List of 'Tags' covered in class by midterm

01 <!-- ... --> This is the comment tag. It allows you to make comments that are invisble on the web page, yet visible while editing. This enables you to invisibly tag/anchor & 'name' the top of the page, so you can return to it.
See examples in: Tags 3
02 <a> </a> This is the anchor tag. This tag is used to define hypertext links or anchors. Some of it's attributes are:
<a href=" ... "> </a> for linking to other pages or web sites
<a name=" ... "> </a> defines an anchor that can be used to return to a particular location on a page.
See examples in: Home page
03 <b> </b> This is the bold tag. Some browsers do not support this tag, therefore use of the 'strong' tag is recommended.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3
04 <big> </big> This is the big tag, it increases the font size of the text by one size.
See examples in: Tags 2
05 <blink> </blink> This is the blink tag. This is one of the two tags that we should not use. It is supported only by the Netscape browser.
See examples in: Blinking Marquee
06 <blockquote> </blockquote> This is the blockquote tag.
See examples in: Tags 2
07 <body> </body> This is the body tag, which is the portion that appears on the web. Some of it's attributes are:
bgcolor= (background color),
background= (wallpaper or image),
text= (text color),
link= (link color),
vlink= (visited link color),
alink= (active link color).
See examples in: every document
08 <br> *no end tag This is the line break or carriage return tag.
See examples in: Tags 2, Poem
09 <center> </center> This is the center tag.
It will 'center' stuff.
See examples in: Birthday Table
10 <div> </div> This is the division tag. It can not be use within a <p> tag. It can be
align= left, center or right justified.
See examples in: Birthday Table
11 <dd> </dd> This is the definition description tag.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3
12 <dl> </dl> This is the definition list tag.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3
13 <dt> </dt> This is the definition term tag.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3
14 <em> </em> This is the emphasize tag. Most browsers use italics for this tag.
See examples in: Tags 2
15 <font> </font> This is the font tag. Some of it's attributes are:
size= (1-7, 7 being largest with a default of size 3),
color= (color of font or text),
face= (font type or name of font/style/text).
See examples in: Home page, Poem
16 <h1> </h1> This is the heading size 1 tag. It is the largest of the

heading sizes

.
See examples in: most documents and Tags 1, Tags 3
17 <h2> </h2> This is the

heading size 2

tag.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3
18 <h3> </h3> This is the

heading size 3

tag, which is the default text size.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3
19 <h4> </h4> This is the

heading size 4

tag.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3
20 <h5> </h5> This is the
heading size 5
tag.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3
21 <h6> </h6> This is the
heading size 6
tag. It is the smallest of the heading sizes.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3
22 <head> </head> This is the head tag, which defines the head or title area the html document.
See examples in: every document
23 <hr> *no end tag This is the horizontal rule tag.
There are attributes for:
size=#pixels (or thickness),
width=% or #pixels,
align=left, right, or center.
See examples in: Tags 2, Home page
24 <html> </html> This is the html tag, to begin and end an html document.
See examples in: every document
25 <i> </i> This is the italic tag. Some browsers do not support this tag, therefore use of the 'emphasize' tag is recommended.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3
26 <img> * no end tag This is the image tag. Some of it's attributes are:
src="..." for the URL of the image,
alt= alternative text to display for compliance with ADA
height=
width=
align= left, center or right justify
border=#pixels
See examples in: Fun Images
27 <li> </li> This is a list item, within the ordered list or unordered list each item must be identified as an individual item on the list.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3, Attributes
28 <marquee> </marquee> This is the marquee tag. This is one of the two tags that we should not use. It is supported only by the Explorer browser.
See examples in: Blinking Marquee
29 <p> </p> This is the paragraph tag. It has three align attributes: left, center and right justification.
See examples in: most all pages.
30 <pre> </pre> This is the preformat tag.
"What you see...
is what you get,"
spacing-wise.
See examples in: Tags 2
31 <ol> </ol> This is the order list tag, numbers will appear in front of list items. It has five 'type=' options: upper or lower case alphas=A or a, and upper or lower case Roman numerals=I or i, with numeric=1 being the default option. Also the starting number can be chosen by 'start='.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3, Attributes
32 <s> </s> This is the obsolete strike through tag. No longer supported by most browsers, use 'strike' instead.
33 <small> </small> This is the small tag, it decreases the font size of the text by one size.
See examples in: Tags 2
34 <strike> </strike> This is the strike through tag. It strikes through your text.
See examples in: Tags 2
35 <strong> </strong> This is the strong tag. Most browsers use bold for this tag.
See examples in: Tags 2
36 <sub> </sub> This is the subscript tag, it decreases the size and lowers the text on the line.
See examples in: Tags 2
37 <sup> </sup> This is the superscript tag, it decreases the size and raises the text on the line.
See examples in: Tags 2
38 <table> </table> This is the table tag. Some of it's attributes are:
width=%,
bgcolor= (color within the table)
border=#pixels (border between & around cells),
frame= (border around table),
cellspacing=#pixels (spacing between cells),
cellpadding=#pixels (spacing within cells * don't use this if using 'stretchy' width), and
align= left, center or right justify.
See examples in: Fancy Table, Drive Belt Table, Home page
39 <td> </td> This is the table data tag, or individual table cell. Some of it's attributes are:
width=%,
height=% or #pixels,
bgcolor= (color within the cell),
rowspan= # of rows down to be spanned
colspan= # of columns across to be spanned
(horizontal) align= left, center o r right justify
(vertical) valign=top, bottom and middle as the default.
See examples in: Fancy Table, Drive Belt Table, Home page
40 <th> </th> This is the table heading tag, like the table data tag only the text will appear bold within this cell. It's attributes are much the same as the data cells.
See examples in: Drive Belt Table, Birthday Table
41 <title> </title> This is the title tag, which displays in the browsers page title area.
See examples in: every document
42 <tr> </tr> This is the table row tag. Some of it's attributes are:
width=%,
bgcolor= (color within the row)
(horizontal) align= left, center or right justify or
(vertical) valign=top, bottom and middle as the default.
See examples in: Fancy Table, Drive Belt Table, Home page
43 <u> </u> This is the underline tag. This tag makes text appear to be link, though it links to nowhere. Use this tag sparingly.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3
44 <ul> </ul> This is the unorder list tag, bullets will appear in front of list items. It has three 'type=' options: 'circle', 'square', and 'disc' or bullet being the default option.
See examples in: Tags 1, Tags 3, Attributes