TAGS AND ATTRIBUTES EXPLANATION SYNTAX
HTML Indicates the language <HTML>
HEAD Sub elements to define header <HEAD>
TITLE Title of document <TITLE>
STYLE Cascading style sheet info. <STYLE>
BODY Contents of page <BODY>
BACKGROUND Sets image as background <body background=”image.jpg>
BACKGROUND COLOR Sets background colour < body bgcolor=” colour”>
TEXT COLOR Sets colour of text < body text=” colour”>
LINK Sets colour of link < body link=”colour”>
MARGIN Used to specify margins < body leftmargin=”20”>
&NBSP Extra space between text Add between text
HORIZONTAL RULE Rule <hr>
SIZE Thickness of line <hr size=”15”>
WIDTH Width across web page <hr width=”40%”>
ALIGN Alignment <hr align=” value”
COLOR Change colour <hr color=”colour name”>
NO SHADE Produces a 3d grey rule <hr noshade>
MARQUEE Scrolling piece of text <marquee>
BEHAVIOR Type of scrolling < marquee behaviour=”scroll”>
BGCOLOR Colour of scrolling text < marquee bgcolor=” color”>
DIRECTION Direction of scrolling the text < marquee direction=” up”>
PARAGRAPH New paragraph <p>
LINE BREAK New line <br>
ALIGNMENT Arrange text <align=”center”>
HEADING Header <h1>
COMMENT Insert information in source code <!—title of web-->
FORMATING TAGS
BASEFONT Change font style of web page <basefont>
COLOR
FACE Change font
SIZE
FONT Appearance of specific text <font>
COLOR
FACE
SIZE
BOLD <B>
UNDERLINE <I>
ITALIC <U>
TELETYPE TEXT Text appears in typewriter form <tt>
STRIKETHROUGH Strikes text <strike>
SMALL FONT Font in small <small>
SUBSCRIPT <sub>
SUPERSCRIPT <sup>
EMPHASIZE TEXT Emphasises text <em>
STRONGLY EMPHASIZES TEXT More than bold <strong>
KEYBOARD Keyboard typing <kbd>
CITATION Title or italics <cite>
CODE Displays a code <code>
SAMPLE Text in fixed width font <sam>
DELETED TEXT Shows deleted text <delete>
ORDERED LIST Makes a NUMBERED LIST <OL>
TYPE=”1”
TYPE=”A”
TYPE=”I”
UNORDERED LIST Bulleted list <UL>
CIRCLE o
SQUARE
DISK
DEFINATION LIST Used for definition types <dl> <dt> <dd>
NESTED LIST Lists under lists
IMAGE TO INSERT AN IMAGE <img>
SOURCE SPECIFIES NAME AND PATH <img src=”file”>
ALT SHORT DESCRIPTION OF IMAGE < img alt=”text”>
HEIGHT AND WIDTH DIMENSION OF IMAGE < img height=”value”,
width=”value”>
ALIGN POSITION OF IMAGE < img align=”value”>
BORDER OUTLINE OF THE IMAGE < img border=”no zero value>
EMBED TO INSERT EXTERNAL FILE
SOURCE LOCATION <SRC>
TYPE SPECIFIES TYPE OF CONTENT <type>
WIDTH <width>
HEIGHT <height>
AUTOSTART SETS AUTOMATICITY
VIDEO TO INSERT A VIDEO
SOURCE URL <src>
CONTROLS SPECIFIES VIDEO CONTROLS <controls>
HEIGHT PIXELS <height>
WIDTH PIXELS <width>
AUTOPLAY AUTOMATICITY <auto>
LOOP START AGAIN
ANCHOR TO CREATE A LINK <A>
TITLE ADDITIONAL INFO ABOUT PAGE <TITLE>
TARGET SPECIFY LOCATION OF NEXT PAGE <TARGET>
HOTSPOT IMAGE AS A HYPERLINK <IMGSRC>
NAME NAME THE LOCATION <NAME>
ALINK
VLINK
TABLES TO CREATE TABLES IN WEB <TABLE>
BORDER OUTLINE OF TABLE <BORDER>
BORDERCOLOR SPECIFY BORDER COLOUR <BORDERCOLOR>
BGCOLOR CHANGE THE COLOUR OF TABLE <BGCOLOR>
BACKGROUND IMAGE IN BACKGROUND <BACKGROUND>
HEIGHT AND WIDTH <HEIGHT> <WIDTH>
ALIGN TO ALIGN <TABLE ALIGN=”EG”>
VALIGN ALIGN VERTICALLY <VALIGN>
CAPTION DEFINES THE TITLE <CAPTION>
HEADER DEFINES TABLE HEADER CELL <TH>……</TH>
ROW SPECIFIES A ROW WITHIN A TABLE <TR>……</TR>
COLUMN DEFINES A TABLE DATA CELL <TD>……</TD>
CELLSPACING ADJUST THE SPACE AROUND <CELLSPACING>
BORDERS
CELLPADDING <CELLPADDING>
MERGING AND SPANNING TO COMBINE ACROSS TABLE
COLSPAN FOR COLUMNS <COLSPAN=”N”>
ROWSPAN FOR ROWS <ROWSPAN=”N”>
NOWRAP TO TURN OFF WORD WRAPPING
FRAMESET DIVIDES PAGES FOR LOADING <FRAMESET>
COLS COLUMNS IN THE FRAMESET <COLS>
ROWS TO ARRANGE FRAME HORIZONTAL <ROWS>
BORDER SPECIFIES WIDTH OF BORDER <BORDER
FRAME BORDER 3D BORDER BETWEEN FRAMES <FRAMEBORDER>
BORDER COLOR COLOUR OF FRAME BORDER <BORDERCOLOR>
FRAME SPACING AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN <FRAMESPACING>
FRAMES
FRAME CONTENT OF THE FRAMESETS <FRAME>
SOURCE PATH OF FILE <SRC>
NAME NAME TO THE FRAME <NAME>
MARGIN WIDTH <MARGINWIDTH>
MARGIN HEIGHT <MARGINHEIGHT>
SCROLLING GIVE A SCROLLBAR TO FRAME <SCROLLING=YES,NO,AUTO>
NO RESIZE PREVENTS USER FROM RESIZING <NORESIZE>
FRAME
FORMS
