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Tags

Description Meaning Definition

<a>

ANCHOR tag creates <a


href="http://www.fillster.com">link</a> to other internet
location, or file.

<abbr>

ABBREVIATION tags indicate interpretation of the meaning to


the browsers and search engines for such as kind of
abbreviations as "Inc.", "etc.".

<acrony
m>

ACRONYM tags defines an acronym, like; <acronym


title="World Wide Web">WWW</acronym>.

<address ADDRESS tags are used to identify the author's contact


>
information for a section or a document.
<applet>

APPLET element tags are used to embed and invoke a Java


application within an HTML page.

<area>

AREA tag defines a section of an image.

<b>

BOLD tag is specifying <b>bold section</b> within the text


document.

<base>

BASE tag defines information regarding to the links on the


page.

<basefon BASEFONT tags defines changes of all text appearance on the


t>
web page.

<bdo>

<bgsoun
d>

BDO tag is specifying the direction of text display by


overwriting the default value from Left to Right. <bdo
dir="rtl">Right to Left</bdo>
BGSOUND tag is defining a background sound for a webpage.
<html>
<head>

<bgsound src="JingleBells.wav" loop="3">


</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
Demo Example
<big>

BIG tag makes the <big>text larger</big> then the rest of


the text.
BLOCKQUOTE tags

<blockqu
<blockquote>separate a section</blockquote>
ote>
of text from the surrounding text.

<blink>

BLINK tags defines text


to <blink>blink</blink> repeatedly. Internet Explorer
doesn't support this tag yet.

<body>

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
Body tags identify the content of a web page.
</body>
</html>

<br>

Line Break tag is specifying<br>


a new line

<button>

BUTTON tag is used to create a <button


type="button">Push Button</button> Push Button

<caption
>

<table>
<caption>CAPTION tag adds a caption to a
table.</caption>
<tr>

<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<center>

<center>CENTER tags center text, images,


etc.</center>

<cite>

<cite>CITE tags defines a citation and displaying in


italics.</cite>

<code>

CODE tags are used for example, to indicate a code of the


current <code>htmltags.html</code> page.
COL tags are used to define column properties for table
columns.

<col>

<colgrou
p>

<table>
<colgroup span="2">
<col width="60" align="left"></col>
<col width="80" align="center"></col>
</colgroup>
<tr>
<td>1st Column</td>
<td>2nd Column</td>
</tr>
</table>
COLGROUP tags are used to define groups of table columns.
<table>
<colgroup span="2">
<col width="60" align="left"></col>
<col width="80" align="center"></col>
</colgroup>
<tr>
<td>1st Column</td>

<td>2nd Column</td>
</tr>
</table>
DD tag defines a definition description.

<dd>

<dl>
<dt>NASA</dt>
<dd>National Aeronautics and Space
Administration</dd>
<dt>MBA</dt>
<dd>Master of Business Administration</dd>
</dl>

<dfn>

DFN tags emphasize definition, for example;


<dfn>PC</dfn>: Personal Computer.

<del>

DEL tag indicates <del>deleted text</del>


DIR tags define directory lists.

<dir>

<dir>
<li>First</li>
<li>Second</li>
<li>Third</li>
</dir>
DL tag defines a definition list.

<dl>

<div>

<dl>
<dt>CSU</dt>
<dd>California State University</dd>
<dt>UN</dt>
<dd>United Nations</dd>
</dl>
DIV tag is a logical section of a web document.

<div>
<h1>Home Pets</h1>
<p>Cats</p>
<p>Dogs</p>
</div>
DT tags defines a definition term.

<dt>

<dl>
<dt>HTML</dt>
<dd>HyperText Markup Language</dd>
<dt>CSS</dt>
<dd>Cascading Style Sheets</dd>
</dl>
EMBED tag gives a command to a browser to include a
multimedia elements, such as video, sound files within a web
document.

<embed> <embed src="videofile.mov" width="100" height="100">


<embed src="musicfile.mid" width="50" height="50">
Demo Example
<em>

EM tags <em>emphasize</em> text.


FIELDSET tag creates a form for all elements in it.

<fieldset
>

<fieldset>Find a rounded-corner box around this


text.</fieldset>

<font>

FONT tags attribute text <font face="cursive,


serif">font</font>, <font color="#0000ff">color</font>,
and <font size="4">size</font>.

<form>

Form tags define a form.

<form action="contact.html" method="post">


Your Email:
<input type="text" name="visitor-email" maxlength="80"
value="" /><br />
Your Name:
<input type="text" name="visitor-name" maxlength="80"
value="" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>

Top of Form
eMail:

Name:

Send

Bottom of Form
<frame>

Frame tags define each frame within a frameset.


<html>
<head>
<title>Frame Tags in Action</title>
</head>
<noframes>
<body>
<h1>Sorry, your browser doesn't support this feature!
</h1>
</body>
</noframes>
<frameset cols="35%, 65%">

<frame src ="/htmlcodes/left-frame.html" />


<frame src ="/htmlcodes/right-frame.html" />
</frameset>
</html>
Demo Example
FRAMESET tags define a layout of frames.
<html>
<frameset cols="45%, *">
<framese <frame src ="/htmlcodes/left-frame.html" />
t>
<frame src ="/htmlcodes/right-frame.html" />
</frameset>
</html>
Demo Example
H1 - H6 define level 1-6 headers.
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
<h1> <h6>

<h3>Header 3</h3>
<h4>Header 4</h4>
<h5>Header 5</h5>
<h6>Header 6</h6>

<head>

Head tags define general information about the document,


page title, meta-tags, scripts and links to follow, and other
commands to browsers.
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Tags - Head Tag</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="html tags, head

tag" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
<script src="javaexample.js"
type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
HR tag draws a horizontal break line.
<hr>
Two choices for the same result: <hr> or <hr />
HTML tags contain HTML elements, and give a command to
browsers to read the document as an HTML document.

<html>

<iframe>

<img>

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
iFrame tag creates an inline frame that contains another web
page in it.

IMG tag attributes an image.


<img src="http://www.fillster.com/images/tutorial.gif"
width="60" height="62" alt="Here write a name for your
image" />

<input>

INPUT tags define input fields, check boxes, radio buttons.


<form action="contact.html" method="post">
Your Email:
<input type="text" name="visitor-email" maxlength="80"
value="" /><br />
Your Name:
<input type="text" name="visitor-name" maxlength="80"
value="" /><br />
<input type="radio" name="Level" value="Web
Designer" />Web Designer<br />
<input type="radio" name="Level" value="Web
Developer" checked="checked" />Web Developer<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="Computer"
value="Windows" />Windows<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="Computer"
value="Mac" />Mac<br />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>

Top of Form
eMail:

Name:

Web Designer

Web Developer

Windows
Mac

Send

Bottom of Form
<ins>

INS tag defines an <ins>inserted text</ins>.


ISINDEX tag defines a single-line input field.
<isindex prompt="Example: ">
Top of Form

<isindex
>

Example:

Bottom of Form
<i>

<I> tag is specifying <i>italic text</i>.

<kbd>

KBD tag stands for <kbd>keyboard text</kbd>.

<label>

LABEL tag defines a label to a form control.


<p>Where do you live?</p>
<form action="">
<input type="radio" name="country" id="us" />

<label for="usa">USA</label><br />


<input type="radio" name="country" id="uk" />
<label for="uk">UK</label>
</form>

Where do you live?


Top of Form
USA
UK

Bottom of Form
<legend> LEGEND tag assigns a caption in a fieldset element.
<legend>Questionnaire</legend>
<p>Where do you live?</p>
<form action="">
<input type="radio" name="country" id="usa" />
<label for="usa">USA</label><br />
<input type="radio" name="country" id="canada" />
<label for="canada">Canada</label>
</form>
Questionnaire
Where do you live?
Top of Form
USA

Canada

Bottom of Form
LI tag defines a list of ordered and unordered items.
<ol>
<li>HTML</li>
<li>PHP</li>
<li>JavaScript</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>HTML</li>
<li>PHP</li>
<li>JavaScript</li>
</ul>

<li>

<link>

1.

HTML

2.

PHP

3.

JavaScript

HTML

PHP

JavaScript
LINK tag defines a link to an external document, such as
External Style Sheets.
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />

</head>
<marque
e>

MARQUEE tags define different movement behaviors.


Demos Examples
MENU tag defines a menu list.

<menu>

<menu>
<li>Google</li>
<li>Yahoo</li>
<li>MSN</li>
</menu>

Google
Yahoo
MSN
META tags are declaring information for the search engine
robots and crawlers.

<meta>

<html>
<head>
<meta name="description" content="Page description
goes here.">
<meta name="keywords" content="meta tags, html tags,
meta">
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

<noframe NOFRAME tag is specifying an alternate web page layout for


>
browsers that don't support frames.

<html>
<head>
<title>Frame Tags in Action</title>
</head>
<noframes>
<body>
<h1>Sorry, your browser doesn't support this feature!
</h1>
</body>
</noframes>
<frameset cols="35%, 65%">
<frame src ="/htmlcodes/left-frame.html" />
<frame src ="/htmlcodes/right-frame.html" />
</frameset>
</html>
Demo Example
NOSCRIPT tag is specifying a "NOSCRIPT" version page layout
for browsers that don't support "SCRIPT" version. NOSCRIP
tags are used in conjunction with the JavaScript or VBScript
elements.
<noscript
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
>
document.write("We are here to learn HTML");
</script>
<noscript>
Sorry, your browser doesn't support JavaScript, VBScript.
</noscript>
<optgrou OPTGROUP tag creates an option drop-down group menu.
p>
<select>
<optgroup label="Fruits">
<option value ="banana">Banana</option>
<option value ="pineapple">Pineapple</option>
</optgroup>

<optgroup label="Vegetables">
<option value ="tomato">Tomato</option>
<option value ="potato">Potato</option>
</optgroup>
</select>

OPTION tag creates a drop-down menu. OPTION tag works


only in conjunction with a SELECT tag.
<select>
<option value ="beginner"
<option> selected="selected">Beginner</option>
<option value ="intermediate">Intermediate</option>
<option value ="advanced">Advanced</option>
</select>
Beginner

OL tags define an ordered list of items.


<ol>
<li>Red</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Blue</li>
</ol>

<ol>

<p>

1.

Red

2.

Green

3.

Blue
<P> tag is specifying a paragraph and creates a new line.

<h4>Header 4</h4>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
PRE tag is specifing a preformatted text. This tag does,t let
the browsers to eliminate "white spaces" in the text.
<pre>

<pre>

City

London

Cool

City

Paris

City

New York Great

Awesome

</pre>

EXAMPLE

<q>

City

London

Cool

City

Paris

City

New York Great

Awesome

<Q> tag is specifing short quotations. The function is similar


to <blockquote> tag except that <Q> tag doesn't break lines
of the text.
<q>I'll be back</q> - is a popular phrase associated with
Arnold Schwarzenegger.

<s>

<S> tag produces a strike throughout a text. <S> tag is


depreciated and is not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD,
therefore it's recommended to use DEL tag instead.

Strike through <s>the following text.</s>


SAMP tag is specifing a fixed-width font.
<samp>

Compare for yourself - 1 <samp>Compare for yourself 2<samp>


SCRIPT tags define scripts within a web page and let the web
browsers know that it's not an HTML section. You can place a
<SCRIPT> tag anywhere within HTML, but the best practice is
to place it between the <HEAD></HEAD> tags.

<script>

<html>
<head>
<script src="javascript.js"
type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write("This is a script tag placement tutorial.")
</script>
</body>
</html>
SELECT tag creates a menu on a form.

<select>

<select>
<option value ="planes"
selected="selected">Planes</option>
<option value ="trains">Trains</option>
<option value ="automobiles">Automobiles</option>
</select>
Planes

SMALL tag creates a small text.


<small>

Compare normal text in relationship to <small>small


text</small>
SPAN tag is specifying a section of a document.

<span>

<strike>

<div>
<p>Cats and Dogs <span style="color:blue;">are our
friends.</span></p>
</div>
STRIKE tag creates a strike through words or text. Strike tag
is depreciated and is not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD,
therefore it's recommended to use DEL tag instead.
<strike>striking through</strike>
STRONG tag is specifying a strong text.

<strong>

<style>

<div>
<p>Weightlifters are <strong>strong
people.</strong></p>
</div>
STYLE tag specifies a link and location to a style sheet, and
gives a command to browsers regarding to a layout for a web
page. Please find; First bold line is an External Style, and the
next bold lines are for the Internal Style web page
presentation.
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Tags - Head Tag</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
<style type="text/css">

h1{text-align: center; font-style: italic}


p{color:#ff0000}
</style>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
SUB tag is defining a subscripted text.
<sub>
SUB tag is creating <sub>a subscripted text.</sub>
SUP tag is defining a superscripted text.
<sup>
SUP tag is creating <sup>a superscripted text.</sup>
TABLE tag is defining a table.

<table>

<table>
<tr>
<td>First Cell</td>
<td>Second Cell</td>
</tr>
</table>
TD tag creates a data cell.

<td>

<th>

<table>
<tr>
<td>First Data Cell</td>
<td>Second Data Cell</td>
</tr>
</table>
TH tag creates a header cell.
<table>

<tr>
<th colspan="2">My Shopping List</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Apples</td>
<td>Pears</td>
</tr>
</table>
TR tag creates a row in a table.

<tr>

<tbody>

<table>
<tr>
<td>Data Cell 1</td>
<td>Data Cell 2</td>
</tr>
</table>
TBODY tag creates a table body.
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">>Header - Complete List of Basic HTML
Tags</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Tags</td>
<td>Attributes</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">>Footer - Created by Fillster.com</td>
</tr>

</tfoot>
</table>
TEXTAREA tag creates a text area.
<textarea rows="4" cols="30">
Place you text in here...
<textarea </textarea>
>

TFOOT tag creates a table footer.

<tfoot>

<thead>

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">>Header - HTML Tags List</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>HTML Tags</td>
<td>HTML Attributes</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">>Footer - Copyright
Fillster.com</td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
</table>
THEAD tag creates a table header.

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">>Header text place here.</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Element - 1</td>
<td>Element - 2</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">>Footer notes put here.</td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
</table>
TITLE tag declares a title of an HTML document.

<title>

<html>
<head>
<title>Brief description of the web page.</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
TT tag creates a teletype text.

<tt>

<u>

This is a default font of the text, <tt>but this is a teletype


font.</tt>
U tag makes an underlined text.

This text has the <u>underlined words.</u>


UL tags define an unordered list of items.
<ul>
<li>Code</li>
<li>Script</li>
<li>Tag</li>
</ul>
Code

<ul>

<var>

Script

Tag
VAR tag indicates a variable parameter.
This is a <var>variable parameter<var> of the sentence.

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