Erin Beckwith

All Types of Code
Tag
Attribute What used for
< head > No attributes Where you put the title of the webpage
< title > No attributes Indicates title to appear on the title car on the Web page
< body > Specifies what appears on the Web page; all Web page content is inserted within the start and end of the body tag
alink=color Defines the color of an active link
background=url Identifies the image to be used as a background
bgcolor=color Sets the document's background color
link=color Defines the color of links not yet visited
vlink=color Defines the color of visited links
< p > Inserts a blank line before paragraph text
align=position Aligns text within the paragraph (left, center, right)
< br /> Inserts a line break before next element (no blank line)
clear=margin Sets the next line to start in a spot where the requested margin is clear (left, right, all, none): used to stop text wrap
< hr /> Procide graphical elements to break up Web page content
align=type Specifies the alignment of the horizontal rule (left, center, right)
noshade Specifies to not use 3D shading and to round the ends of the rule
size=value Sets the thickness of the rule to a value in pixels
width=value or % Sets the width of the rule to a value in pixels or a percentage of the page width; percentage is preferred
< li > Indicates that item that follows the tag is an item within a list
value=value1 Inserts or restarts counting with value1
< h1 > Heading
< ul > Indicates the start and end of an unordered (bulleted) list
< html > Indicates the start and end of an HTML document
version=data Indicates the HTML version used; not usually used
< !DOCTYPE > Indicates the version and typ eof HTMl used; includes a URL reference to a DTD
< hn > The start and end of the text section called a heading
align=position Specifies the header alignment (left, center, right)
< ol > ordered or numbered list
type=option Sets or resets the numbering format for the list; Options include: A, a, I, i, 1
< dl > starts and ends list
< dt > indcates a term
< dd > identifies the defintion of that term by offsetting the defition from the term
align controls alignment, can be set to bottom, middle, top, left, or right
alt Alternative text to display when an image is being loaded
border Defines the border wdith
height Defines the height of the image, improves loading time
hspace Defines the horizontal space that separates the image from the text
src Defines the URL of the image to be loaded
vspace Defines the vertical space that separates the image from the text
width Defines the width of the image, improves loading time
href Specifies the URL of the linked page or file
name Defines a name for the current anchor so it may be the target or destination of another link. Each anchor in a Web page must use a unique name.
rel Indicates a forward relationship from the current dcoument to the linked document. THe value of the rel attribute is a link type, such as prev, next, index, or copyright. Ex.
rev Indicates a reverse (backward) relationship from the current document to the linked document. THe value of the rev attribute is a link type, such as prev, next, index, or copyright.
type Specifies the content type of the linked page or file to help a veowser determine if it can handle the resource type. ex. text/html, image/jpeg, video/quicktime, application/java, text/css, and text/javascript