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Reference HTML Cheatsheet
WebMonkey ^ | 9.26/2002 | N/A

Posted on 09/26/2002 3:09:27 PM PDT by John Lenin

<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 name or hex value


Links

<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



Header Tags

<title></title>
Puts the name of the document in the title bar


Body 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


Text Tags

<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 name or hex value


Links

<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


Formatting

<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


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


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)


Table Attributes

<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


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


Frames Attributes

<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


Forms

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






TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cheat; faq; fr; html; htmlcheatsheet; lexicon; sheet
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To: Queen Jadis
Now i want to change the color of my font to red


101 posted on 03/03/2003 4:50:05 PM PST by Queen Jadis (SP Bumper sitcker "Trade Corp, ask me about my line of S--- I've been delivering")
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To: Queen Jadis
bump
102 posted on 03/30/2003 10:42:23 PM PST by John Lenin (Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition)
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To: John Lenin
Trying out the linkage to a picture: that was using the "a href" The following uses the "img scr"


105 posted on 10/02/2003 7:55:16 PM PDT by fqued (America, America, God shed His grace on thee.)
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Bump for a great cheatsheet!
106 posted on 11/09/2003 9:53:01 AM PST by BlessedBeGod
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To: John Lenin

107 posted on 07/24/2004 3:33:34 PM PDT by Ajnin
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To: John Lenin

108 posted on 07/24/2004 3:40:13 PM PDT by Ajnin
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To: Ajnin

Wow, I'm not retarded after all!


109 posted on 07/24/2004 3:41:00 PM PDT by Ajnin
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To: John Lenin
My favorites that you don't mention are:
<blockquote> to set an indented block of text.</blockquote>
<UL> And those can be nested to get different levels of bullets.

There is also the numbered list started by <:OL>:

  1. <LI>one
  2. <LI>two
  3. <LI>three
  4. <LI>four</OL>

110 posted on 07/27/2004 1:43:43 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
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To: John Lenin
Wow! Just Imagine what I can do now!
111 posted on 10/14/2004 4:36:09 AM PDT by kipita
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To: John Lenin
HTML Bootcamp
112 posted on 10/14/2004 4:38:42 AM PDT by tutstar ( <{{--->< http://ripe4change.4-all.org Judge Greer allows violations of Florida Statutes)
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To: kipita

bump


113 posted on 10/14/2004 4:39:16 AM PDT by ActionNewsBill ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act")
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Bump for later


114 posted on 10/14/2004 4:50:14 AM PDT by whd23
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To: John Lenin

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/802064/posts

Nope no bootcamp but the sandbox still exists. ;^)


115 posted on 10/14/2004 4:56:21 AM PDT by Rightly Biased (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (don't be lazy look it up))
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To: John Lenin

Thanks


116 posted on 10/14/2004 4:58:58 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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ping for later reference


118 posted on 11/15/2004 8:12:29 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: John Lenin

ping for reference


119 posted on 01/09/2005 7:59:27 AM PST by edfrank_1998
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To: John Lenin
HTML Bootcamp

HTML Bootcamp (or Wow, how did they do that?)

120 posted on 01/09/2005 8:04:13 AM PST by tutstar ( <{{--->< http://ripe4change.4-all.org Violations of Florida Statutes ongoing!)
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