Glossary of HTML Tags

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<A>: For information about scripting the element, see the Scripting the element topic. The Anchor element is the essence of HTML. It is marked text that is the start and/or destination of a hypertext link. Anchor elements are defined by the <A> element. The <A> element accepts several attributes, but either the NAME or HREF attribute is required. Attributes of the <A> element : HREF If the HREF attribute is present, the text between the opening and closing anchor elements becomes hypertext. If this hypertext is selected by readers, they are moved to the document specified by the value of the attribute.

<ADDRESS>: The Address element specifies such information as address, signature and authorship, often at the top or bottom of a document. Typically, an Address is rendered in an italic typeface and may be indented. The Address element implies a paragraph break before and after.

<APPLET>: To add an applet to an HTML page, you need to use the <APPLET> HTML element.This tells the viewer or browser to load the applet whose compiled code is in Applet.class

ALT=: alternateText This optional attribute specifies any text that should be displayed ie. to set a tag on a jpg or gif

<AREA>: The different active regions of the image are described using MAP and AREA elements. The map describes each region in the image and indicates the location of the document to be retrieved when the defined area is activated.

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<B>: The Bold element specifies that the text should be rendered in boldface, where available. Otherwise, alternative mapping is allowed.
<B> can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it

<BASE>: The Base element allows the URL of the document itself to be set, to help browsers in situations where the document may be read out of context. Where the base address is not specified, the HTML user agent uses the URL it used to access the document to resolve any relative URLs. The Base element has one attribute, HREF, which identifies the URL, which should be a fully qualified URL

<BASEFONT>: This changes the size of the BASEFONT, that all relative <FONT SIZE > changes are based on. It defaults to size 3, and has a valid range of 1-7. <BASEFONT SIZE=5>
FACE
This attribute allows changing of the face of the HTML document BASEFONT, exactly as it works for <FONT FACE= .>
COLOR
This allows the BASEFONT colour for the HTML document to be set. Colours can either be set by using one of the reserved colour names, or as a hex rrggbb triplet value.

<BGSOUND>: This element allows one to create pages that will play sound clips, or background soundtracks while the page is being viewed Sounds can either be samples (.WAV or .AU format) or MIDI (.MID format).
The BGSOUND element accepts the following attributes.
SRC
This attribute specifies the address of a sound to be played.
LOOP=n
This attribute specifies how many times a sound will loop when activated. If n=-1 or LOOP=INFINITE is specified, the sound will loop indefinitely.

<BIG>: Element specifies that the enclosed text should be displayed, if practical, using a big font (compared with the current font). Use of this element is currently supported by Netscape and the Internet Explorer only

<BLINK>: Use this Element for Surrounding any text it will cause the selected text to blink on the viewing page. This can serve to add extra emphasis to selected text. <BLINK> </BLINK> element is only supported by Netscape

<BLOCKQUOTE>: Element is used to contain text quoted from another source. can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it.

<BODY>: The body of a HTML document, as its name suggests, contains all the text and images that make up the page, together with all the HTML elements that provide the control/formatting of the page. ie BACKGROUND, BGCOLOR, TEXT, LEFTMARGIN, TOPMARGIN, BGSOUND and so on

<BR>: Use the Line Break element to specifie that a new line must be started at the given point. The amount of line space used is dependant on the particular browser used

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<CAPTION>: This element is used in <TABLE> <CAPTION> elements should appear inside the <TABLE> but not inside table rows or cells. The caption accepts an alignment attribute that defaults to ALIGN=top but can be explicitly set to ALIGN=bottom. Like table cells, any document body HTML can appear in a caption. Captions are, by default horizontally centred with respect to the table.

<CENTER>: All lines of text between the begin and end of the <CENTER> element are centred between the current left and right margins. The <CENTER> can be used to center Images of tables as will within a HTML doc.

<CITE>: The Citation element specifies a citation and is typically rendered in an italic font. can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it.

<CODE>: This element should be used to indicate an example of code and is typically rendered in a mono spaced font. This should not be confused with the Preformatted Text <PRE> element.

<COL>: This element, which is Internet Explorer specific, can be used to specify the text alignment for table columns.

<COMMENT> or <!..>: Element can be used to 'comment' out text. As such, it is similar to the  element. To include comments in an HTML document that will be ignored by the HTML user agent, surround them with . After the comment delimiter, all text up to the next occurrence of --> is ignored.

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<DFN>: This element can be used to mark the Defining Instance of a term. For example, the first time some text is mentioned in a paragraph.Currently only supported by the Internet Explorer.

<DIR>: Directory List element can be used to present a list of items, which may be arranged in columns, typically 24 characters wide. A directory list must begin with the <DIR> element which is immediately followed by a <LI> (list item) element. <DIR> and <LI> can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it.

<DIV>: This element, as described in the HTML 3.2 specification, should be used with Style Sheet attributes (as used in Internet Explorer), to name a section of text as being of a certain style. Netscape has implemented the <DIV> element to work as the <P ALIGN= ...> element. Essentially, text surrounded by the <DIV> </DIV> elements will be formatted according to the description attached to the ALIGN attribute within the DIV> elements. .

<DL>: A definition list is a list of terms and corresponding definitions. can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to them

<DT>: A definition list is a list of terms and corresponding definitions. can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to them

<DD>: A definition list is a list of terms and corresponding definitions. can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to them

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<EM>: The Emphasis element indicates typographic emphasis and is typically rendered in an italic font. can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it.

<EMBED>: This element will allow you to embed documents of any type. Your user only needs to have an application which can view the data installed correctly on their machine, or have a plug-in (for Netscape and Internet Explorer)

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<FONT>: This element <FONT SIZE=value>. Valid values range from 1-7. The default FONT size is 3. The value given to size can optionally have a '+' or '-' character in front of it to specify that it is relative to the document

<FORM>: This element is used to delimit a data input form. There can be several forms in a single document, but the Form element can not be nested. element can also accept the TARGET attribute (as in <A> elements), to specify what window is used for any form feedback.ie:
_self
Using this reserved keyword value, would cause any form feedback page to be loaded into the window that currently contains the form.
_parent
Using this reserved keyword value, would cause any form feedback page to be loaded into the window that is the parent of the window currently containing the form. i.e. if the form's window is part of a framed document, it would load into the window controlled by the <FRAMESET> element definitions that control the form's current window.
_top
Using the reserved keyword value would cause the form feedback page to be loaded into the topmost window, clearing any currently existing framed windows.
_blank
Using tis reserved keyword value would cause the form feedback page to be loaded into a newly created window. Using this value is the same as using TARGET="window_name" where the window_name used is not a previously defined window. NOTE : Unlike using the window_name using a previously undefined window name, using _blank will not name the new window for future use.

<FRAME>: This element will define a single frame in a frameset. It has 9 possible attributes: SRC, NAME, MARGINWIDTH, MARGINHEIGHT, SCROLLING, NORESIZE, FRAMEBORDER, FRAMESPACING and BORDERCOLOR. The FRAME

<FRAMESET>: This element is the main container for a Frame. The FRAMESET element has a matching end element, and within the FRAMESET you can only have other nested FRAMESET, FRAME, or the NOFRAMES elements.

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<G>: No definitions for tag wit a G sorry if you know of any please let us know ...Thank you

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<H ALIGN=>: HTML defines six levels of heading. A Heading element implies all the font changes, paragraph breaks before and after, and white space necessary to render the heading. The highest level of headings is <H1>, followed by <H2>,<H3>, <H4>, <H5>, <H6>.

<H1>: <H1>Example</H1>

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<H2>: <H2>Example</H2>

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<H3>: <H3>Example</H3>

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<H4>: <H4>Example</H4>

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<H5>: <H5>Example</H5>

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<H6>: <H6>Example</H6>

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<HEAD>: In the head of an HTML document is an unordered collection of information about the document. It requires the <TITLE> element between <HEAD> and </HEAD> elements With in the HEAD you will also set <META CONTENT=" ">, <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> </SCRIPT>

<HR>: Horizontal Rule element is a divider between sections of text such as a full width horizontal rule or equivalent graphic.

<G>: No definitions for tag wit a G sorry if you know of any please let us know ...Thank you

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<I>: The Italic element specifies that the text should be rendered in italic font. can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it.

<IFRAME>: These are much like standard frames, except they can be anywhere within a standard HTML document. A floating frame must be enclosed within <IFRAME></IFRAME> elements. Any HTML between the start and end elements will be displayed by browsers that do not support floating frames, while the frame specified in the IFRAME elements will be displayed by those browsers that do. Internet Explorer

<IMG>: NTHis element is used to incorporate in-line graphics into an HTML document. This element cannot be used for embedding other HTML text, has these attributes:
ALIGN="left|right|top|texttop|middle| absmiddle|baseline|bottom|absbottom"
ALT="Alternative Text" Optional text as an alternative to the graphic for rendering in non-graphical environments.
The ISMAP attribute identifies an image as an image map.

<INPUT>: The Input element represents a field whose contents may be edited or activated by the user.

<ISINDEX>: The Isindex element tells the HTML user agent that the document is an index document. As well as reading it, the reader may use a keyword search.

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JAVA: JavaScript is currently supported by the Netscape Navigator (version 2 and above) and Internet Explorer (version 3.0 and above). It is still under development and is liable to change. For more information on JavaScript, visit http://home.netscape.com/ for Netscape's JavaScript information, or http://www.microsoft.com/jscript

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<KBD>: The Keyboard element can be used to indicate text to be typed by a user and is typically rendered in a mono spaced font.Can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it.

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<LINK>: THis element indicates a relationship between the document and some other object. A document may have any number of Link elements.The LINK element would typically be used to provide pointers to related indexes, or glossaries. Links can also be used to indicate a static tree structure in which the document was authored by pointing to a "parent" and "next" and "previous" document.

<LISTING>: With this element you can use it to presents blocks of text in fixed-width font, and so is suitable for text that has been formatted on screen.

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<MAP>: With this tag adding the USEMAP attribute to an <IMG> element indicates that the image is a client-side image map. The USEMAP attribute can be used with the ISMAP attribute to indicate that the image can be processed as either a client-side or server-side image map (useful to ensure browser independence of HTML documents). The value used in the USEMAP attribute specifies the location of the map definition to use with the image, in a format similar to the HREF attribute on anchors. If the argument to USEMAP starts with a '#', the map description is assumed to be in the same document as the <IMG> element.

<MARQUEE>: This element allows the author to create a region of text that can be made to scroll across the screen . This element is currently only supported by the Microsoft Internet Explorer.

<MENU>: The menu tag lists are typically rendered as discrete items on a single line. It is more compact than the rendering of an unordered list. Typically, a menu list will be rendered as a bulleted list, but this is at the discretion of the browser.

<META>: THis element is used within the <HEAD> element to embed any useful information not defined by other HTML elements. Such information can be extracted by servers/clients for use in identifying, indexing and cataloguing documents.

<MULTICOL>: This allows text to be formatted in multiple columns. The <MULTICOL> element can be nested, producing multiple column layouts within multiple column layouts. . This element is currently only supported by Netscape

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<NEXTID>: This element, included in old HTML specifications, is not widely supported

<NOBR>: element stands for NO BREAK. This means all the text between the start and end of the <NOBR> elements cannot have line breaks inserted.

<NOFRAMES>: This alternative content for browsers that can not display frames. This is especially useful if you are making the very first document of the site a framed document. It should be noted that this element is not actually recognised by non-frame capable browsers.

<NOSCRIPT>: This allows you to write alternative content to cater for those users who browse with scripting capabilities disabled in the browser (or for those using non scriptable browsers).

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<OBJECT>: THis element provides a way for the ActiveX controls and other media to be embedded directly into HTML documents.

<OL>: The Ordered List element is used to present a numbered list of items, sorted by sequence or order of importance and is typically rendered as a numbered list

<OPTION>: The Option element can only occur within a <SELECT> element. It represents one choice, and can take these attributes:

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<P>: No definitions for tag with a Q sorry if you know of any please let us know ...Thank you

<PLAINTEXT>: No definitions for tag with a Q sorry if you know of any please let us know ...Thank you

<PRE>: No definitions for tag with a Q sorry if you know of any please let us know ...Thank you

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<Q>: No definitions for tag with a Q sorry if you know of any please let us know ...Thank you

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<S>: The Strikethrough element states that the enclosed text should be displayed with a horizontal line striking through the text.

<SAMP>: The Sample element can be used to indicate a sequence of literal characters and is typically rendered in a mono spaced font. Can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it

<SELECT>: The Select element allows the user to chose one of a set of alternatives described by textual labels. Every alternative is represented by the <OPTION> element.

<SMALL>: The Small element specifies that the enclosed text should be displayed, if practical, using a small font (compared with the current font).

<SOUND>: Mosaic supports use of the element for playing in-line sound.

<SPACER>: attribute can be used to include hard coded white space in a document. This Netscape specific attribute

<SPAN>: This element is used to apply a style to text which doesn't play any structural role, or where use of standard HTML elements is not desirable. element can be used within text blocks to apply a style as defined in a style sheet, according to a CLASS or ID attribute

<STRIKE>: THis element states that the enclosed text should be displayed with a horizontal line striking through the text.

<STRONG>: This element can be used to indicate strong typographic emphasis and is typically rendered in a bold font. can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it

<STYLE>: This element should reside within the <HEAD> element and is used to delimit Style Sheet information. The TYPE and TITLE attributes can be used within the <STYLE> element. TYPE is used to specify the internet media (MIME) type of the style sheet definition (which is "text/css") and TITLE can be used to provide a title for the style sheet definitions.

<SUB>: Subscript element specifies that the enclosed text should be displayed as a subscript, and if practical, using a smaller font (compared with normal text). Can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it.

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<TABLE>: The table elements, and other table elements will be ignored if they aren't wrapped inside of a <TABLE></TABLE> element, has the following attributes :
BORDER="value"
This attribute can be used to both control and set the borders to be displayed for the table.
CELLSPACING="value"
The CELLSPACING is the amount of space inserted between individual table data cells.
CELLPADDING="value"
The CELLPADDING is the amount of white space between the borders of the table cell and the actual cell data
WIDTH="value or percent"
HEIGHT="value or percent"
VALIGN="top|bottom"

<TBODY>: is used to specify the body section of the table. Internet Explorer ONLY

<TD>: This is table data, and specifies a standard table data cell. Table data cells must only appear within table rows.

<TEXTAREA>: This element lets users enter more than one line of text. Any text included up to the end element is used to initialise the field's value. This end element is always required even if the field is initially blank. When submitting a form, lines in a TEXTAREA should be terminated using CR/LF.

<TH>: This stands for table header.

<TT>: The Teletype element specifies that the text should be rendered in fixed-width typewriter font Can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it.

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<U>: Underline elements state that the enclosed text should be rendered, if practical, underlined.

<UL>: Unordered List element is used to present a list of items which is typically separated by white space and/or marked by bullets

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<VAR>: This element can be used to indicate a variable name and is typically rendered in an italic font. Can also take the CLASS, ID and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be applied to it.

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