html => The comment tag includes the actual comment text. Any instance of --> ends the comment. Whitespace may be included between the -- and the > but not between the => html < => Escape sequences are used to enter characters such as <, >, &, and " into HTML documents. html => Examples: < > & "   ® © &ensp &emsp &endash &emdash html => The anchor tag defines either a link or an anchor in a document. The anchor tag must contain either a NAME attribute or an HREF attribute, or both. example => & link-text & link-text & link-text html => The abbreviation tag defines an abbreviation. It is typically displayed just like normal text, but is used by automatic indexers. example => text html => The acronym tag defines an acronym. It is typically displayed just like normal text, but is used by automatic indexers. example => text html
=>
The address tag defines text that gives an address or other contact information. It is typically displayed in italics, slightly indented, and is used by automatic indexers. See also:
example
=>
text
text
html
=> The NOWRAP attribute stops the browser from wrapping except where
's are. html => The Java applet tag runs a Java applet referred to by a URL. applet-content consists of optional PARAM tags, ordinary text & markup to be displayed by browsers that cannot run Java applets, and a TEXTFLOW tag if no ordinary text and markup is included example => applet-content html => Use the syntax: for details of each of the various attributes. html => What "base" should be used when resolving source relative URLs. html => The URL of the applet to be run. html => The name of the applet, or Identifies an applet to other applets within the HTML page. & html => Here "alignment" should be one of LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, MIDDLE, or BOTTOM. html => Here "text" is the text to be displayed by a browser that does not support applets. html => The height of the applet display area in pixels. html => The width of the applet display area in pixels. html => The space, in pixels, to leave to the left and right of the applet display area. html => The space, in pixels, to leave above and below the applet display area. html => This specifies the order in which they are downloaded. html => Specifies an advisory title string. html => The area tag, valid only within a MAP, defines areas that act as hotspots within an image. example => text & text & text html => The author tag defines text that names the author of a document. It is typically displayed just like normal text, but is used by automatic indexers. example => text html => The author tag defines text that names the author of a document. It is typically displayed just like normal text, but is used by automatic indexers. example => text html => The bold tag defines text that should be shown in boldface. It can be nested with other idiomatic or typographic tags but some browsers will respect only the innermost tag. example => text html => The banner element defines an image or block of text that does not scroll with the document and is displayed at the top of the screen as the user scrolls through the document. example => Details of the attributes are not yet available -- use a BANNER attribute in the section of the html => The base tag, which is valid only in the HEAD section, defines the base address of an HTML document, which is used to determine the full address of relative URL's that appear in the document. example => & html => The base font tag defines the base that relative FONT changes are based on. (Default is 3.) example => html => The background sound tag identifies a .wav, .au, or.mid resource that will be played when the page is opened. example => & html => The optional LOOP attribute will cause the resource to be played n times. example => LOOP="INFINITE" will cause the resource to be played continuously as long as the page is open. html => The big text tag defines text that should be displayed in a larger font than usual. example => text html => The blink tag highlights the text by having it blink on and off. example => text html
=> The block quote tag defines text that is quoted from elsewhere. Many browsers (including Netscape) display it in an indented block surrounded by blank lines. example
=>
text
& text & text & text html => In HTML 3.0, the CLEAR attribute is used to position a quote after a graphic: it can be LEFT, RIGHT, or ALL and specifies which margin should be clear. text html => The NOWRAP attribute stops the browser from wrapping except at a BR tag. text html => See: html
html => The body tag introduces the body of the document. It should appear after the head section and occupy the remainder of the document. example => document-body & See also: html => the syntax use to retrive factoids on the attributes of the tag, example: html => The BACKGROUND attribute specifies an image file to use as the background for the page. document-body html => The BGCOLOR attribute specify the colours to be used for the background. document-body & document-body html => The TEXT attribute specify the colours to be used for the text. document-body & document-body html => The LINK attribute specify the colours to be used for the LINK. (An link is active for the moment the user clicks on it, & changes colour to confirm it has been clicked.) See: example example => document-body & document-body html => The ALINK attribute specify the colours to be used for the ALINK. (An link is active for the moment the user clicks on it, & changes colour to confirm it has been clicked.) See: example example => document-body & document-body html => The VLINK attribute specify the colours to be used for the VLINK. (An link is active for the moment the user clicks on it, & changes colour to confirm it has been clicked.) See: example example => document-body & document-body html => The LEFTMARGIN attribute set the margin at the left of the document, in pixels. document-body html => The TOPMARGIN attributes set the margin at the top of the document, in pixels. document-body html => The BGPROPERTIES attribute causes the background image (set with the BACKGROUND attribute) to remain fixed as the document scrolls: a watermark effect. See: example example => document-body html
=> The line break tag breaks the current line of text. It's not necessary inside a PRE element. There is no
tag. example
=>
&
&
html
=> CLEAR attribute type can be LEFT to break until there is nothing to the left, RIGHT for the right side, all for break until both sides are clear & NONE for a normal break. html => The caption tag defines the caption of a figure or table. It is valid only within FIG or TABLE tags. example => text & text & text html => The ALIGN attribute arranges for the caption to be at the TOP or BOTTOM of the table or figure. See: 2 html 2 => The ALIGN attribute sets the alignment of the caption within the table or figure border. It can be LEFT, RIGHT, or CENTER. example => text html => The VALIGN attribute arranges for the caption to be at the TOP or BOTTOM of the table or figure. example => text html
=>
The center tag defines text that should be centered. Example:
text
html => The citation tag defines text that cites a book or other work - most browsers will display it in italics. It can be nested with other idiomatic/typographic tags but some browsers will respect only the innermost tag example => text html => The code tag defines text that should be shown in a fixed width font. It can be nested with other idiomatic or typographic tags but some browsers will respect only the innermost tag. See: 2 html 2 => Many browsers use the same font for the KBD, SAMP, TT & CODE tags. For many lines of fixed width text, with the line breaks and other whitespace specified by the page author, use the
 tag.
example  =>  text 
html  =>  The tag sets the properties of one table column at a time. Do not use this tag with a COLGROUP element.
example => content  & content  & content 
html => The ALIGN attribute specifies the text alignment in the cells within the colums. The values for "alignment" are LEFT, MIDDLE & RIGHT and the default is MIDDLE.
example => content 
example => content 
html => 
The COLGROUP tag sets the properties of one or more table columns. ( Attributes = SPAN, WIDTH, HALIGN, VALIGN & ALIGN ) example => A few examples: column data & column data & column data example => column data html => The HALIGN attribute specifies the horizontal alignment of text in the cells for the column group. The values: LEFT, RIGHT and CENTER (the default.) example => column data html => The VALIGN attribute sets the vertical alignment for the column. The values are TOP, MIDDLE (the default,) and BOTTOM. example => column data html => The WIDTH attribute specifies the width of each column in the column group. example => column data html => The SPAN attribute sets the number of consecutive columns for the group. example => column data html => The credit tag defines text that credits a figure or quote. It is valid only within FIG or BQ tags. Example: text html => The deleted text tag marks text that has been deleted, for example in a group authoring situation or a legal document. Example: list entries html => The definition tag defines text that defines a term -- many browsers will display it in italics, though others will ignore it. example => It can be nested with other idiomatic or typographic tags but some browsers will respect only the innermost tag. text html => The directory list tag introduces a directory list, which is made up of List Item (LI) tags and does not include bullets or numbers before them. See: 2, 3 & 4 html 2 => The items should be short so that they can be arranged into columns. For a bulleted list use UL. html 3 => For a numbered list use OL. For a list without bullets or numbers that is not arranged into columns use MENU. html 4 => In HTML 3.0, the same effect can be achieved with
    . The DIR tag will probably be obsolete some day, so use UL. example => list entries & list entries html => The COMPACT attribute instructs the browser to reduce the space occupied by the list. example => list entries html
    => The division tag is used to divide a document up into different sections, such as chapters, sections, abstract, and appendix. example
    =>
    &
    &
    &
    &
    html
    => The ALIGN attribute can be one of LEFT, RIGHT, or CENTER. Example:
    html
    => The CLASS attribute that specifies what section this is. Example:
    html
    => NOWRAP attribute stops the browser from wrapping except where
    's are included in the document. Example:
    html
    => Indicates the ISO standard language. Enter the standard abbreviation to indicate the language of the element. ( LANG=iso ) html
    => The definition list tag introduces a definition list or glossary, which is made up of term (DT) and definition (DD) items. The and tags are optional. See:
    2 html
    2 => Typically the definitions are indented under each term, with no blank lines around them. A list heading (LH) may be included before the first definition term. example
    =>
    list entries
    &
    list entries
    &
    term &
    definition html
    => If COMPACT was specified (and the terms are short) the terms and definitions are on the same line. Do not use multiple DD elements for the same DT -- instead use BR within the DD. example
    =>
    list entries
    html
    => See:
    html
    => Do not use multiple DD elements for the same DT -- instead use BR within the DD. See:
    html => The emphasized tag defines text that should be emphasized -- most browsers will display it in italics. See: 2 html 2 => It can be nested with other idiomatic or typographic tags but some browsers will respect only the innermost tag. example => text html => The embed element is used to embed a plugin into a document. The OBJECT tag can also be used to embed objects. See also: html => SCR, HEIGHT, WIDTH, UNITS, NAME, OPTIONAL PARAMETER & PALETTE example => alternate HTML html => ( SRC="URL" ) "URL" identifies the location of the object to be embedded. html => ( HEIGHT=number ) This specifies the height of the object, according to the UNITS attribute. html => ( WIDTH=number ) This specifies the width of the object, according to the UNITS attribute. html => ( UNITS=units ) Here units is one of pixels, meaning the width and height are measured in pixels, or en, meaning the width and height are measured in en spaces. html => ( NAME=text ) This indicates the name used by other objects or elements to refer to this object. html => ("OPTIONAL PARAMETER"=value) This specifies any parameters that are specific to the object. Put the name of the parameter in place of "OPTIONAL PARAMETER". html => ( PALETTE=#rgb|#rgb ) Sets the foreground or background color. The first colour is the foreground. html =>
    The figure element is an improvement over the inline image used in HTML 2.0 for a variety of reasons. See: 2, 3, & 4 html 2 => The text used to describe the figure for non-graphical browsers can contain markup tags & a separate credit and caption will be displayed by both graphical and non-graphical browsers html 3 => It also makes imagemaps much easier to code & independent of the server. (See the OBJECT and MAP tags for an alternate to this tag) html 4 => At the moment it isn't clear whether the built-in image maps of FIG or the client-side image maps of IMG with a USEMAP attribute will emerge as the long term alternative to server side image maps. example => figure-content html => The attributes for the tag: SRC, ALIGN, HEIGHT, WIDTH, UNITS, NOFLOW & IMAGEMAP html => ( SRC="URL" ) "URL" identifies the image source, typically a GIF or JPEG file. html => (ALIGN="alignment") "alignment" should be one of TOP, MIDDLE, or BOTTOM. This causes the top, middle, or bottom of the image to be aligned with the text on the line containing the IMG tag. See: 2 html 2 => For Netscape: "alignment" should be one of LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, TEXTTOP, MIDDLE, ABSMIDDLE, BASELINE, BOTTOM, or ABSBOTTOM. html => ( HEIGHT=number ) This specifies the height of the image, according to the UNITS attribute. html => ( WIDTH=number ) This specifies the width of the image, according to the UNITS attribute. html => (UNITS=units ) Here units is one of pixels, meaning the width and height are measured in pixels, or en, meaning the width and height are measured in en spaces. See: 2 html 2 => These units are not used for the shape co-ordinates of any anchor tags in the figure. html => Stops text from flowing around the figure. html => ( IMAGEMAP="URL" ) Points to a script that handles clicks and drags. html => One of: Defualt, Circle ( x, y, r ), Rect ( x, y, w, h ) & Polygon ( x1, y1, x2, y2, ... ) html => The footnote tag defines a footnote, ideally displayed in a pop-up window. The text that refers to this footnote does so with a standard anchor tag using anchor-name. example => text html => The font tag defines text with a smaller or larger font than usual. The normal font size corresponds to 3; smaller values of number will produce a smaller font, and larger values of number will produce a larger font. See: 2 html 2 => If number has a sign (for example +1), the font will be changed relative to the BASEFONT. example => & & & html => The COLOR attribute allows you to change the colour of the text. example => & html => The FACE attribute specifies the face to be used, such as Arial or Courier. If multiple names are specified, the first one listed that is installed on the client machine is used. example => html
    => The form tag introduces a form, which is made up of INPUT elements, described in the sections that follow. See: 2 html 2 => A form may be inside structural HTML tags & may also contain structural tags. Using tables and other elements a form can take on various shapes and looks. example => form tags &
    form tags &
    form tags html
    => The ACTION attribute defaults to the document's base address. example => form tags &
    form tags html
    => The METHOD attribute can be GET or POST. GET specifies a query form, used to get data from a server. See: 2 html 2 => POST specifies a form that gives information to the server and perhaps causes a database to be updated or a message to be sent. example => form tags html
    => See: example example => form tags html
    => The SCRIPT attribute points to a script to be run. The browser must be able to run the type of script that is specified. example => form tags html => The frame tag appears inside the FRAMESET tag and specifies one frame in the frameset. example => html => One or all of these: SRC, NAME, MARGINWIDTH, MARGINHEIGHT, SCROLLING, NORESIZE, FRAMEBORDER, FRAMESPACING & ALIGN html => (SRC="URL") The URL of the source document to be displayed in this frame. If the frame does not specify a source it will be displayed as blank space. html => (NAME="window name") Here "window name" is the name associated with this frame. It can be used by the TARGET attribute in the A, BASE, AREA, and FORM tags to target this frame. html => ( MARGINWIDTH=number ) Here number is the left and right margin thickness in pixels. html => ( MARGINHEIGHT=number ) Here number is the top and bottom margin thickness in pixels. html => (SCROLLING=type) Here type is one of yes, no or auto. It specifies if the frame is to have a scroll bar: auto (the default) means the browser will decide. html => Stops the user from resizing the frame.. html => (FRAMEBORDER=yes/no) Specifies if the border should be displayed. html => (FRAMESPACING=number) Here number is the spacing between frames in pixels. html => (ALIGN = "alignment") One of: LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, TEXTTOP, MIDDLE, ABSMIDDLE, BASELINE, BOTTOM, or ABSBOTTOM. html => The FRAMESET tag replaces the BODY tag in a document and is used to split the documents window into a set of smaller frames. See: html 2 html 2 => FRAMESET tags can be nested to create more complicated frame layouts. NOFRAME tags can also be placed in a frameset. example => frame tags html => The attributes for the tag are: ROWS & COLS html => (ROWS="row heights") Here "row heights" specifies a list of values for the rows, each one can be specified as a percentage, a pixel value or as "*". See: html 2 html 2 => The frameset will be split vertically into frames based on these values. Rows with "*"'s in them will have any remaining space split between them. html => (COLS="column widths") Here "column widths" specifies a list of values for the columns. The width of each column can be specified as a percentage, a pixel value or as "*". See: html 2 html 2 => The frameset will be split into frames based on these values. Columns with a width of "*" will split the space that is not assigned to other columns. html

    => The heading 1 tag defines a level 1 heading. It is typically shown in a very large bold font with several blank lines around it, and is used by automatic indexers to describe a page. example

    =>

    text

    &

    text

    &

    text

    &

    text

    html

    => The attributes for the HTML tag

    are: ALIGN, SRC, DINGBAT, NOWRAP & CLEAR html

    => The alignment attribute can be LEFT, RIGHT, or CENTER -- it defines the placement of the header on the screen.

    text

    html

    => The SRC attribute identifies a graphic image to be embedded before the header text.

    text

    html

    => The DINGBAT attribute identifies an iconic entity to be embedded.

    text

    html

    => The NOWRAP attribute prevents the browser from breaking long header lines; use a
    to break those lines yourself.

    text

    html

    => The clear attribute is used to position a header after a graphic: it can be LEFT, RIGHT, or ALL & specifies which margin should be clear.

    text

    html

    => The heading 2 tag defines a level 2 heading. It is typically shown in a large bold font with several blank lines around it. See:

    example

    =>

    text

    html

    => The heading 3 tag defines a level 3 heading. It is typically shown in a large italic font, slightly indented, with blank lines around it. See:

    example

    =>

    text

    html

    => The heading 4 tag defines a level 4 heading. It is typically shown in a bold font, indented more than an level 3 heading, with blank lines around it. See:

    example

    =>

    text

    html
    => The heading 5 tag defines a level 5 heading. It is typically shown in an italic font, indented the same as a level 4 heading, with a blank line above it. See:

    example

    =>
    text
    html
    => The heading 6 tag defines a level 6 heading. It is typically shown in a normal font, indented more than a level 5 heading, with a blank line above it. See:

    example

    =>
    text
    html => The head tag introduces text that describes an HTML document. Most documents have only a TITLE tag in the head section. example => head-section html
    => The horizontal rule tag causes a horizontal line to be drawn across the screen. There is no tag. html => The HTML tag defines an HTML document. The tag should be the first in the entire document, and the tag should be the last. example => entire-document html => The italic tag defines text that should be shown in italics. It can be nested with other idiomatic or typographic tags but some browsers will respect only the innermost tag example => text html