Web Site And Graphic Design Basic HTML Tags

The following are web site design basic HTML tags and terms commonly used in a web page build. Although these are very much the basic building blocks of a web page they are being used less in favour of CSS, Javascript, XML and PHP.

Basic Tags
<html></html> Start of an HTML document.
<head></head> None displayed information .
<body></body> Write the html code between these tags which is then what the browser reads and then displays
Header Tags
<title></title> Page title
Body Attributes
<body bgcolor="YELLOW" or "FFF0000"> Browser page background color, using name or hex value. In this case its "YELLOW"
<body text="RED" or "FF0000" > Sets the text color, using name or hex value. In this case "RED"
<body link="BLACK" or "000000"> Sets the color of links, using name or hex value.
<body vlink="RED" or "FF0000"> Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex value.
<body alink="BLUE" or "0000FF"> Sets the color of links on click.
Text Tags
<pre>Creates preformatted text</pre> Creates preformatted text.
<hl>Largest sized headline.</hl> Largest sized headline.
<h6>Smallest sized headline.</h6> Creates the smallest headline.
<b>Bold text.</b> Bold text.
<i>Italic text.</i> Italic text.
<tt>Typewriter-style text.</tt> `Typewriter-style text.`
<cite>A citation, usually italic.</cite> A citation, usually italic.
<em>Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold).</em> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold).
<strong>Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold).</strong> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold).
<font size=?>Sets size of font, from 1 to 7).</font> Sets size of font, from 1 to 7).
<font color="BLACK or "000000">Font color, using name or hex value.</font> Font color, using name or hex value. In this case "BLACK"
Links
<a href="page address">A link on a page.</a> A link on a page.
<a href="mailto:email address">A mailto link.</a> A mailto link.
<a name="NAME">A target location within a documen link.</a> A target location within a documen link.
<a href="#NAME">A Link to that target location from any page.</a> A ink to that target location from any page.
Formatting
<p>New paragraph.</p> New paragraph.
<p align="LEFT" - "RIGHT" or "CENTER">Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center.</p> Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center. Left in theis csae.
<br> Inserts a line break.
<blockquote>Indents text from both sides.</blockquote> Indents text from both sides.
<dl>Creates a definition list.</dl> Creates a definition list.
<dt> Precedes each definition term.
<dd> Precedes each definition.
<ol>Creates a numbered list.</ol> Creates a numbered list.
<li>Precedes each list item, and adds a number.</li> Precedes each list item, and adds a number or bullet.
<ul>Creates a bulleted list.</ul> Creates a bulleted list.
<div align=?> A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets.
Graphical Elements
<img src="name"> Adds an image.
<img src="name" align=?> Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle.
<img src="name" border=?> Sets size of border around an image.
<hr> Inserts a horizontal line.
<hr size=?> Sets size height horizontal line.
<hr width="100%" or "10" > Sets width of horizontal line, in percentage or absolute value.
<hr noshade> Sets a horizontal line 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=#> Sets width of border around table cells.
<table cellspacing=#> Sets amount of space between table cells.
<table cellpadding=#> Sets amount of space between a cell's border and its contents.
<table width=# or %> Sets width of table — in pixels or as a percentage of document width.
<tr align=?> or <td align=?> Sets alignment for cell(s) (left, center, or right).
<tr valign=?> or <td valign=?> Sets vertical alignment for cell(s) (top, middle, or bottom).
<td colspan=#> Sets number of columns a cell should span.
<td rowspan=#> 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.
<frame> Defines a single frame — or region — within a frameset.
<noframes></noframes> Defines what will appear on browsers that don't 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=#> Defines the left and right margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1.
<frame marginheight=#> 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> Prevents the user from resizing a frame
Forms
To get your form to work you will need a CGI Script to intrereact with your input data on the form. The HTML here will just create the 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> Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height. Your text would placed in here............
<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="foo" size=20> Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.
<input type="submit" value="NAME"> Creates a Submit button.
<input type="reset"> Creates a Reset button.