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HTML CHEATSHEET
Keep this cheatsheet handy it contains the most common HTML tags and
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CONTENTS
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Basic Tags
Body Attributes
Text Tags
Links
Formatting
Tables
Table Attributes
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Frames
Frames Attributes
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Forms
Basic Tags
<html></html>
Creates an HTML document
<head></head>
Sets off the title and other information that isnt displayed on the web page itself
<body></body>
Sets off the visible portion of the document
Body Attributes
<body bgcolor="pink">
Sets the background color, using name or hex value
<body text="black">
Sets the text color, using name or hex value
<body link="blue">
Sets the color of links, using name or hex value
<body vlink="#ff0000">
Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex value
<body alink="#00ff00">
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Sets the color of links on click
<body ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false">
Disallows text selection with the mouse and keyboard
Text Tags
<pre></pre>
Creates preformatted text
<hl></hl>
Creates the largest headline
<h6></h6>
Creates the smallest headline
<b></b>
Creates bold text
<i></i>
Creates italic text
<tt></tt>
Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text
<cite></cite>
Creates a citation, usually italic
<em></em>
Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
<strong></strong>
Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
<font size="3"></font>
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Sets size of font, from 1 to 7
<font color="green"></font>
Sets font color, using name or hex value
Links
<a href="URL"></a>
Creates a hyperlink
<a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a>
Creates a mailto link
<a href="URL"><img src="URL"> </a> Creates an image/link
<a name="NAME"></a>
Creates a target location within a document
<a href="#NAME"></a>
Links to that target location from elsewhere in the document
Formatting
<p></p>
Creates a new paragraph
<p align="left">
Aligns a paragraph to the left (default), right, or center.
<br>
Inserts a line break
<blockquote></blockquote>
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Indents text from both sides
<dl></dl>
Creates a definition list
<dt>
Precedes each definition term
<dd>
Precedes each definition
<ol></ol>
Creates a numbered list
<ul></ul>
Creates a bulleted list
<li></li>
Precedes each list item, and adds a number or symbol depending upon the type
of list selected
<div align="left">
A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets
<img src="name">
Adds an image
<img src="name" align="left">
Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle
<img src="name" border="1">
Sets size of border around an image
<hr />
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Inserts a horizontal rule
<hr size="3" />
Sets size (height) of rule
<hr width="80%" />
Sets width of rule, in percentage or absolute value
<hr noshade />
Creates a rule without a shadow
Tables
<table></table>
Creates a table
<tr></tr>
Sets off each row in a table
<td></td>
Sets off each cell in a row
<th></th>
Sets off the table header (a normal cell with bold, centered text)
Table Attributes
<table border="1">
Sets width of border around table cells
<table cellspacing="1">
Sets amount of space between table cells
<table cellpadding="1">
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Sets amount of space between a cells border and its contents
<table width="500" or "80%">
Sets width of table, in pixels or as a percentage of document width
<tr align="left"> or <td align="left">
Sets alignment for cell(s) (left, center, or right)
<tr valign="top"> or <td valign="top">
Sets vertical alignment for cell(s) (top, middle, or bottom)
<td colspan="2">
Sets number of columns a cell should span (default=1)
<td rowspan="4">
Sets number of rows a cell should span (default=1)
<td nowrap>
Prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit
Frames
<frameset></frameset>
Replaces the <body> tag in a frames document; can also be nested in other
framesets
<frameset rows="value,value">
Defines the rows within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of
width
<frameset cols="value,value">
Defines the columns within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of
width
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<frame>
Defines a single frame or region within a frameset
<noframes></noframes>
Defines what will appear on browsers that dont support frames
Frames Attributes
<frame src="URL">
Specifies which HTML document should be displayed
<frame name="name">
Names the frame, or region, so it may be targeted by other frames
<frame marginwidth="value">
Defines the left and right margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater
than 1
<frame marginheight="value">
Defines the top and bottom margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater
than 1
<frame scrolling="value">
Sets whether the frame has a scrollbar; value may equal yes, no, or auto.
The default, as in ordinary documents, is auto.
<frame noresize="noresize">
Prevents the user from resizing a frame
Forms
For functional forms, youll have to run a script. The HTML just creates the
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appearance of a form.
<form></form>
Creates all forms
<select multiple name="NAME" size=?></select>
Creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before you
need to scroll.
<option>
Sets off each menu item
<select name="NAME"></select>
Creates a pulldown menu
<option>
Sets off each menu item
<textarea name="NAME" cols=40 rows=8></textarea name>
Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.
<input type="checkbox" name="NAME">
Creates a checkbox. Text follows tag.
<input type="radio" name="NAME" value="x">
Creates a radio button. Text follows tag
<input type="text" name="NAME" size=20>
Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.
<input type="submit" value="NAME">
Creates a Submit button
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
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Creates an actual button that is clicked
<input type="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="name.gif">
Creates a Submit button using an image
<input type="reset">
Creates a Reset button
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