HTML Tags & Definitions


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<HTML></HTML> - tells the browser that the page is written in HTML; everything goes between these two tags
<HEAD></HEAD> - appears just below the HTML tag in every HTML document; contains information that does not appear on the web page
<TITLE></TITLE> - specifies the title of the document; this text appears in the browser's title bar
<BODY></BODY> - contains the main elements of the web page such as the text and images.

Body Attributes:
BGCOLOR - specifies the background color
BACKGROUND -specifies an image as a page's background
TEXT - specifies the text color
LINK - specifies the color of links
VLINK - specifies the color of followed links
ALINK - specifies the color of links on click

<H1></H1> - specifies text as headings; <H1> is the largest, <H6> the smallest
<CENTER></CENTER> - centers text, images, and other items on a page
<HR> - inserts a horizontal rule; use to break up sections of a lengthy page
<HR NOSHADE> - inserts a horizontal rule without a shadow
<BR> - a linebreak; breaks text into a new line
<P></P> - creates a new paragraph
<I></I> - creates italicized text
<B></B> - creates bold text
<PRE></PRE> - specifies preformatted text
<TT></TT> - specifies teletype or monospaced text
<A></A> - anchor tag to indicate the beginning of a URL
HREF - attribute of the <A> tag; makes text or image between <A> tags a hyperlink
NAME - attribute of the <A> tag; makes text or image between <A> tags the target of a hyperlink
<IMG SRC="x"> - Adds an image
<UL></UL> - creates an unordered (bulleted) list
<OL></OL> - creates an ordered (numbered) list
<LI> - specifies a list item in an unordered or ordered list
<DL></DL> - creates a definition list
<DT> - specifies a definition title in a definition list
<DD> - specifies a definition description in a definition list


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