HTML Cheatsheet
Basic Tags
<html></html> Creates an HTML document <head></head> Sets off the title and other information that isn't displayed on the Web page itself <body></body> Sets off the visible portion of the documentHeader Tags
<title></title> Puts the name of the document in the title barBody Attributes
<body bgcolor=?> Sets the background color, using name or hex value <body text=?> Sets the text color, using name or hex value <body link=?> Sets the color of links, using name or hex value <body vlink=?> Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex value <body alink=?> Sets the color of links on clickText Tags
<pre></pre> Creates preformatted text <hl></hl> Creates the largest headline <h6></h6> Creates the smallest headline <b></b> Creates bold text <i></i> Creates italic text <tt></tt> Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text <cite></cite> Creates a citation, usually italic <em></em> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold) <strong></strong> Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold) <font size=?></font> Sets size of font, from 1 to 7) <font color=?></font> Sets font color, using name or hex valueLinks
<a href="URL"></a> Creates a hyperlink <a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a> Creates a mailto link <a name="NAME"></a> Creates a target location within a document <a href="http://3gwt.net/demo/"></a> Links to that target location from elsewhere in the documentFormatting
<p></p> Creates a new paragraph <p align=?> Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center <br> Inserts a line break <blockquote> </blockquote> Indents text from both sides <dl></dl> Creates a definition list <dt> Precedes each definition term <dd> Precedes each definition <ol></ol> Creates a numbered list <li></li> Precedes each list item, and adds a number <ul></ul> Creates a bulleted list <div align=?> A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheetsGraphical Elements
<img src="http://3gwt.net/demo/name"> Adds an image <img src="http://3gwt.net/demo/name" align=?> Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle <img src="http://3gwt.net/demo/name" border=?> Sets size of border around an image <hr> Inserts a horizontal rule <hr size=?> Sets size (height) of rule <hr width=?> Sets width of rule, in percentage or absolute value <hr noshade> Creates a rule without a shadowTables
<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 fitFrames
<frameset></frameset> 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 w idth <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 framesFrames Attributes
<frame src="http://3gwt.net/demo/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 frameForms
For functional forms, you'll have to run a CGI script. The HTML just creates 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. <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="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="http://3gwt.net/demo/name.gif"> Creates a Submit button using an image <input type="reset"> Creates a Reset button