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This is a Dictionary of Common HTML Tags and their attributes 

Anchor tags used for links

 

"href" hyperlink reference an attribute of the <A>tag

 

"mailto:" creates a link to email

 

"name"  names the bookmark that will be referenced

 

"target" what frame or window to load the link

 

  • Structure

HTML File <html>   </html>
File Header <head>   </head>
File Title <title>   </title>
Comments <!-- Your comments go between . -->
Body <body> background=
bgcolor=
text=
link=
vlink=
</body>
Division <div> align=
style=
class=
</div>
Span (inline) <span> style=
class=
</span

 

  • Table

Table <table> border=
width=
cellspacing=
cellpadding=
bgcolor= background=
</table>
Table Row <tr> align=
valign=
bgcolor=
</tr>
Table Data <td> align=
valign=
width=
nowrap
colspan=
rowspan=
bgcolor=
</td>
Table Header <th> align=
valign=
width=
nowrap
colspan=
rowspan=
bgcolor=
</th>
Caption <caption> align=
valign=
</caption>

 

  • Image

<img /> src=
align=
width=
height=
alt="this is the mouseover text"
this tag closes itself

 

  • Form

Form <form> method=
action=
</form>
Input Field <input> name=
type=text/password/
checkbox/radio/submit/
reset/image
</input>
Selection List <select> name=
size=
multiple
</select>
Selection Option <option> none </option>
Scrolling Text Field <textarea> name=
rows=
cols=
</textarea>

 

  • List

Unordered List <ul> type= </ul>
Ordered List <ol> type= </ol>
List Item <li> type= </li>

 

  • Frame Tags

Set Frames <frameset> cols=
rows=
</frameset>
Frame Definition <frame> src=
name=
scroll=
marginwidth=
marginheight=
</frame>
Base <base> target=/
</base>
No Frames <noframes>   </noframes>
 
 
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