HTML Tags Chart
To use any of the following
HTML tags , simply select the HTML code you'd like and copy and
paste it into your web page.
Tag
Name
Code
Example
Browser View
<!--
comment
<!-- This can be viewed in the
HTML part of a document-->
Nothing will show
<A -
anchor
<A
HREF="http://www.yourdomain.com/">Visit Our Site</A>
Visit Our
Site
<B>
bold
<B> Example</B>
Example
<BIG>
big (text)
<BIG> Example</BIG>
Example
<BODY>
body of HTML
document
<BODY> The content of your
HTML page</BODY>
Contents of your web page
<BR>
line break
The contents of your
page<BR> The contents of your page
The contents of your web
page The contents of your web
page
<CENTER>
center
<CENTER> This will center
your contents</CENTER>
This will center your
contents
<DD>
definition
description
<DL> <DT>Definition
Term<DD>Definition of the term <DT>Definition
Term<DD>Definition of the term </DL>
Definition Term
Definition of the term
Definition Term
Definition of the term
<DL>
definition list
<DL> <DT>Definition Term <DD>Definition of
the term <DT>Definition Term <DD>Definition of the
term</DL>
Definition Term
Definition of the term
Definition Term
Definition of the term
<DT>
definition term
<DL><DT>Definition
Term <DD>Definition of the term<DT>Definition
Term <DD>Definition of the term </DL>
Definition Term
Definition of the term
Definition Term
Definition of the term
<EM>
emphasis
This is an
<EM> Example</EM> of using the emphasis tag
This is an Example of using
the emphasis tag
<EMBED>
embed object
<EMBED src="yourfile.mid"
width="100%" height="60" align="center">
<EMBED>
embed object
<EMBED src="yourfile.mid"
autostart="true" hidden="false" loop="false"> <noembed><bgsound
src="yourfile.mid" loop="1"></noembed>
Music
will begin playing when your page is loaded and will only play one time. A
control panel will be displayed to enable your visitors to stop the
music.
<FONT>
font
<FONT FACE="Times New
Roman">Example</FONT>
Example
<FONT>
font
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="4">Example</FONT>
Example
<FONT>
font
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="+3" COLOR="#FF0000">Example</FONT>
Example
<FORM>
form
<FORM
action="mailto:you@yourdomain.com"> Name: <INPUT name="Name" value=""
size="10"><BR> Email: <INPUT name="Email" value=""
size="10"><BR> <CENTER><INPUT
type="submit"></CENTER></FORM>
<H1>
heading 1
<H1> Heading 1
Example</H1>
Heading 1 Example
<H2>
heading 2
<H2> Heading 2
Example</H2>
Heading 2 Example
<H3>
heading 3
<H3> Heading 3
Example</H3>
Heading 3 Example
<H4>
heading 4
<H4> Heading 4
Example</H4>
Heading 4 Example
<H5>
heading 5
<H5> Heading 5
Example</H5>
Heading 5 Example
<H6>
heading 6
<H6> Heading 6
Example</H6>
Heading 6 Example
<HEAD>
heading of HTML
document
<HEAD> Contains elements
describing the document</HEAD>
Nothing will show
<HR>
horizontal rule
<HR>
Contents of your web page
Contents of your web page
<HR>
horizontal rule
<HR WIDTH="50%"
SIZE="3">
Contents of your web page
Contents of your web page
<HR>
horizontal rule
<HR WIDTH="50%" SIZE="3"
NOSHADE>
Contents of your web page
Contents of your web page
<HR> (Internet
Explorer)
horizontal rule
<HR WIDTH="75%"
COLOR="#FF0000 " SIZE="4">
Contents of your web page
Contents of your web page
<HR> (Internet Explorer)
horizontal rule
<HR WIDTH="25%"
COLOR="#6699FF " SIZE="6">
Contents of your web page
Contents of your web page
<HTML>
hypertext markup
language
<HTML> <HEAD><META><TITLE>Title of your web
page</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>HTML web page
contents</BODY></HTML>
Contents of your web
page
<I>
italic
<I> Example</I>
Example
<IMG>
image
<IMG SRC="Earth.gif"
WIDTH="41" HEIGHT="41" BORDER="0" ALT="a sentence about your web
site">
<INPUT>
input field
Example 1: <FORM METHOD=post
ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"><INPUT type="text" size="10"
maxlength="30"><INPUT type="Submit"
VALUE="Submit"> </FORM>
<INPUT> (Internet Explorer)
input field
Example 2: <FORM METHOD=post
ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"><INPUT type="text" STYLE="color:
#FFFFFF; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px;
background-color: #72A4D2;" size="10" maxlength="30"><INPUT
type="Submit" VALUE="Submit"> </FORM>
<INPUT>
input field
Example 3: <FORM METHOD=post
ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"
CELLPADDING="2"><TR><TD BGCOLOR="#8463FF"><INPUT type="text"
size="10" MAXLENGTH="30"></TD><TD BGCOLOR="#8463FF"
VALIGN="Middle"> <INPUT type="image" name="submit"
src="yourimage.gif"></TD></TR>
</TABLE> </FORM>
<INPUT>
input field
Example 4: <FORM METHOD=post
ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> Enter Your
Comments:<BR> <TEXTAREA wrap="virtual" name="Comments" rows=3
cols=20 MAXLENGTH=100></TEXTAREA><BR><INPUT
type="Submit" VALUE="Submit"><INPUT type="Reset"
VALUE="Clear"> </FORM>
<INPUT>
input field
Example 5: <FORM METHOD=post
ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> <CENTER> Select an
option: <SELECT> <OPTION >option 1 <OPTION
SELECTED>option 2 <OPTION>option 3 <OPTION>option
4 <OPTION>option 5 <OPTION>option
6 </SELECT><BR><INPUT type="Submit"
VALUE="Submit"></CENTER> </FORM>
Example 5: Select an option: option
1 option 2 option 3 option 4 option
5 option 6
<INPUT>
input field
Example 6: <FORM METHOD=post
ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> Select an
option:<BR><INPUT type="radio" name="option"> Option
1<INPUT type="radio" name="option" CHECKED> Option
2<INPUT type="radio" name="option"> Option
3 <BR> <BR> Select an option:<BR><INPUT
type="checkbox" name="selection"> Selection 1<INPUT
type="checkbox" name="selection" CHECKED> Selection
2<INPUT type="checkbox" name="selection"> Selection
3<INPUT type="Submit"
VALUE="Submit"> </FORM>
Example 6: Select an option:
Option 1
Option
2 Option 3Select an option:
Selection 1
Selection 2 Selection 3
<LI>
list item
Example 1: <MENU><LI type="disc">List
item 1<LI type="circle">List item 2<LI
type="square">List item 3 </MENU> Example 2: <OL
type="i"><LI> List item 1<LI> List item
2<LI> List item 3<LI> List item
4 </OL>
Example 1:
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
Example 2:
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
<LINK>
link
Visit our <A
HREF="http://www.yourdomain.com/">site</A>
Visit our
site
<MARQUEE> (Internet
Explorer)
scrolling text
<MARQUEE bgcolor="#CCCCCC "
loop="-1" scrollamount="2" width="100%"> Example
Marquee</MARQUEE>
Example
Marquee
<MENU>
menu
<MENU> <LI
type="disc">List item 1 <LI type="circle">List item 2 <LI
type="square">List item 3</MENU>
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
<META>
meta
<META name="Description"
content="Description of your site"><META name="keywords"
content="keywords describing your site">
Nothing will show
<META>
meta
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh"
CONTENT="4;URL=http://www.yourdomain.com/">
Nothing will show
<META>
meta
<META http-equiv="Pragma"
content="no-cache">
Nothing will show
<META>
meta
<META name="rating"
content="General">
Nothing will show
<META>
meta
<META name="ROBOTS"
content="ALL">
Nothing will show
<META>
meta
<META NAME="ROBOTS"
content="NOINDEX,FOLLOW">
Nothing will show
<OL>
ordered list
Example 1: <OL> <LI>List item
1 <LI>List item 2 <LI>List item 3 <LI>List item
4</OL> Example 2:
<OL
type="a"> <LI>List item 1 <LI>List item
2 <LI>List item 3 <LI>List item
4</OL>
Example 1:
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
Example 2:
List item 1
List item 2
List item 3
List item 4
<OPTION>
listbox option
<FORM METHOD=post
ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> <CENTER> Select an
option: <SELECT><OPTION> option 1<OPTION
SELECTED> option 2<OPTION> option
3<OPTION> option 4<OPTION> option
5<OPTION> option
6 </SELECT><BR> </CENTER> </FORM>
Select an option:
option 1 option 2 option 3 option
4 option 5 option
6
<P>
paragraph
This is an example displaying the use
of the paragraph tag. <P> This will create a line break and a space
between lines. Attributes: Example
1:<BR> <BR><P align="left"> This is an
example<BR> displaying the use<BR> of the paragraph
tag.<BR> <BR> Example 2:<BR> <BR><P
align="right"> This is an example<BR> displaying the
use<BR> of the paragraph tag.<BR> <BR> Example
3:<BR> <BR><P align="center"> This is an
example<BR> displaying the use<BR> of the paragraph
tag.
This is an example displaying
the use of the paragraph tag.
This will create a line break and a
space between lines. Attributes: Example 1:
This is an example displaying the use of the paragraph
tag.
Example 2: This is an
example displaying the use of the paragraph tag.
Example 3: This is
an example displaying the use of the paragraph tag.
<SMALL>
small (text)
<SMALL> Example</SMALL>
Example
<STRONG>
strong emphasis
<STRONG> Example</STRONG>
Example
<TABLE>
table
Example 1: <TABLE BORDER="4" CELLPADDING="2"
CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD>Column
1</TD> <TD>Column
2</TD> </TR></TABLE> Example 2: (Internet
Explorer)<TABLE BORDER="2" BORDERCOLOR="#336699 "
CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2"
WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD>Column
1</TD> <TD>Column
2</TD> </TR></TABLE> Example
3:<TABLE CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2"
WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC ">Column 1</TD> <TD
BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC ">Column
2</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Row
2</TD> <TD>Row
2</TD> </TR></TABLE>
Example 1:
Example 2:
Example 3:
Column 1
Column
2
Row 2
Row
2
<TD>
table data
<TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2"
CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%"> <TR><TD>Column
1</TD> <TD>Column
2</TD> </TR> </TABLE>
<TH>
table header
<DIV
align="center"><TABLE> <TR><TH>Column
1</TH> <TH>Column 2</TH> <TH>Column
3</TH> </TR> <TR> <TD>Row
2</TD> <TD>Row 2</TD> <TD>Row
2</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Row
3</TD> <TD>Row 3</TD> <TD>Row
3</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Row
4</TD> <TD>Row 4</TD> <TD>Row
4</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </DIV>
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Row 2
Row 2
Row 2
Row 3
Row 3
Row 3
Row 4
Row 4
Row
4
<TITLE>
document title
<TITLE> Title of your
HTML page</TITLE>
Title of your web page will be viewable
in the title bar.
<TR>
table row
<TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2"
CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%"><TR> <TD>Column
1</TD> <TD>Column
2</TD></TR> </TABLE>
<TT>
teletype
<TT> Example</TT>
Example
<U>
underline
<U>Example</U>
Example
<UL>
unordered list
Example
1:<BR> <BR><UL> <LI>List item
1 <LI>List item 2</UL> <BR> Example
2:<BR><UL type="disc"> <LI>List item
1 <LI>List item 2<UL type="circle"> <LI>List
item 3 <LI>List item 4</UL> </UL>
Example 1:
Example 2: