="value"
Table Row <tr> </tr> align="center/right/justify"
bgcolor="color"
valign="top/middle/bottom/baseline"
Table Cell <td> </td> align="center/right/justify"
bgcolor="color"
colspan="value"
height="value"
rowspan="value"
valign="top/middle/bottom/baseline"
width="value"
Table Body <tbody> </tbody> align="center/right/justify"
valign="top/middle/bottom/baseline"
Table Header <thead> </thead> align="center/right/justify"
valign="top/middle/bottom/baseline"
Table Header Cell <th> </th> align="center/right/justify"
bgcolor="color"
colspan="value"
height="value"
rowspan="value"
valign="top/middle/bottom/baseline"
width="value"
Table Footer <tfoot> </tfoot> align="center/right/justify"
valign="top/middle/bottom/baseline"
Table Caption <caption> </caption> align="top/bottom"
Table Column <col> </col> align="center/right/justify"
valign="top/middle/bottom/baseline"
Table Column Group <colgroup> </colgroup> align="center/right/justify"
valign="top/middle/bottom/baseline"
 
Frame Tags
Function
Starting Tag
Ending Tag
Attributes
 
Frame <frame> </frame> border="value"
frameborder="value"
longdesc="URL"
marginheight="value"
marginwidth="value"
noresize
scrolling="yes/no/auto"
src="location"
Individual Frameset <frameset> </frameset> cols="value"
rows="value"
Inline Subwindow <iframe> </iframe> border="value"
frameborder="value"
longdesc="URL"
marginheight="value"
marginwidth="value"
noresize
scrolling="yes/no/auto"
src="location"
No Frames Browser <noframes> </noframes> none
 
Form Tags
Function
Starting Tag
Ending Tag
Attributes
 
Push Button <button> </button> accesskey="character"
disabled
name="text"
tabindex="value"
type="button/submit/reset"
value="text"
Form <form> </form> accept-charset="charset"
action="URL"
method="post/get"
enctype="encodingType"
name="text"
target="target"
Form Field Label <label> </label> accesskey="character"
for="value"
Fieldset Legend <legend> </legend> accesskey="character"
align="alignment"
Input Elements <input> </input> accept="contentText"
accesskey="character"
align="alignment"
alt="text"
checked
disabled
maxlength="value"
name="text"
readonly
size="value"
src="URL"
tabindex="value"
type="type"
usemap="URL"
value="text"
Option Group <optgroup> </optgroup> label="text"
disabled
Option Tag <option> </option> disabled
label="text"
selected
value="text"
Select Box
 <select> </select> disabled
multiple
name="text"
size="value"
tabindex="value"
Textarea
 <textarea> </textarea> name="text"
cols="value"
rows="value"
wrap="physical/virtual"
tabindex="value"
 
List Tags
Function
Starting Tag
Ending Tag
Attributes
 
Unordered List <ul> </ul> type="square/circle/disc"
compact
Ordered List <ol> </ol> type="1,A,a,I,i"
start="number"
compact
List Item <li> </li> type="type"
Definition List <dl> </dl> compact
Definition Term <dt> </dt> none
Definition <dd> </dd> none
Menu <menu> </menu> none
 
General Tags
Function
Starting Tag
Ending Tag
Attributes
 
Active X Objects <object> </object> archive="URL"
classid="ID"
codebase="URL"
codetype="type"
data="URL"
declare
height="value"
name="text"
standby="text"
tabindex="value"
type="type"
usemap="URL"
vspace="value"
width="value"
Applets <applet> </applet> code="applet.class"
codebase="URL"
width="value"
height="value"
Base <base> </base> target="location"
Document Type <!doctype> none none
External Styles <link> none href="location"
rel="stylesheet"
Index <isindex> none none
META Tags <META> none <META http-equiv="refresh" content="value; url=URL">
<META NAME="Description" content="description">
<META NAME="Keywords" content="keywords">
No Script <noscript> </noscript> none
Object Parameters <param> </param> name="text"
id="ID"
object
type="type"
value="value"
valuetype="value"
Scripting <script> </script> language="language"
type="type"
src="location"
Server Side Includes <!--#include --> location
Styles <style> </style> type="type"