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HTML Tags Chart

To use any of the following HTML tags, simply select the HTML code you'd like and copy and paste it into your web page.

Tag

Name

Code Example

Browser View

<!--

comment

Nothing will show (Tip)

<a -

anchor

<a href="http://www.domain.com/">
Visit Our Site</a>

Visit Our Site (Tip)

<b>

bold

<b>Example</b>

Example

<big>

big (text)

<big>Example</big>

Example (Tip)

<body>

body of HTML document

<body>The content of your HTML page</body>

Contents of your web page (Tip)

<br>

line break

The contents of your page<br>The contents of your page

The contents of your web page
The contents of your web page

center

<center>This will center your contents</center>

This will center your contents

<dd>

definition description

<dl>
<dt>Definition Term</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
<dt>Definition Term</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
</dl>

Definition Term

Definition of the term

Definition Term

Definition of the term

<dl>

definition list

<dl>
<dt>Definition Term</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
<dt>Definition Term</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
</dl>

Definition Term

Definition of the term

Definition Term

Definition of the term

<dt>

definition term

<dl>
<dt>Definition Term</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
<dt>Definition Term</dt>
<dd>Definition of the term</dd>
</dl>

Definition Term

Definition of the term

Definition Term

Definition of the term

<em>

emphasis

This is an <em>Example</em> of using the emphasis tag

This is an Example of using the emphasis tag

<embed>

embed object

<embed src="yourfile.mid" width="100%" height="60" align="center">

(Tip)

<embed>

embed object

<embed src="yourfile.mid" autostart="true" hidden="false" loop="false">
<noembed><bgsound src="yourfile.mid" loop="1"></noembed>

<bgsound autostart="false" src="http://www.web-source.net/wonderfu.mid" loop="1">
Music will begin playing when your page is loaded and will only play one time. A control panel will be displayed to enable your visitors to stop the music.

<font>

font

<font face="Times New Roman">Example</font>

Example (Tip)

<font>

font

<font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Example</font>

Example (Tip)

<font>

font

<font face="Times New Roman" size="+3" color="#ff0000">Example</font>

Example (Tip)

<form>

form

<form action="mailto:you@yourdomain.com">
Name: <input name="Name" value="" size="10"><br>
Email: <input name="Email" value="" size="10"><br>
<center><input type="submit"></center>
</form>

heading 1
heading 2
heading 3
heading 4
heading 5
heading 6

<h1>Heading 1 Example</h1>
<h2>Heading 2 Example</h2>
<h3>Heading 3 Example</h3>
<h4>Heading 4 Example</h4>
<h5>Heading 5 Example</h5>
<h6>Heading 6 Example</h6>

<head>

heading of HTML document

<head>Contains elements describing the document</head>

Nothing will show

<hr>

horizontal rule

<hr />

Contents of your web page (Tip)

Contents of your web page

<hr>

horizontal rule

<hr width="50%" size="3" />

Contents of your web page

<hr>

horizontal rule

<hr width="50%" size="3" noshade />

Contents of your web page

<hr>
(Internet
Explorer)

horizontal rule

<hr width="75%" color="#ff0000" size="4" />

Contents of your web page

<hr>
(Internet
Explorer)

horizontal rule

<hr width="25%" color="#6699ff" size="6" />

Contents of your web page

<html>

hypertext markup language

<html>
<head>
<meta>
<title>Title of your web page</title>
</head>
<body>HTML web page contents
</body>
</html>

Contents of your web page

<i>

italic

<i>Example</i>

Example

<img>

image

<img src="Earth.gif" width="41" height="41" border="0" alt="text describing the image" />

(Tip)

<input>

input field

Example 1:

<form method=post action="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
<input type="text" size="10" maxlength="30">
<input type="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

<input>
(Internet Explorer)

input field

Example 2:

<form method=post action="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
<input type="text" style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; background-color: #72a4d2;" size="10" maxlength="30">
<input type="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

<input>

input field

Example 3:

<form method=post action="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#8463ff"><input type="text" size="10" maxlenght="30"></td><td bgcolor="#8463ff" valign="Middle"> <input type="image" name="submit" src="yourimage.gif"></td></tr> </table>
</form>

<input>

input field

Example 4:

<form method=post action="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
Enter Your Comments:<br>
<textarea wrap="virtual" name="Comments" rows=3 cols=20 maxlenght=100></textarea><br>
<input type="Submit" value="Submit">
<input type="Reset" value="Clear">
</form>

<input>

input field

Example 5:

<form method=post action="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
<center>
Select an option:
<select>
<option >option 1</option>
<option selected>option 2</option>
<option>option 3</option>
<option>option 4</option>
<option>option 5</option>
<option>option 6</option>
</select><br>
<input type="Submit" value="Submit"></center>
</form>

<input>

input field

Example 6:

<form method=post action="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
Select an option:<br>
<input type="radio" name="option"> Option 1
<input type="radio" name="option" checked> Option 2
<input type="radio" name="option"> Option 3
<br>
<br>
Select an option:<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="selection"> Selection 1
<input type="checkbox" name="selection" checked> Selection 2
<input type="checkbox" name="selection"> Selection 3
<input type="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

<li>

list item

Example 1:

<menu>
<li type="disc">List item 1</li>
<li type="circle">List item 2</li>
<li type="square">List item 3</li>
</MENU>

Example 2:

<ol type="i">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>

Example 1: (Tip)

List item 1

List item 2

List item 3

Example 2:

List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4

<link>

link

<marquee>
(Internet
Explorer)

scrolling text

<marquee bgcolor="#cccccc" loop="-1" scrollamount="2" width="100%">Example Marquee</marquee>

(Tip)

<menu>

menu

<menu>
<li type="disc">List item 1</li>
<li type="circle">List item 2</li>
<li type="square">List item 3</li>
</menu>

List item 1

List item 2

List item 3

<meta>

meta

<meta name="Description" content="Description of your site">
<meta name="keywords" content="keywords describing your site">

Nothing will show (Tip)

<meta>

meta

<meta HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="4;URL=http://www.yourdomain.com/">

Nothing will show (Tip)

<meta>

meta

<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache">

Nothing will show (Tip)

<meta>

meta

<meta name="rating" content="General">

Nothing will show (Tip)

<meta>

meta

<meta name="robots" content="all">

Nothing will show (Tip)

<meta>

meta

<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">

Nothing will show (Tip)

<ol>

ordered list

Numbered

<ol>
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>

Numbered Special Start

<ol start="5">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>

Lowercase Letters

<ol type="a">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>

Capital Letters

<ol type="A">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>

Capital Letters Special Start

<ol type="A" start="3">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>

Lowercase Roman Numerals

<ol type="i">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>

Capital Roman Numerals

<ol type="I">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>

Capital Roman Numerals Special Start

<ol type="I" start="7">
<li>List item 1</li>
<li>List item 2</li>
<li>List item 3</li>
<li>List item 4</li>
</ol>

Numbered

List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4

Numbered Special Start

List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4

Lowercase Letters

List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4

Capital Letters

List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4

Capital Letters Special Start

List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4

Lowercase Roman Numerals

List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4

Capital Roman Numerals

List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4

Capital Roman Numerals Special Start

List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4

listbox option

<form method=post action="/cgi-bin/example.cgi">
<center>
Select an option:
<select>
<option>option 1</option>
<option selected>option 2</option>
<option>option 3</option>
<option>option 4</option>
<option>option 5</option>
<option>option 6</option>
</select><br>
</center>
</form>

<p>

paragraph

This is an example displaying the use of the paragraph tag. <p> This will create a line break and a space between lines.

Attributes:

Example 1:<br>
<br>
<p align="left">
This is an example<br>
displaying the use<br>
of the paragraph tag.<br>
<br>
Example 2:<br>
<br>
<p align="right">
This is an example<br>
displaying the use<br>
of the paragraph tag.<br>
<br>
Example 3:<br>
<br>
<p align="center">
This is an example<br>
displaying the use<br>
of the paragraph tag.

This is an example displaying the use of the paragraph tag.

This will create a line break and a space between lines.

Attributes:

Example 1:

This is an example
displaying the use
of the paragraph tag.

Example 2:

This is an example
displaying the use
of the paragraph tag.

Example 3:

This is an example
displaying the use
of the paragraph tag.

<small>

small (text)

<small>Example</small>

Example (Tip)

deleted text

<strike>Example</strike>

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