  <A NAME="name"> <A HREF="url">text</A> Defines either a hyperlink or a named section in a document. Must contain either a NAME attribute or an HREF attribute, or both. REF="relationship" - defines the relationship between this document and the HREF URL. REV="relationship" - defines the relationship between the HREF URL and this document. It is the opposite (REVerse) of REF. TITLE="name" - indicates the TITLE of the document pointed to by the HREF URL.   TARGET="window"
- loads the document linked by HREF into a specified window name.This can also apply to a frame name if you're using frames Preset TARGET names are..... _blank - loads the link into a new blank window. _self -loads the link into the same window. _parent - loads the link into the parent of this document. _top - loads the link into the full browser window (great for getting people unstuck from FRAMESETs). Area 
 
<AREA SHAPE="shape" ALT="text" CO-ORDS="x1,y1,x2,y2......" HREF="URL"> Only valid within MAP tags, defines areas that act as hotspots within an image. Normally a map will have multiple AREA tags for multiple links. SHAPE attribute can be one of RECT, CIRCLE, POLY or DEFAULT. DEFAULT - maps all areas not already specified in another AREA tag (no co-ordinates are required). CO-ORDS gives the co-ordinates, in pixels, measured from the upper left corner of the image, of the attributes of a shape. RECT - co-ordinates in the form x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x4,y4 corresponting to left-top and right-bottom. CIRCLE - x,y,radius - where x,y is the co-ordiate position of the centre point of the circle. POLY - x1, y1, x2, y2, ... xn, yn. for each point of the polygon in turn. NOHREF - clicks here will not cause a link to be followed. TARGET="window"
- loads a document linked by HREF into a specified window.This can also apply to a frame name if you're using frames Preset TARGET names are..... _blank - loads the link into a new blank window. _self -loads the link into the same window. _parent - loads the link into the parent of this document. _top - loads the link into the full browser window (great for getting people unstuck from FRAMESETs). Background Sound 
<BGSOUND SRC="URL"> Calls a .wav, .au or .mid file to be played when the page loads up. LOOP="n" - causes the file to be played n times. (n must be a whole number above zero). LOOP="INFINITE" - is annoying. Base Font 
<BASEFONT SIZE="number"> Defines the base size that relative FONT changes (e.g. FONT="+2") are based on. (Default is 3.) Blink
NETSCAPE ONLY<BLINK> text </BLINK> One of the all-time nasty tags.... it makes text flash on and off. Blink is a Netscape Only tag. Comment <!-- comment text --> Allows you to add headings into your HTML code that aren't displayed on the page. This can be useful when creating and editing large documents. Embed
<EMBED attributes> text </EMBED> Embeds a plugin into a document. text - is the alternative text to be displayed. SRC="URL" - locates the object to be embedded. UNITS=units - either PIXELS or EN - defines whether sizes are specified in pixels or en units. HEIGHT="height" - specifies the height of the object in either pixels or en units. WIDTH="width" - specifies the width of the object in either pixels or en units. NAME="name" - indicates the name used by other objects or elements to refer to this object. PALETTE=#rrggbb|#rrggbb - sets first foreground and then background colours. Escape Sequences  <
>
&
"
 
Used to enter characters such as <, >, &, and " into HTML documents. There are escape sequences available for most characters- a list can be found on our Resources Page. Use a space or semi-colon(;) after the mnemonic to indicate the end of the escape sequence; using a space will insert a space between the special character and the next part of the text, while using a semi-colon will not. Frame
<FRAME attributes> The frame tag appears inside the FRAMESET tag and specifies one frame in the frameset. The attributes are: SRC="URL" The URL of the source document to be displayed in this frame. If the frame does not specify a source it will be displayed as blank space. NAME=" name" - name allocated to this frame. NAME is used by the TARGET attribute in the A, BASE, AREA, and FORM tags to load documents to this frame. MARGINWIDTH=number - the left and right margin thickness in pixels. MARGINHEIGHT=number - the top and bottom margin thickness in pixels. SCROLLING=YES or NO or AUTO forced the browser to show or hide scrollbars AUTO lets the browser decide. NORESIZE - stops the user from resizing the frame.. FRAMEBORDER=yes
or no - specifies if the border should be displayed. FRAMESPACING=number
- the spacing between frames in pixels.
ALIGN = "align" either LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, TEXTTOP, MIDDLE, ABSMIDDLE,
BASELINE, BOTTOM, or ABSBOTTOM.Frame Set
<FRAMESET attributes> frame specifications </FRAMESET> The FRAMESET tag replaces the BODY tag in a document and is used to split the documents window into a set of smaller frames. FRAMESET tags can be nested to create more complicated frame layouts. NOFRAME tags can also be placed in a frameset. FRAMESET attributes are: ROWS="heights" - specifies a list of values for the rows, each one can be specified as a percentage or a pixel value splitting the frameset vertically into frames based on these values. You can specify "*" too - these rows will have any remaining space split between them. COLS= widths"specifies a list of values for the columns, each one can be specified as a percentage or a pixel value splitting the frameset horizontally into frames based on these values. You can specify "*" too - these columns will have any remaining space split between them. Floating Frame 
NOT NETSCAPE<IFRAME attributes> content <IFRAME> Inserts a frame into your document like an image. This frame can contain another complete html document. ALIGN="align" - sets the alignment of the frame or of the surrounding text. FRAMEBORDER="number" - renders a 3-D edge border around the frame. HEIGHT="height" - controls the height (in pixels) of the floating frame. WIDTH="width" - controls the width of the floating frame, in pixels. MARGINHEIGHT="height" - controls the margin height for the frame, in pixels. MARGINWIDTH="width" - controls the margin width for the frame, in pixels. NAME="name" - provides a target name for the frame. SCROLLING=yes or no - toggles scrollbars on and off. SRC=src - defines the source file for the frame. Inline Image <IMG SRC="URL"> Displays an image referred to by a URL and must contain at least an SRC attribute. SRC="URL" - calls the image source, usually a GIF, PNG or JPEG file. ALT="text" - text to be displayed by a browser that does not display images. ISMAP="url" - sets the image as a server side image map. ALIGN="align" - should be one of TOP, MIDDLE, or BOTTOM. - align
can be LEFT or RIGHT - align can
be LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, TEXTTOP, MIDDLE, ABSMIDDLE, BASELINE, BOTTOM, or ABSBOTTOM.
BORDER="n"
- sets the image border thickness in pixels. HEIGHT="height"
- specifies the height of the image in pixels or en units. HSPACE="n"
- leaves a space n pixels wide either side of the image. WIDTH="width"
This specifies the width of the image in pixels or en units. VSPACE="n"
- leaves a space n pixels wide above and below the image. UNITS=units
- either PIXELS or EN - defines whether sizes are specified in pixels or en units. USEMAP="url"
overrides ISMAP attribute and sets the image as a client side image map.  CONTROLS -
displays playing controls for e.g. avi or wav files. DYNSRC="url"
-specifies an AVI or a WRL (VRML file). START="FILEOPEN
or MOUSEOVER" - specifies when the browser should play the DYNSRC
file. START=FILEOPEN - starts playing the resource when it is opened. START=MOUSEOVER - starts playing the resource when the user places the mouse over it. LOOP="n"
- played the resource n times. LOOP="INFINITE"
- is annoying. LOWSRC="url"
- allows a smaller sized file (e.g. black and white version) of a large image
to be displayed while the larger one is loading.Java Applet
<APPLET attributes> content </APPLET> Runs a Java applet in a page. Content consists of optional PARAM tags, ordinary text and markup to be displayed by browsers that cannot run Java applets, and a TEXTFLOW tag if no ordinary text and markup is included. The attributes of the APPLET tag are: CODEBASE="base" - sets the base directory for pathing to applets.. CODE="code" - URL of the applet. NAME=" name" - the name of the applet. ALIGN="align" - either LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, MIDDLE, or BOTTOM. ALT="text" - alternative text to be displayed by browsers that do not support applets. HEIGHT="height" - height of the applet in pixels. WIDTH="width" - width of the applet in pixels. HSPACE="n" - leaves a space n pixels wide either side of the applet. VSPACE="n" - leaves a space n pixels wide above and below the applet. DOWNLOAD="n" - assign numbers to applets to determine the order in which they are downloaded. Map
<MAP NAME="name"> AREA tags </MAP> Defines a client side image map, contains the AREA tags which set out the co-ordinates for the image hotspots. Marquee
IE ONLY <MARQUEE> text </MARQUEE> Much maligned tag that makes a line of text scroll on a page. ALIGN="align" - should be one of TOP, MIDDLE, or BOTTOM. BGCOLOR="#rrggbb" - sets the background colour of the scroll box. DIRECTION="direction" - LEFT or RIGHT, the direction the text moves. HEIGHT="height" - specifies the height of the box in pixels. WIDTH="width" - specifies the width of the box in pixels. VSPACE="n" - leaves a space n pixels wide above and below the box. HSPACE="n" - leaves a space n pixels wide either side of the box. LOOP="n" - a whole number greater than zero or INFINITE sets the message to repeat n times. SCROLLAMOUNT="n" - sets the amount of pixels to offset the text by in each redraw. SCROLLDELAY="n" - sets the time in milliseconds between each redraw BEHAVIOR="behavior" - sets the way the text moves, should be one of SCROLL, SLIDE or ALTERNATE. SCROLL - text slides in and out again, then repeats. SLIDE - text slides in and stops, then repeats. ALTERNATE - text bounces from left to right repeatedly. No Break
<NOBR> text </NOBR> Defines a block of text with no line breaks except those explicitly requested with BR or WOBR. No Frames
<NOFRAMES> something shown instead </NOFRAMES> Specifies HTML that can be displayed in browsers which do not support frames. the contents are ignored by browsers that understand frames. Object <OBJECT> content </OBJECT> Used to place specific items such as .wav, .avi and java applets in HTML. Parameters <PARAM NAME="name" VALUE="value"> Only valid in an APPLET tag, passes parameters to the applet, which gets them with the getParameter() method. Script
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="language"> content </SCRIPT> Identifies script code. Can either be code to be executed at this point or later in the document. Normally only Javascript although Explorer versions 3 onward recognise VBScript. Usually functions are defined within these tags in the HEAD of the document so that they can be called from anywhere on the page. White Space NETSCAPE
ONLY <SPACER attributes> Creates an area of white space within the document. The attributes for this tag are: TYPE="type" - one of HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL or BLOCK. SIZE="pixels" - use when TYPE is HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL to specify the size of the spacer in pixels. WIDTH="width" - use when TYPE is BLOCK to specify the width of the spacer in pixels. HEIGHT="height" - use when TYPE is BLOCK to specify the height of the spacer in pixels. ALIGN="align" - use when spacer is a BLOCK- one of LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, TEXTTOP, MIDDLE, ABSMIDDLE, BASELINE, BOTTOM, or ABSBOTTOM. | Tag List <!-- &tag; A ADDRESS APPLET AREA B BASE BASEFONT BGSOUND BIG BLINK BLOCKQUOTE BODY BR CAPTION CENTER CITE CODE COL COLGROUP DD DFN DIR DL DT EM EMBED FONT FORM FRAME FRAMESET Hn HEAD HR HTML I IFRAME IMG INPUT TYPE=CHECKBOX INPUT TYPE=FILE INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN INPUT TYPE=IMAGE INPUT TYPE=PASSWORD INPUT TYPE=RADIO INPUT TYPE=RANGE INPUT TYPE=RESET INPUT TYPE=SCRIBBLE INPUT TYPE=SELECT INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT INPUT TYPE=TEXT ISINDEX KBD LI LINK LISTING MAP MARQUEE MENU META MULTICOL NOBR NOFRAMES OBJECT OL P PARAM PLAINTEXT PRE SAMP SCRIPT SMALL SPACER STRIKE STRONG SUB SUP TABLE TBODY TD TEXTAREA TFOOT TH THEAD TITLE TR TT U UL VAR WBR XMP |