Cracking HTML!

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If you want a quick easy guide to learning HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) you came to the right place:  

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These are your 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 document
 
The way these work is that you have a starter tab that’s the first bit that you put before you start then you must end the tab by typing the second bit.
 
 And your header tags:
 
<title></title>
Puts the name of the document in the title bar
   
These are body attributes, not those kind of 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 click
 
 
 
These are text tag.  Look I now there’s a lot to understand it must of taken we oh I dunno a week to learn it all:
 
<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 a name or hex value
   
Use these for links, but don’t forget to make a link to my site!
 
<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="#NAME"></a>
Links to that target location from elsewhere in the document
 
 
You want to format, easy enough really:
 
<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 stylesheets
 
 
It took you long enough! For graphical elements:
 
<img src="name">
Adds an image
 
<img src="name" align=?>
Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle
 
<img src="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 shadow  
 
Oh you want to create tables:
 
<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)
 
 
 
What…you want to add some attributes to your table:
 
<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 fit
 
 
Now you want frames:
 
<frameset></frameset>
Replaces the <body> 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 frames
   
 
Attributes for frames, don’t push your luck:
 
<frame src="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 frame
 
 
Now you get to forms its about time:
 
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="name.gif">
Creates a Submit button using an image
 
<input type="reset">
Creates a Reset button  

 

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