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Click on the tag to see what it does and different ways to implement it. <!--your data--> - Creates comments that are not interpreted by a browser <!--#ssi type--> - Creates a server side include <!doctype> - A formal area to declare what html standards you are adhering to <a> - Creates a link to another page or portion of a page <address> - Specially formats text that should be used to show authorship information <applet> - Creates and formats an area for a java applet to run <area> - Used to define an area within an image map <b> - Creates bold text <base> - Used to define the url of the current page <basefont> - Changes the base font size; all further changes are based on the new size <bgsound> - Creates a background sound <big> - Makes the enclosed text bigger <blink> - Causes enclosed text to blink <blockquote> - Indents text from both sides <body> - Sets apart the viewable portion of the document; is also where you set background, text colors, etc <br> - Creates a line break <caption> - Creates a table caption <center> - Centers the enclosed text <cite> - Creates an italic citation <code> - Formats text when used to display code or a formula <col> - Used to specify text alignment in tables <colgroup> - Used to group table columns together for unified formatting <dd> - Creates a definition <dfn> - Formats text to indicate the defining instance of a term <dl> - Creates a definition list <dir> - Used to create a bulleted directory list <div> - Used to format large blocks of html <dt> - Creates a definition term <em> - Emphasizes a word with italics <font> - Sets font attributes such as size and color <form> - Creates a form <frame> - Creates and formats a single frame within a frameset <frameset> - Sets attributes for frames on a page <h1> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest <h2> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest <h3> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest <h4> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest <h5> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest <h6> - Creates headlines, h1 being the largest, h6 being the smallest <head> - Sets apart the title and everything else not displayed on the web page itself <hr> - Creates and formats a horizontal rule <html> - Creates the html document <i> - Creates italicized text <iframe> - Creates a floating frame <img> - Creates and formats an image <input> - Creates different ways for viewers to input information <isindex> - Declares that html document is an index document <li> - Creates an item in a list <listing> - Used to format text in a fixed width font <map> - Creates an image map <marquee> - Creates scrolling text <menu> - Creates a compact unordered list <meta> - Used within the <head> tag to embed misc. information <multicol> - Allows text to be formatted into multiple columns <nobr> - Disallows line breaks to be used within tag <noframes> - Defines what will be seen by a browser that does not support frames <noscript> - Used to define alternative content for viewers whose browsers do not support scripts <object> - Provides a way for ActiveX Controls and other media to be embedded in a document <ol> - Creates a numbered list <option> - Creates and sets off each menu item for a menu in a form <p> - For creating, formatting, and aligning a paragraph <plaintext> - Causes everything within tags, including other tags, to be treated as plain text <pre> - Creates preformatted text <script> - Allows the insertion of scripts, such as JavaScript <select> - Creates a menu within a form <small> - Makes the enclosed text smaller <sound> - A way to insert a backgound sound <spacer> - Allows the insertion a block of white space <span> - Used within a block of text to apply a style as defined in a style sheet <strike> - Draws a horizontal line through the enclosed text <strong> - Emphasizes a word with boldness <style> - Used to define style sheet information within the <head> tag <sub> - Subscripts the enclosed text <sup> - Superscripts the enclosed text <table> - Creates a table <tbody> - Used to define the body section of a table <td> - Creates a table data field <textarea> - Creates and formats a text box area <tfoot> - Used to define the footer section of a table <th> - Creates a table header <thead> - Used to define the head section of a table <title> - Puts the title of the page in the title bar <tr> - Creates a table row <tt> - Creates typewriter style text <u> - Underlines enclosed text <ul> - Creates a bulleted list <var> - Used to indicate a variable name; usually displayed in italics <wbr> - Used to tell a broser where a word or line can be broken if needed <xmp> - Used to present blocks of text in fixed-width font |
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