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| Tag | Attributes | Description | Deprecated? |
|---|
| <a> | accesskey
href
name
tabindex
target
type
| Create an Anchor for hyperlink navigation. Commonly called just plain "links." It's safe to place images, line breaks, and text between the opening and closing tags. | No! |
| <address> | nill
| Create an italic address! Simialr to the <I> tag, but best used for long addresses. Page break and formating tags are still required for proper format. | Yes! |
| <b> | nill
| Quickly format text to be bold! This can be done using Cascading Style Sheets, manipulating the font-weight to your preference. | No! |
| <base> | href
target
| Create a "base" url for all links on the page. This tag must be placed between the head element of your code. | No! |
| <basefont> | color
face
id
name
size
| Sets a font face, color, and size for the entire page! (Sizes 1-7) | Yes! |
| <bdo> | class
id
lang
style
title
| Bidirectional Override, changes the direction of all the text flow from right to left or vice versa. This allows for the easy translation of languages such as Hebrew or Chinese. | No! |
| <blockquote> | nill
| The output of this tag is browser dependent, common outputs are italics, as well as left and right indents for any of the text placed within this tag. Many other tags function inside this element as well, providing many options to customize the text therein. | No! |
| <body> | alink
class
background
bgcolor
id
lang
link
style
text
title
vlink
| Place your content within your "body" tags. CSS has made most of the attributes for this tag obsolete, however, browsers continue to recognize them. | No! |
| <br> | class
id
style
title
| Insert a line break, resuming text flow on the next line. | No! |
| <cite> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| Creates "cited" or italic text without paragraph breaks before and after your text. Allows for inline citation of text. | No! |
| <code> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| Quick formate to change the text output to "code" text. The resulting text will resemble computer generated code much like a courier font. | No! |
| <dd> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| The definition part of a definition list. | No! |
| <del> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| Strike through text. Cite and date the time of deletion if you desire. | Yes! |
| <div> | align
class
dir
lang
height
id
nowrap
style
title
valign
width
| Divide your content, adding specific styles to specific divisions. Group together tables, paragraphs, or headings allowing alterations of groups of different tags at once. For example, changing the language attribute of a <div> tag will alter the language of all tags within the div. | No! |
| <dl> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| Create Definition Lists, beginning with a bold word followed with a definition in italics. | No! |
| <dt> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| The definition term of a Definition List, the word you will be defining. | No! |
| <font> | class
color
dir
face
id
lang
size
style
title
| Customize fonts within your HTML document. Change colors, fonts, or sizse. | Yes! |
| <form> | action
class
dir
id
lang
method
name
style
target
title
| Create forms to retrieve user input and data. | No! |
| <frame> | bordercolor
class
frameborder
height
id
marginheight
marginwidth
name
noresize
scrolling
src
style
title
width
| Set specifics of a frame within a frameset. Must be placed within frameset tags. | No! |
| <frameset> | border
bordercolor
cols
class
frameborder
framespacing
rows
style
title
| Define a frameset and few base properties for the frameset. | No! |
| <h1-7> | align
class
id
lang
style
title
valign
| Places a heading onto your document. Heading tags automatically place a page break before and after the closing and opening tags. | No! |
| <head> | nill
| Run scripts, place your title, or link to exterior style sheets here. Also, the base tag for links is placed within this element as well. | No! |
| <hr> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| Creates a horizontal rule on the page. Using style sheets, its possible to alter this tag in many ways. | No! |
| <html> | dir
lang
| Specifies the start of an HTML document to a Web Browser. Most attributes are being replaced by Style Sheets. | No! |
| <i> | nill
| Use this tag to highlight key words or phrases using italics. Works well to quickly format text. Supported by many browsers. | No! |
| <iframe> | align
class
frameborder
height
id
marginheight
marginwidth
name
scrolling
src
style
title
valign
width
| iFrames are windowed frames allowing for viewing of multiple HTML documents through a single window browser. Supported by numerous browsers. | No! |
| <img> | align
alt
border
class
dir
height
hspace
lang
name
src
style
title
valign
vspace
width
| Place images onto your website. Use any of the listed attributes and style sheets to perfect the output of your image on your site. | No! |
| <input> | accesskey
class
checked
dir
disabled
id
lang
maxlength
name
readonly
size
style
tabindex
title
type
value
| Input tags are used with forms to retrieve user data. From buttons, to text fields, or checkboxes. Specify using the type attribute. | No! |
| <li> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
type
value
| Used to create list items of HTML lists. Must be placed within <ul> or <ol> tags. | No! |
| <link> | class
dir
lang
href
rel
style
title
type
| Link exterior documents to your websight. Keep code neat and clean linking other elements to your site. Use a seperate link tag for each link | No! |
| <meta> | content
dir
lang
name
| Place a description and keywords of your site within the head element of your HTML document; this is a way for search engines to pick up your site for others to hit. | No! |
| <noframes> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| Place text within this tag for browsers that do not support the use of frames. | No! |
| <noscript> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| Add a line of text for browsers unable to support scripts. | No! |
| <ol> | class
dir
id
lang
start
style
type
title
| Create Ordered Lists, within you HTML documents. An Ordered List is a numbered list with predefined indents and spacing. | No! |
| <option> | class
dir
disabled
id
selected
style
title
value
| Add options to be selected by the viewer with your Select Forms. Must be placed within a "Select" tag. | No! |
| <p> | align
class
id
lang
style
title
| Begins a paragraph placing a line break before the beginning tag and after the ending tag. | No! |
| <pre> | class
dir
id
lang
style
| Display given text exactly the way it appears in the lines of code. For example any line breaks or spaces will be carried to the browser. | Yes! |
| <q> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| Allows for inline text quotation. | No! |
| <select> | class
dir
disabled
id
multiple
lang
name
size
style
tabindex
title
| Create a selection list to retrieve user input. Place within a form element to retrieve user input. | No! |
| <sub> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| Add a subscript to any paragraphs or text | No! |
| <sup> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| Add superscripted text to your site. | No! |
| <table> | align
background
bgcolor
border
bordercolor
bordercolordark
bordercolorlight
cellpadding
cellspacing
class
frame
height
hspace
id
lang
nowrap
style
title
valign
vspace
width
| Create a table for layout or data presentation. Tables are the backbone of HTML documents as they provide a coherent method to organize your code and your websight itself. | No! |
| <td> | align
background
bgcolor
border
bordercolor
bordercolordark
bordercolorlight
class
height
hspace
id
lang
nowrap
style
title
valign
vspace
width
| Create a table data cell. WIthin these tags is where your actual content of the table will be placed. | No! |
| <textarea> | accesskey
class
cols
dir
disabled
id
lang
name
readonly
rows
style
tabindex
title
wrap
| Creats a field to display codelike text. Very versatile, capable of retrieving user input via forms. Compatible in nearly every browser. | No! |
| <th> | align
background
bgcolor
border
bordercolor
bordercolordark
bordercolorlight
class
colspan
height
hspace
id
lang
nowrap
style
title
valign
vspace
width
| Create table headers over each of your columns. Automatically bolds your headers and places them in the center of their corresponding cells. | No! |
| <title> | dir
lang
| Create a title for your site to be displayed in the browser's top heading. Placed within the "Head" element. | No! |
| <tr> | align
background
bgcolor
border
bordercolor
bordercolordark
bordercolorlight
class
height
hspace
id
lang
nowrap
style
title
valign
vspace
width
| Creates a table row for your tables. Each tag defines the start and end of a table row. | No! |
| <u> | class
dir
id
lang
style
title
| Underline your text. Great fast way to plave emphasis on your text. Compatible with many browsers. | No! |
| <ul> | class
dir
id
lang
style
type
| Create unordered lists (bulleted lists). | No! |
