Index of HTML codes

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HTML Index

This is an index of the codes used in HTML (HyperText Markup Language). This information has been gathered from a variety of sources, but a lot of it is directly from the HTML Quick Reference.

This is originally from: eggoodman@ucdavis.edu (Earle Goodman)

Comment text out of the HTML code.

<A ATTRIBUTE> picture/text </A>;

Adds an anchor to picture/text. Possible ATTRIBUTEs are:

HREF="#anchor_name": Link this to anchor_name within this document.
HREF="URL": Link this to URL.
HREF="URL#anchor_name": Link this to anchor_name within URL.
HREF="URL?search_string": Link this to search for search_string within URL.
METHODS
NAME="anchor_name": Make an anchor at this spot that is called anchor_name.
REL
REV
TITLE
URN

<ADDRESS> address </ADDRESS>

 Present address information.

<B> text </B>

 Makes text bold.

<BASE>

 Specify the name of file in which the current document is stored.
	   This is usually placed in the head of the document.

<BLOCKQUOTE> . . . </BLOCKQUOTE>

 Defines a secton as being quoted from another source.

<BODY> . . . </BODY>

 Defines the body of an HTML document.

<BR>

 Force a line break, (use two for a blank line).

<CITE> . . . </CITE>

 Cite some material.

<CODE> . . . </CODE>

 Display this as HTML code.

<DD> definition

 Display a definition in a definition list or glossary. See
	   <DL> and
	   <DT>. (Commonly used
	   to make lists without bullets or numbers).

<DFN> definition </DFN>

 Display a definition.

<DIR> . . . </DIR>

 Display a directory of items. (Usually headed by bullets.) See
	   <LI>.

<DL> . . . </DL>

 Make a definition list or glossary. See
	   <DD> and
	   <DT>. (Commonly used
	   to make lists without bullets or numbers).

<DT> term

 Display a term in a definition list or glossary. See
	   <DD> and
	   <DL>.

<EM> text </EM>

 Make text text have emphasis.

<FORM ATTRIBUTE> . . . </FORM>

 Define an online form.  The information is sent to a query server
	   to search for or collect information for a database. See
	   <INPUT>,
	   <OPTION>,
	   <SELECT>, and
	   <TEXTAREA>.
	   Possible ATTRIBUTEs are:
    
	    ACTION="URL"
	       
 The URL of the query server.
	   
 METHOD=method
	       
 The method used by form, either get or post.

<H1> text </H1>

 Make text header style 1. The most prominent header style.

<H2> text </H2>

 Make text header style 2.

<H3> text </H3>

 Make text header style 3.

<H4> text </H4>

 Make text header style 4.

<H5> text </H5>

 Make text header style 5.

<H6> text </H6>

 Make text header style 6. The least prominent header style.

<HEAD> . . . </HEAD>

 Defines the head of an HTML document.

<HR>

 Place a horizontal rule, or separator between sections of text.

<HTML> . . . </HTML>

 Defines an HTML document.

<I> text </I>

 Make text italic.

<IMG ATTRIBUTE>

 Load an inline image (on browsers that support it). Possible
	   ATTRIBUTEs are:
    
	    ALIGN=alignment
	       
 How to align the picture with the text, possible
		   alignments are top, middle, or bottom.
	   
 ALT="text"
	       
 Alternative text if browser does not support images,
		   or image cannot be loaded.
	   
 ISMAP
	   
 SRC="URL"
	       
 The URL of the image.

<ISINDEX>

 Specify index file.  This is usually placed in the head of the
	   document.

<KBD> key </KBD>

 Display key as a key from the keyboard.

<LI> item

 Display item in a list. See
	   <DIR>,
	   <MENU>,
	   <OL>, and
	   <UL>.

<LINK ATTRIBUTE>

 Specify relationships to other documents.
	   This is usually placed in the head of the document. Possible
	   ATTRIBUTEs are:
    
	    REV=relationship
	       
 The relationship of this file to the other one.
		   The relevant relationship is made.
	   
 HREF="URL"
	       
 The URL of the file pointed to by the link.

<LISTING> . . . </LISTING>

 Define as a computer listing, embedded tags will be ignored.

<MENU> . . . </MENU>

 Display a menu of items. (Usually headed by bullets.) See
	   <LI>.

<NEXTID>

 Set a variable name.  Attribute: variable name. This is usually placed
	   in the head of the document.

<OL> . . . </OL>

 Display an ordered list or glossary. (Headed by numbers.) See
	   <LI>.

<P> . . . </P>

 Define this area as a paragraph, and format accordingly.

<PLAINTEXT> . . . </PLAINTEXT>

 Define this area as plain text.

<PRE> . . . </PRE>

 Define this area as preformatted text, and display as is.  May
	   include some tags.

<SAMP> . . . </SAMP>

 Make sample output.

<STRONG> text </STRONG>

 Make text text have strong emphasis.

<TITLE> title </TITLE>

 Define the title of the document. Note this is not
	   a header.  This is usually placed in the head of the document.

<TT> text </TT>

 Display text in a typewriter text.

<U> text </U>

 Display text underlined.

<UL> . . . </UL>

 Display an unordered list or glossary. (Usually headed by bullets.) See
	   <LI>.

&#ascii;

 Display ASCII character corresponding to ascii.

Á

 Display capital A, acute accent (Á).

á

 Display small a, acute accent (á).

Â

 Display capital A, circumflex accent (Â).

â

 Display small a, circumflex accent (â).

Æ

 Display  capital AE diphthong (ligature) (Æ).

æ

 Display  small ae diphthong (ligature) (æ).

À

 Display capital A, grave accent (À).

à

 Display small a, grave accent (à).

&

 Display ampersand (&).

Å

 Display capital A, ring (Å).

å

 Display small a, ring (å).

Ã

 Display capital A, tilde (Ã).

ã

 Display small a, tilde (ã).

Ä

 Display capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark (Ä).

ä

 Display small a, dieresis or umlaut mark (ä).

Ç

 Display capital C, cedilla (Ç).

ç

 Display capital c, cedilla (ç).

É

 Display capital E, acute accent (É).

é

 Display small e, acute accent (é).

Ê

 Display capital E, circumflex accent (Ê).

ê

 Display small e, circumflex accent (ê).

È

 Display capital E, grave accent (È).

è

 Display small e, grave accent (è).

Ð

 Display capital Eth, Icelandic (Ð).

ð

 Display small eth, Icelandic (ð).

Ë

 Display capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark (Ë).

ë

 Display small e, dieresis or umlaut mark (ë).

>

 Display greater than sign (>).

<

 Display less than sign (<).

Í

 Display capital I, acute accent (Í).

í

 Display small i, acute accent (í).

Î

 Display capital I, circumflex accent (Î).

î

 Display small i, circumflex accent (î).

Ì

 Display capital I, grave accent (Ì).

ì

 Display small i, grave accent (ì).

Ï

 Display capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark (Ï).

ï

 Display small i, dieresis or umlaut mark (ï).

 

 Display non-breaking space ( ).

Ñ

 Display capital N, tilde (Ñ).

ñ

 Display small n, tilde (ñ).

Ó

 Display capital O, acute accent (Ó).

ó

 Display small o, acute accent (ó).

Ô

 Display capital O, circumflex accent (Ô).

ô

 Display small o, circumflex accent (ô).

Ò

 Display capital O, grave accent (Ò).

ò

 Display small o, grave accent (ò).

Ø

 Display capital O, slash (Ø).

ø

 Display small o, slash (ø).

Õ

 Display capital O, tilde (Õ).

õ

 Display small o, tilde (õ).

Ö

 Display capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark (Ö).

ö

 Display small o, dieresis or umlaut mark (ö).

"

 Display double quote (").

ß

 Display small sharp s, German (sz ligature) (ß).

Þ

 Display capital THORN, Icelandic (Þ).

þ

 Display small thorn, Icelandic (þ).

Ú

 Display capital U, acute accent (Ú).

ú

 Display small u, acute accent (ú).

Û

 Display capital U, acute accent (Ú).

û

 Display small u, circumflex accent (û).

Ù

 Display capital U, grave accent (Ù).

ù

 Display small u, grave accent (ù).

Ü

 Display capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark (Ü).

ü

 Display small u, dieresis or umlaut mark (ü).

Ý

 Display capital Y, acute accent (Ý).

ý

 Display small y, acute accent (ý).

ÿ

 Display small y, dieresis or umlaut mark (ÿ).




 
 Daniel LaLiberte
 (liberte@ncsa.uiuc.edu)


Last modified: Fri Dec 30 14:26:04 1994







Responses

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Untitled (Nicholai Gluzdov) 
 

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 Agree: Wish There Was More Explanation on Some Tags (Kevin J. Brewer) 


 2.
Thanks (Dale Kirby) 
 
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Thanks... (Johan Berndtsson) 
 
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Great!!! Thanx guys.. (Ryan Oosthuizen) 
 
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First Clear Guide I've Seen! (John Weekley (jweekley@pic.net)) 
 
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Thanks! but where are the form specific codes? (Rod Murillo) 
 
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Thanks, I want MORE (Sullivan) 
 

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 Feedback: Download Entire Document With All Its Links (Kevin J. Brewer) 


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Thank you VERY much! (Martin Balewicz) 
 
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Simple, Obvious, Effective (Kurt Ament) 
 

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 Feedback: There Is An HTML Entity for Copyright (Kevin J. Brewer) 


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I have a question now... (Bill Sutherland) 
 
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THANKS! (Steve Szyszko) 
 
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Hmm () 
 
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VAR and NEXTID () 
 
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fine, useful (Kursad Keskinege) 
 
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A smash! Sex, drama, violence, a must see! (Adam Gratz) 
 
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Thanks, and a question (Bob Konikow) 
 
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Thanks!...and a question. (richard voitier) 
 
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Helpful, But....... (Ned Brickley) 
 
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Helpful, But....... (Ned Brickley) 
 

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 Feedback: Helpful, But... [Here's Some Help] (Kevin J. Brewer) 


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blinkers (Selwyn) 
 

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Images don't blink. (Tom Magliery) 
 
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 Feedback: <BLINK>ing (Kevin J. Brewer) 
 

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 More: <BLINK>ing (Kevin J. Brewer) 



 21.
Colored Text? (Marlowe Furan) 
 

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Color (Mike) 
 

 1.
 Feedback: Color (Kevin J. Brewer) 



 22.
 Question: What about MAILTO ? () 
 


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 Question: What about MAILTO ? () 
 

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Mailto and mailserver URLs (Tom Magliery) 


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Colors () 
 

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 More: <BODY> Colors Questions (Kevin J. Brewer) 
 

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 Feedback: <BODY> Colors Question (Sutthichok Wongthavorn) 
 

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 Feedback: <BODY> Colors Question (Kevin J. Brewer) 



 2.
 Question: Multiple Body Tags on a Single Page (Marlowe Furan) 


 25.
 Question: The <BLINK> Tag Not in Above List (Kevin J. Brewer) 
 

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 Note: ...because BLINK isn't really HTML (Tom Magliery) 


 26.
 Question: Colored Text? (Eric Parkinson) 




 
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