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HTML Tags Encyclopaedia M-R by Name

Map
ie2+ n2+html3+
<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
ie2+ ONLY
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.
Menu List

<MENU> list items </MENU>

Introduces a menu list made up of List Item (LI) tags without bullets or numbers.
html3.2+ <MENU COMPACT> - short terms can be displayed on the same line but use <UL PLAIN> instead.

Meta

<META HTTP-EQUIV="field name" CONTENT="field value">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="field name" NAME="field name" CONTENT="field value">

Only valid in a HEAD section.
Declares HTTP meta name/value pairs that are associated with the HTML document to servers.
These are used to extend the HTTP header information returned by the HTTP server.
The support of the meta information is HTTP server specific. If a name attribute is not specified the HTTP-EQUIV attribute is used as the name.
NAME="description" - provides content for search engines to list information about the document.
NAME="keywords" - provides keywords for search engines to associate to your document for indexing purposes.

Can also be used to trigger client side behaviour:
IE4+N4+ HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="n".
The browser will reload the page every "n" seconds.
Add URL="page" to this and the browser will load the page specified in it after the "n" seconds.

N3+ META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html" charset="charset"
Allows different international character sets to be selected.
Multi Column Text
n3+ NETSCAPE ONLY
<MULTICOL attributes>

This tag is a container, used to split the display into columns without using frames or tables.
COLS="number"The COLS attribute is mandatory and controls how many columns the display will be split into.  
GUTTER="pixels" - controls the pixels of space between columns, defaults to 10.  
WIDTH="number" - controls the width of an individual column.
No Break
ie2+ n1+
<NOBR> text </NOBR>

Defines a block of text with no line breaks except those explicitly requested with BR or WOBR.
No Frames
n2+
ie3+
<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
ie3+n2+html3.2+
<OBJECT> content </OBJECT>

Used to place specific items such as .wav, .avi and java applets in HTML.
Ordered List

<OL> list items </OL>

Introduces an ordered (numbered) list made up of List Item (LI) tags.
A list heading (LH) may be included before the first list item.
html3+ SEQNUM="number" - sets the first item to the specified number.
html3+ CONTINUE - allows a second list's numbering to carry on from the first.
html3.2+ START="number" - sets the first item to the specified number.
html3.2+ TYPE="type" - sets the way items are numbered (A, B, C, a, b, c, i, ii, ii, etc........)
html3.2+ COMPACT - short terms can be displayed on the same line.

Paragraph Text

<P> text </P>
HTML 3.2 + ALIGN="align" - can be LEFT, RIGHT, or CENTER to place elements on the screen.
HTML 3 <P NOWRAP> - stops the browser from breaking lines of text to fit to specific widths. Use BR to do this.

Starts a new paragraph.
</P> is optional if the tag is only to insert space between two paragraphs (the same as using two BR tags),
It MUST be used with attributes e.g. ALIGN="center" which apply to whole paragraphs.

Parameters

<PARAM NAME="name" VALUE="value">

Only valid in an APPLET tag, passes parameters to the applet, which gets them with the getParameter() method.
Plain Text

<PLAINTEXT> text </PLAINTEXT>

Defines text to be shown in a fixed width font with the line breaks and other whitespace specified by the page author.
Multiple spaces will be displayed as multiple spaces.
HTML tags are not rendered inside this tag.
Preformatted Text

<PRE> text </PRE>

Defines text that should be shown in a fixed width font with the line breaks and other whitespace specified by the page author.
Multiple spaces will be displayed as multiple spaces.
Typically used for several lines of program code or for poetry.
WIDTH="width" - specifies the maximum number of characters per line.
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