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HowStuffWorks.coms Big List of HTML Tags
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Structure Tags
Tag Description Ending Tag
begin the HTML document file
begin the file header
begin the title of the document
begin the body of the documentcan add within tag:background=file
namebgcolor=color valuetext=color valuelink=color valuevlink=color
value
begin applying an attribute to a sectionadd within
tag:align=right, left or center
Text Tags
Tag Description Ending Tag
bold text
italicize text
underline text
create a line break -
create a paragraph break -
create a horizontal rule -
change font attributeadd within tag:color=color valueface=font
typesize=value
make text small
make text large
create a headingother size headings:
List Tags
Tag Description Ending Tag
begin an unordered listcan add within tag:type=circle, square or
disc
begin an ordered listcan be added within tag:type=A, a, I or
istart=value
list items in an unordered or ordered list
begin a definition list
item in definition list
definition in definition list
Link Tags
Tag Description Ending Tag
create a link to a web page or point on apageadd within
tag:URLnamemailto:email address
create a name to a portion of a page tolink to
add within tag:nameLink to it using
at end ofname
Image Tags
Tag Description Ending Tag
insert an imageadd within tag:file namecan be added within
tag:alt=text to describe imagealign=left, right, center, top,
bottom,middle or absmiddlewidth=valueheight=valueborder=value
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Frame Tags
Tag Description Ending Tag
begin a frame documentadd within tag:rows=fixed values or
percentagevaluescols=fixed values or percentage values
specify frame attributesadd within tag:src=file namecan be added
within tag:name=frame namescrolling=yes or
noframeborder=valuemarginwidth=valuemarginheight=value
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include information within to supportnon-frame browsers
Table Tags
Tag Description Ending Tag
begin a table
can be added within tag:border=valuebgcolor=color
valuewidth=fixed value or percentage valueheight=fixed value or
percentage valuealign=right, left or
centercellpadding=valuecellspacing=value
begin a table rowcan be added within tag:bgcolor=color
valuealign=left, right or centervalign=top, bottom or middle
create a table headingcan be added within tag:bgcolor=color
valuealign=left, right or center
valign=top, bottom or
middlewidth=valuecolspan=valuerowspan=value
begin row datacan be added within tag:bgcolor=color
valuealign=left, right or centervalign=top, bottom or
middlewidth=valuecolspan=valuerowspan=value
