HTML Tags
| Tag: | Description: |
| <HTML></html> | Tags used at the beginning and end of every document |
| <HEAD><TITLE>docname.html</title></head> | Start and ends document information: title of page. Does not show in browser. |
| <BODY></body> | Starts and ends body of document. Documents have ONE body tag; all background and link color info. goes in this one tag. <BODY bgcolor="#ffffff"> for a solid white background <BODY background="beige.gif"> uses an image file for a background. As with any image reference, the image must be in the same directory as the HTML file. |
| <LINK="#xxxxxx"> <ALINK="#xxxxxx"> <VLINK="#xxxxxx"> |
Link color can be changed by placing these tags within the <BODY> tag, along with any background information. |
| <H1>Title of Document</h1> | Enlarges text and places space around it. Varies in size from H1 to H6, with each getting progressively smaller. |
| <A HREF="http://...">text</a> | Links text to a particular web document. (external link) |
| <A HREF="#textname">text</a> | Works with a target or name tag to link to text within the same web page.(internal link) |
| <A NAME="textname">text</a> | Target or name tag used for internal link. |
| <IMG SRC="http://www.../pix.gif"> | Places the selected image in document. No ending tag needed. |
| <A HREF="mailto:me@niu.edu"></a> | Creates an email link |
| <FONT SIZE=+1>text</font> <FONT COLOR="#ff00ff">text</font> |
Enlarges text from +1 to +7 Changes color of font between tags. |
| <HR> | Horizontal rule: places a line across page. No need for an end tag. Images may also be inserted as horizontal rules. |
| <BR> | Line break |
| <P>paragraph text</p> | Paragraph break. Double spaces before next text. |
| <CENTER>text</center> | Centers text horizontally |
| <B>bold</b> | Makes text bold |
| <I>italic</i> | Makes text italic |
| <UL><LI></ul> | Unordered, bulleted list. The <LI> tag marks each bulleted item |
| <OL><LI></ol> | Ordered lists where list items <LI> are numbered |
| <BLOCKQUOTE>text</BLOCKQUOTE> | Indents text |