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BASIC ELEMENTS

(beginning and end of


  Document Type <HTML></HTML>
file)

  Title <TITLE></TITLE> (must be in header)

(descriptive info, such


  Header <HEAD></HEAD>
as title)

  Body <BODY></BODY> (bulk of the page)

STRUCTURAL DEFINITION

(the spec. defines 6


  Heading <H?></H?>
levels)

  Align Heading <H? ALIGN=LEFT|CENTER|RIGHT></H?>

  Division <DIV></DIV>  

  Align Division <DIV ALIGN=LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER|JUSTIFY></DIV>

4.0 Defined Content <SPAN></SPAN>  

  Block Quote <BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> (usually indented)

4.0 Quote <Q></Q> (for short quotations)

4.0 Citation <Q CITE="URL"></Q>  

(usually displayed as
  Emphasis <EM></EM>
italic)

  Strong Emphasis <STRONG></STRONG> (usually displayed as


bold)

  Citation <CITE></CITE> (usually italics)

(for source code


  Code <CODE></CODE>
listings)

  Sample Output <SAMP></SAMP>  

  Keyboard Input <KBD></KBD>  

  Variable <VAR></VAR>  

(not widely
  Definition <DFN></DFN>
implemented)

  Author's Address <ADDRESS></ADDRESS>  

  Large Font Size <BIG></BIG>  

  Small Font Size <SMALL></SMALL>  

(marks additions in a
4.0 Insert <INS></INS>
new version)

4.0 Time of Change <INS DATETIME=":::"></INS>

4.0 Comments <INS CITE="URL"></INS>  

(marks deletions in a
4.0 Delete <DEL></DEL>
new version)

4.0 Time of Change <DEL DATETIME=":::"></DEL>

4.0 Comments <DEL CITE="URL"></DEL>  

4.0 Acronym <ACRONYM></ACRONYM>  

4.0 Abbreviation <ABBR></ABBR>  

PRESENTATION FORMATTING
  Bold <B></B>  

  Italic <I></I>  

(not widely
4.0* Underline <U></U>
implemented)

(not widely
  Strikeout <STRIKE></STRIKE>
implemented)

(not widely
4.0* Strikeout <S></S>
implemented)

  Subscript <SUB></SUB>  

  Superscript <SUP></SUP>  

(displays in a
  Typewriter <TT></TT>
monospaced font)

(display text spacing


  Preformatted <PRE></PRE>
as-is)

  Width <PRE WIDTH=?></PRE> (in characters)

(for both text and


  Center <CENTER></CENTER>
images)

(the most derided tag


N1 Blinking <BLINK></BLINK>
ever)

  Font Size <FONT SIZE=?></FONT> (ranges from 1-7)

  Change Font Size <FONT SIZE="+|-?"></FONT>  

  Font Color <FONT COLOR="#$$$$$$"></FONT>

4.0* Select Font <FONT FACE="***"></FONT>  


N4 Point size <FONT POINT-SIZE=?></FONT>

N4 Weight <FONT WEIGHT=?></FONT>  

4.0* Base Font Size <BASEFONT SIZE=?> (from 1-7; default is 3)

MS Marquee <MARQUEE></MARQUEE>  

POSITIONING

N3 Multi-Column <MULTICOL COLS=?></MULTICOL>

N3 Column Gutter <MULTICOL GUTTER=?></MULTICOL>

N3 Column Width <MULTICOL WIDTH=?></MULTICOL>

N3 Spacer <SPACER>

N3 Spacer Type <SPACER TYPE=HORIZONTAL|VERTICAL|BLOCK>

N3 Size <SPACER SIZE=?>

N3 Dimensions <SPACER WIDTH=? HEIGHT=?>

N3 Alignment <SPACER ALIGN=LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER>

N4 Layer <LAYER></LAYER>

N4 Name <LAYER ID="***"></LAYER>

N4 Location <LAYER LEFT=? TOP=?></LAYER>

N4 Rel. Position <LAYER PAGEX=? PAGEY=?></LAYER>

N4 Source File <LAYER SRC="***"></LAYER>


N4 Stacking <LAYER Z-INDEX=?></LAYER>

N4 Stack Position <LAYER ABOVE="***" BELOW="***"></LAYER>

N4 Dimensions <LAYER HEIGHT=? WIDTH=?></LAYER>

N4 Clipping Path <LAYER CLIP=,,,></LAYER>

N4 Visible? <LAYER VISIBILITY=SHOW|HIDDEN|INHERIT></LAYER>

N4 Background <LAYER BACKGROUND="$$$$$$"></LAYER>

N4 Color <LAYER BGCOLOR="$$$$$$"></LAYER>

(takes same attributes


N4 Inline Layer <ILAYER></ILAYER>
as LAYER)

N4 Alt. Content <NOLAYER></NOLAYER>

LINKS, GRAPHICS, AND SOUNDS

  Link Something <A HREF="URL"></A>  

(if in another
  Link to Location <A HREF="URL#***"></A>
document)

(if in current
  Link to Location <A HREF="#***"></A>
document)

4.0* Target Window <A HREF="URL" TARGET="***"></A>  

4.0* Action on Click <A HREF="URL" ONCLICK="***"></A> (Javascript)

<A HREF="URL"
4.0* Mouseover Action ONMOUSEOVER="***"></A> (Javascript)

4.0* Mouse out Action <A HREF="URL" ONMOUSEOUT="***"></A> (Javascript)


  Link to Email <A HREF="mailto:@"></A>  

N, <A HREF="mailto:@?SUBJECT=***"></A> (use a real


Specify Subject
MS question mark)

  Define Location <A NAME="***"></A>  

  Display Image <IMG SRC="URL">  

  Alignment <IMG SRC="URL" ALIGN=TOP|BOTTOM|MIDDLE|LEFT|RIGHT>

<IMG SRC="URL" ALIGN=TEXTTOP|ABSMIDDLE|BASELINE|


N1 Alignment ABSBOTTOM>

(if image not


  Alternate <IMG SRC="URL" ALT="***">
displayed)

  Dimensions(px) <IMG SRC="URL" WIDTH=? HEIGHT=?> (in pixels)

(as percentage of
  Dimensions(%) <IMG SRC="URL" WIDTH=% HEIGHT=%> page
width/height)

  Border <IMG SRC="URL" BORDER=?> (in pixels)

  Runaround Space <IMG SRC="URL" HSPACE=? VSPACE=?> (in pixels)

N1 Low-Res Proxy <IMG SRC="URL" LOWSRC="URL">

  Imagemap <IMG SRC="URL" ISMAP> (requires a script)

  Imagemap <IMG SRC="URL" USEMAP="URL">

MS Movie Clip <IMG DYNSRC="***" START="***" LOOP=?>

MS Background Sound <BGSOUND SRC="***" LOOP=?|INFINITE>

(describes the
  Client-Side Map <MAP NAME="***"></MAP>
map)
<AREA SHAPE="DEFAULT|RECT|CIRCLE|POLY"
  Map Section COORDS=",,," HREF="URL"|NOHREF>

N1 Client Pull <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="?; URL=URL">

(insert object into


N2 Embed Object <EMBED SRC="URL">
page)

N2 Object Size <EMBED SRC="URL" WIDTH=? HEIGHT=?>

4.0 Object <OBJECT></OBJECT>  

4.0 Parameters <PARAM>  

DIVIDERS

(closing tag often


  Paragraph <P></P>
unnecessary)

<P ALIGN=LEFT|CENTER|
  Align Text RIGHT></P>  

N Justify Text <P ALIGN=JUSTIFY></P>  

(a single carriage
  Line Break <BR>
return)

  Clear Textwrap <BR CLEAR=LEFT|RIGHT|ALL>  

  Horizontal Rule <HR>  

  Alignment <HR ALIGN=LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER>

  Thickness <HR SIZE=?> (in pixels)

  Width <HR WIDTH=?> (in pixels)

  Width Percent <HR WIDTH="%"> (as a percentage of


page width)

(without the 3D cutout


  Solid Line <HR NOSHADE>
look)

N1 No Break <NOBR></NOBR> (prevents line breaks)

(where to break a line if


N1 Word Break <WBR>
needed)

LISTS

  Unordered List <UL><LI></UL> (before each list item)

  Compact <UL COMPACT></UL>  

  Bullet Type <UL TYPE=DISC|CIRCLE|SQUARE> (for the whole list)

  Bullet Type <LI TYPE=DISC|CIRCLE|SQUARE> (this & subsequent)

  Ordered List <OL><LI></OL> (before each list item)

  Compact <OL COMPACT></OL>  

  Numbering Type <OL TYPE=A|a|I|i|1> (for the whole list)

  Numbering Type <LI TYPE=A|a|I|i|1> (this & subsequent)

  Starting Number <OL START=?> (for the whole list)

  Starting Number <LI VALUE=?> (this & subsequent)

(<DT>=term,
  Definition List <DL><DT><DD></DL>
<DD>=definition)

  Compact <DL COMPACT></DL>  

  Menu List <MENU><LI></MENU> (before each list item)


  Compact <MENU COMPACT></MENU>  

  Directory List <DIR><LI></DIR> (before each list item)

  Compact <DIR COMPACT></DIR>  

BACKGROUNDS AND COLORS

  Tiled Bkground <BODY BACKGROUND="URL">  

MS Watermark <BODY BGPROPERTIES="FIXED">

(order is
  Bkground Color <BODY BGCOLOR="#$$$$$$">
red/green/blue)

  Text Color <BODY TEXT="#$$$$$$">  

  Link Color <BODY LINK="#$$$$$$">  

  Visited Link <BODY VLINK="#$$$$$$">  

  Active Link <BODY ALINK="#$$$$$$">  

  (More info at http://werbach.com/web/wwwhelp.html#color)

SPECIAL CHARACTERS
 

  Special Character &#?; (where ? is the ISO 8859-1 code)  

  < &lt;    

  > &gt;    
  & &amp;    

  " &quot;    

  Registered TM ® &#174;    

  Registered TM ® &reg;    

  Copyright © &#169;    

  Copyright © &copy;    

  Non-Breaking Space &nbsp;    

  (Complete list at http://www.uni-passau.de/%7Eramsch/iso8859-1.html)

FORMS

  Define Form <FORM ACTION="URL" METHOD=GET|POST></FORM>

4.0* File Upload <FORM ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data"></FORM>

<INPUT TYPE="TEXT|PASSWORD|CHECKBOX|RADIO|
  Input Field FILE|BUTTON|IMAGE|HIDDEN|SUBMIT|RESET">

  Field Name <INPUT NAME="***">  

  Field Value <INPUT VALUE="***">  

(checkboxes and radio


  Checked? <INPUT CHECKED>
boxes)

  Field Size <INPUT SIZE=?> (in characters)

  Max Length <INPUT MAXLENGTH=?> (in characters)

4.0 Button <BUTTON></BUTTON>  


4.0 Button Name <BUTTON NAME="***"></BUTTON>

4.0 Button Type <BUTTON TYPE="SUBMIT|RESET|BUTTON"></BUTTON>

4.0 Default Value <BUTTON VALUE="***"></BUTTON>

4.0 Label <LABEL></LABEL>  

4.0 Item Labelled <LABEL FOR="***"></LABEL>  

  Selection List <SELECT></SELECT>  

  Name of List <SELECT NAME="***"></SELECT>

  # of Options <SELECT SIZE=?></SELECT>  

(can select more than


  Multiple Choice <SELECT MULTIPLE>
one)

(items that can be


  Option <OPTION>
selected)

  Default Option <OPTION SELECTED>  

  Option Value <OPTION VALUE="***">  

4.0 Option Group <OPTGROUP LABEL="***"></OPTGROUP>

  Input Box Size <TEXTAREA ROWS=? COLS=?></TEXTAREA>

  Name of Box <TEXTAREA NAME="***"></TEXTAREA>

N2 Wrap Text <TEXTAREA WRAP=OFF|HARD|SOFT></TEXTAREA>

4.0 Group elements <FIELDSET></FIELDSET>  

4.0 Legend <LEGEND></LEGEND> (caption for fieldsets)

4.0 Alignment <LEGEND ALIGN="TOP|BOTTOM|LEFT|RIGHT"></LEGEND>


TABLES
  Define Table <TABLE></TABLE>  

4.0* Table Alignment <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER>

  Table Border <TABLE BORDER></TABLE> (either on or off)

  Table Border <TABLE BORDER=?></TABLE> (you can set the value)

  Cell Spacing <TABLE CELLSPACING=?>  

  Cell Padding <TABLE CELLPADDING=?>  

  Desired Width <TABLE WIDTH=?> (in pixels)

  Width Percent <TABLE WIDTH=%> (percentage of page)

4.0* Table Color <TABLE BGCOLOR="$$$$$$"></TABLE>

<TABLE FRAME=VOID|ABOVE|BELOW|HSIDES|LHS|RHS|
4.0 Table Frame VSIDES|BOX|BORDER></TABLE>

4.0 Table Rules <TABLE RULES=NONE|GROUPS|ROWS|COLS|ALL></TABLE>

MS Border Color <TABLE BORDERCOLOR="$$$$$$"></TABLE>

MS Dark Border <TABLE BORDERCOLORDARK="$$$$$$"></TABLE>

MS Light Border <TABLE BORDERCOLORLIGHT="$$$$$$"></TABLE>

  Table Row <TR></TR>  

  Alignment <TR ALIGN=LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER|MIDDLE|BOTTOM>

(must appear within


  Table Cell <TD></TD>
table rows)

<TD ALIGN=LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER VALIGN=TOP|MIDDLE|


  Alignment BOTTOM>

  No linebreaks <TD NOWRAP>  


  Columns to Span <TD COLSPAN=?>  

  Rows to Span <TD ROWSPAN=?>  

4.0* Desired Width <TD WIDTH=?> (in pixels)

N3 Width Percent <TD WIDTH="%"> (percentage of table)

4.0* Cell Color <TD BGCOLOR="#$$$$$$">  

(same as data, except


  Header Cell <TH></TH>
bold centered)

  Alignment <TH ALIGN=LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER|MIDDLE|BOTTOM>

  No Linebreaks <TH NOWRAP>  

  Columns to Span <TH COLSPAN=?>  

  Rows to Span <TH ROWSPAN=?>  

4.0* Desired Width <TH WIDTH=?> (in pixels)

N3 Width Percent <TH WIDTH="%"> (percentage of table)

4.0* Cell Color <TH BGCOLOR="#$$$$$$">  

4.0 Table Body <TBODY>  

(must come
4.0 Table Footer <TFOOT></TFOOT>
before THEAD>

4.0 Table Header <THEAD></THEAD>  

  Table Caption <CAPTION></CAPTION>  

  Alignment <CAPTION ALIGN=TOP|BOTTOM|LEFT|RIGHT>

(groups column
4.0 Column <COL></COL>
attributes)
4.0 Columns Spanned <COL SPAN=?></COL>  

4.0 Column Width <COL WIDTH=?></COL>  

4.0 Width Percent <COL WIDTH="%"></COL>  

(groups column
4.0 Group columns <COLGROUP></COLGROUP>
structure)

4.0 Columns Spanned <COLGROUP SPAN=?></COLGROUP>

4.0 Group Width <COLGROUP WIDTH=?></COLGROUP>

4.0 Width Percent <COLGROUP WIDTH="%"></COLGROUP>

FRAMES

4.0* Frame Document <FRAMESET></FRAMESET> (instead of <BODY>)

<FRAMESET
4.0* Row Heights ROWS=,,,></FRAMESET> (pixels or %)

4.0* Row Heights <FRAMESET ROWS=*></FRAMESET> (* = relative size)

<FRAMESET
4.0* Column Widths COLS=,,,></FRAMESET> (pixels or %)

4.0* Column Widths <FRAMESET COLS=*></FRAMESET> (* = relative size)

4.0* Borders <FRAMESET FRAMEBORDER="yes|no"></FRAMESET>

4.0* Border Width <FRAMESET BORDER=?></FRAMESET>

4.0* Border Color <FRAMESET BORDERCOLOR="#$$$$$$"></FRAMESET>

N3 Frame Spacing <FRAMESET FRAMESPACING=?></FRAMESET>

4.0* Define Frame <FRAME> (contents of an


individual frame)

4.0* Display Document <FRAME SRC="URL">  

4.0* Frame Name <FRAME NAME="***"|_blank|_self|_parent|_top>

4.0* Margin Width <FRAME MARGINWIDTH=?> (left and right margins)

(top and bottom


4.0* Margin Height <FRAME MARGINHEIGHT=?>
margins)

4.0* Scrollbar? <FRAME SCROLLING="YES|NO|AUTO">

4.0* Not Resizable <FRAME NORESIZE>  

4.0* Borders <FRAME FRAMEBORDER="yes|no">

4.0* Border Color <FRAME BORDERCOLOR="#$$$$$$">

(for non-frames
4.0* Unframed Content <NOFRAMES></NOFRAMES>
browsers)

(takes same attributes


4.0 Inline Frame <IFRAME></IFRAME>
as FRAME)

4.0 Dimensions <IFRAME WIDTH=? HEIGHT=?></IFRAME>

4.0 Dimensions <IFRAME WIDTH="%" HEIGHT="%"></IFRAME>

SCRIPTS AND JAVA

  Script <SCRIPT></SCRIPT>  

  Location <SCRIPT SRC="URL"></SCRIPT>

  Type <SCRIPT TYPE="***"></SCRIPT>

  Language <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="***"></SCRIPT>


(if scripts not
4.0* Other Content <NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT>
supported)

  Applet <APPLET></APPLET>  

  File Name <APPLET CODE="***">  

  Parameters <APPLET PARAM NAME="***">  

  Location <APPLET CODEBASE="URL">  

  Identifier <APPLET NAME="***"> (for references)

  Alt Text <APPLET ALT="***"> (for non-Java browsers)

  Alignment <APPLET ALIGN="LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER">

  Size <APPLET WIDTH=? HEIGHT=?> (in pixels)

  Spacing <APPLET HSPACE=? VSPACE=?> (in pixels)

N4 Server Script <SERVER></SERVER>  

MISCELLANEOUS

(not displayed by the


  Comment <!-- *** -->
browser)

  Prologue <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">

(indicates a searchable
  Searchable <ISINDEX>
index)

  Prompt <ISINDEX PROMPT="***"> (text to prompt input)

  Send Search <A HREF="URL?***"></a> (use a real question


mark)

  URL of This File <BASE HREF="URL"> (must be in header)

4.0* Base Window Name <BASE TARGET="***"> (must be in header)

<LINK REV="***" REL="***"


  Relationship HREF="URL"> (in header)

<LINK TYPE="***"
N4 Linked File SRC="***"></LINK>  

  Meta Information <META> (must be in header)

  Style Sheets <STYLE></STYLE> (implementations vary)

(for certain character


4.0 Bidirect Off <BDO DIR=LTR|RTL></BDO>
sets)

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