Basic HTML Codes
What they are, What they mean
* Please note when writing HTML use < > where ive used ( )*
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(HTML)...(/HTML)--tells browsers the page is written in HTML; entire document goes between the HTML tags � |
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(HEAD)...(/HEAD)--appears just below the HTML tag in every HTML document; contains information about the document but does not appear on Web page � |
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(TITLE)...(/TITLE)--specifies the title of the document; the text between these tags appears in browser's title bar but not on the Web page itself � |
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(BODY)...(/BODY)--contains all the text and images that make up the Web page, together with all the HTML elements that provide the control/formatting of the page � |
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BGCOLOR--attribute of � |
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BACKGROUND--attribute of (BODY) tag; designates image as page's background (wallpaper) � |
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(H1)-(H6)...(/H1)-(/H6)--codes text as headings; (H1) is the largest, (H6) the smallest � |
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(CENTER)...(/CENTER)--centers text and other elements on page � |
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(BR)--breaks text onto a new line (no vertical space between lines) � |
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(P)--breaks text into a new paragraph (leaves blank line above new paragraph) � |
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(I)...(/I)--creates italic text � |
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(B)...(/B)--creates bold text � |
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(EM)...(/EM)--creates emphasized text, usually italic � |
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(STRONG)...(/STRONG)--creates strongly emphasized text, usually bold � |
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(A)...(/A)--marks text as the start and/or destination of a link; requires the HREF or NAME attribute � |
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HREF--attribute of (A) tag; makes text or image between tags a hyperlink � |
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NAME--attribute of (A) tag; makes text or image between tags the target of a hyperlink � |
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(UL)...(/UL)--creates an unordered (bulleted) list � |
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(OL)...(/OL)--creates an ordered (numbered) list � |
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(LI)--used in conjunction with the (UL) or (OL) tag, designates a list item in an unordered or ordered list � |
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(DL)...(/DL)--creates a definition list � |
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(DT)--used in conjunction with the (DL) tag, designates a definition title in a definition list � |
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(DD)--used in conjunction with the (DL) tag, designates a definition description in a definition list � |
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(IMG)--adds an image to a page; must have SRC attribute � |
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SRC--attribute of (IMG) tag; points to location of digital image file � |
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WIDTH--attribute of (IMG) tag; defines width of image in pixels � |
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HEIGHT--attribute of (IMG) tag; defines height of image in pixels � |
This list is only a quick reference list of HTML codes, if you are looking for anything not here or would like a more detailed list of HTML elements, the best one that ive found so far is Sandia National Laboratories HTML elements list
I hope that this has helped you to better understand HTML and what the codes mean