Basic Tags of HTML

!-...- - Author comments not seen by the browser.

HTML.../HTML - Always start and end your page using this tag.

HEAD.../HEAD - Header for document.

BODY.../BODY- Body of document.

TITLE.../TITLE - Title of the document.

H1-H6.../H1-H6 - Heading sizes.

Example of Heading Sizes:[h1]This is an H1 heading[/h1][h2]This is an H2 heading[/h2]

This is an H3 heading

[h4]This is an H4 heading[/h4][h5]This is an H5 heading[/H5][h6]This is an H6 heading[/h6]

A.../A - Starts a hypertext link.

ADDRESS.../ADDRESS - Information on author.

BLOCKQUOTE.../BLOCKQUOTE - Long quotes.

PRE.../PRE - Preformatted Text.

FORM.../FORM - Form Block.

TEXTAREA.../TEXTAREA - Creates a box to enter text.
Example of "Textarea":
[form][textarea]Write here.[/textarea][/form]

SELECT.../SELECT - Creates a scrolling menu.

OPTION.../OPTION - Creates items to select.
Example of "Select and Option":
[form][select][option]red[/option][option]blue[/option][option]green[/option][/select][/form]

DIR.../DIR - Directory list.
Example of a directory list:
[dir]

red

blue

green[/dir]

OL.../OL - Ordered list.
Example of an ordered list:

1. red
2. blue
3. green

U.../UL - Unordered list.
Example of an unordered list:

• red
• blue
• green

MENU.../MENU - Menu list.

DL.../DL - Glossary list.
Example of a glossary list:
[DL][DT]red[DD]color not blue or green[DT]blue[DD]color not red or green[DT]green[DD]color not blue or red[/DL]

CITE.../CITE - Citation.

CODE.../CODE - Code font.

DFN.../DFN - Defined term.

EM.../EM - Emphasis.
Example of emphasis on red:
[EM]red,[/EM]blue, green

I.../I - Italic.
Example of italic:
red, blue, green

KBD.../KBD - Keyboard text.

SAMP.../SAMP - Sample text.

STRONG.../STRONG - Strong emphasis.
Example of strong emphasis:
[strong]red, blue, green[/strong]

TT.../TT - Typewriter text.
Example of typewriter text:
[TT]red, blue, green[/TT]

VAR.../VAR - Variable.

B.../B - Bold.

BASE - Location reference for other URL's.

NEXTID - Allows documents to be linked together.

META - Describes document.

BR - Line break.

HR - Horizontal line.

IMG - Image.

P - Paragraph.

LI - List item.

DT - Marks a term in a list.

DD - Marks the definition in the list.