Reference Table of HTML Tags

Reference Table of HTML Tags

Last updated April, 1999

line break       

paragraph break  
rule             

                    Draws a horizontal line across page
Headings         

example
h1=largest; h6=smallest
Centering        
example
example
Indented         
example
example
Preformatted     
     
boldface         example                   exampleItalic           example                   examplebold italic      example

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Inline graphics

   Display sun.gif                        
   Graphic on right           
   Graphic on left             
   Display centered image    

Graphic in folder              
   Display image.jpg         
   Graphic as hyperlink      

Hyperlinks

Link to page.html in same directory:
LINK TEXT Link to page.html stored in subdirectory "directoryname":
LINK TEXT
Link to page.html in higher-level directory:
LINK TEXT
"Absolute" reference to another server (e.g. The White House):
The White House
"Absolute" reference to a specific page on another server:
Tom O'Haver's Home Page
Link to page.html with sun.gif as a graphic hyperlink:

Link to sound file "sound.au" (or movie file "movie.mov"):
LINK TEXT (or "movie.mov")
Imbeded controller for sound files:
"Mailto" link to send email to a specified email address:
Send email to Tom O'Haver
In each of the above, LINK TEXT is the underlined blue text that you click on.

Indented lists

Bulleted list:

first item

second item

Ordered (auto-numbered) list:

first item

second item

Tables

     
            
Column heading
 
Column heading
   
     
Row heading
 
cell contents
  
cell contents
  
     
Row heading
 
cell contents
  
cell contents
  

Simply Copy and Paste this template, adding rows and columns as needed, and replacing "Column heading", "Row heading", and "cell contents" with your own contents.

Background and text colors

Replace tag with

000000 = black           ffffff = white          404040 = dark gray
808080 = medium gray     B0B0B0 = light gray     ff0000 = red
ff8080 = pink            00ff00 = green          80ff80 = pale green
0000ff = blue            8080ff = pale blue      ffff00 = yellow
ffff80 = pale yellow     ff00ff = magenta        00ffff = cyan
800080 = purple          401000 = brown          ff7000 = orange

Background patterns

To use xxxx.gif as background pattern, replace tag with: