HTML Codes Reference

   HTML Codes Reference

This page contains an HTML Codes Reference to basic web page formatting.

Basic Tags
Creates an HTML document.

Sets off the title and other information that isn't displayed on the Web page itself.

Sets off the visible portion of the document

Header Tags
Puts the name of the document in the title bar

Body Attributes
Sets the background color, using name or hex value.

Sets the text color, using name or hex value.

Sets the color of links, using name or hex value.

Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex value.

Sets the color of links on click

Text Tags
Creates preformatted text. Often used for Code.

Creates the largest headline.

Creates the smallest headline.

Creates bold text.

Creates italic text.

Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text.

Creates a citation, usually italic.

Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold).

Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold).

Sets size of font, from 1 to 7).

Sets font color, using name or hex value

Links
Creates a hyperlink.

Creates a mailto link.

Creates a target location within a document.

Links to that target location from elsewhere in the document

Formatting
Creates a new paragraph.

Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center.

Inserts a line break or forces line break with backslash.

Indents text from both sides.

Creates a definition list.

Precedes each definition term.

Precedes each definition.

Creates a numbered list.

Precedes each list item, and adds a number.

Creates a bulleted list.

A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets

Graphical Elements
Adds an image.

Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle.

Sets size of border around an image.

Inserts a horizontal rule.

Sets size (height) of rule.

Sets width of rule, in percentage or absolute value.

Creates a rule without a shadow

Tables
Creates a table.

Sets off each row in a table.

Sets off each cell in a row.

Sets off the table header (a normal cell with bold, centered text)

Table Attributes
Sets width of border around table cells.

Sets amount of space between table cells.

Sets amount of space between a cell's border and its contents.

Sets width of table &#151; in pixels or as a percentage of document width.

Sets alignment for cell(s) (left, center, or right).

Sets vertical alignment for cell(s) (top, middle, or bottom).

Sets number of columns a cell should span.

Sets number of rows a cell should span (default=1).

Prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit

Forms
The HTML just creates the appearance of a form. For functional forms, you'll have to run a Webmonkey CGI scripts..

Creates all forms.

Creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before you need to scroll..

Sets off each menu item.

Creates a pulldown menu.

Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height..

Creates a checkbox. Text follows tag..

Creates a radio button. Text follows tag.

Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters..

Creates a Submit button.

Creates a Submit button using an image.

Creates a Reset button

Frames
Frames should no longer be used for web pages as search engines tend to ignore all the content that's not in the first frame it sees.

Replaces the &lt;body> tag in a frames document; can also be nested in other framesets.

Defines the rows within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width.

Defines the columns within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width.

Defines a single frame &#151 or region &#151; within a frameset.

Defines what will appear on browsers that don't support frames

Frames Attributes
Specifies which HTML document should be displayed.

Names the frame, or region, so it may be targeted by other frames.

Defines the left and right margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1.

Defines the top and bottom margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1.

Sets whether the frame has a scrollbar; value may equal "yes," "no," or "auto." The default, as in ordinary documents, is auto..

Prevents the user from resizing a frame