HTML Quick Reference Card
Structure Tags
<HTML>...</HTML>
Encloses the entire HTML document.
<HEAD>...</HEAD>
Encloses the heading of the HTML document.
<BODY>...</BODY>
Encloses the body (text & tags) of the HTML document
Titles & Headings
<TITLE>...</TITLE>
Indicates the title of the document, allowed
<H1>...</H1>
A first-level heading. <H1>to<H6> are heading-level indicators
Formatting
<B>...</B>
Boldface text.
<STRONG>...</STRONG>
Stronger emphasis (usually bold).
<I>...</I>
Italic text.
<BR>
A line break.
<P>
A plain paragraph.
<PRE>...</PRE>
Preformatted text (WYSIWYG)
<CITE.>...</CITE>
A citation.
<BLOCKQUOTE>...</BLOCKQUOTE>
Used for long quotes or citations
Lists
<OL>...</OL>
An ordered (numbered) list
<UL>...</UL>
An unordered (bulleted) list
<MENU>...</MENU>
A menu list of items.
<DIR>...</DIR>
A directory listing, items are generally smaller than 20 characters.
<LI>
A list of items for use with <OL>, <UL>, <MENU>, or <DIR>.
<DL>...</DL>
A definition or glossary list.
<DT>...</DT>
A definition term, as part of a definition list.
<DD>
The corresponding definition to a definition term, as part of a definition list.
Images
<IMG SRC=“...”>
The URL of the image.
<IMG ALT=“...”>
A text string that will be displayed in browsers thatcannot support images.
<IMG ALIGN=“...”>
How the text before and after the image will be aligned vertically with the image (e.g. TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM).
Links
<A HREF>...</A>
Creates a link to another document or anchor.
<A NAME>...</A>
Creates an anchor which can be linked to.
Font
<FONT> .... </FONT>
Changes the font size and color. Font size goes from 1 (smallest) to 7 (largest). Size 3 is the default size.
<FONT SIZE=4>
Changes font to size 4
<FONT COLOR=“FF0000”>
Changes color to red
<FONT SIZE=7 COLOR=“0000FF”>
I’m Big and Blue</FONT>
Tables
<TABLE>...</TABLE>
Begin/End Table
<TR>...</TR>
Table Row
<TD>...</TD>
Table Data
BORDER= #pixels
CELLPADDING= #pixels
CELLSPACING= #pixels
Colors
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000"
LINK="#0000FF"
VLINK="#FF00FF"
ALINK="#FF0000">
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