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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: John Lenin

Bless you, John Lenin, BLESS YOU!! LOL

Thanks.


121 posted on 01/09/2005 8:06:07 AM PST by exnavychick (There's too much youth; how about a fountain of smart.)
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To: Nightshift

poing


122 posted on 01/09/2005 8:07:20 AM PST by tutstar ( <{{--->< http://ripe4change.4-all.org Violations of Florida Statutes ongoing!)
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To: John Lenin

Bookmark


123 posted on 01/09/2005 8:07:55 AM PST by 230FMJ (...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
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To: John Lenin

ping


124 posted on 01/09/2005 8:11:53 AM PST by gorush (Exterminate the Moops!)
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To: John Lenin

bump


125 posted on 01/09/2005 8:12:32 AM PST by beebuster2000
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To: John Lenin

btt


126 posted on 01/19/2005 7:19:47 PM PST by beebuster2000
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To: John Lenin
Ih hate forgetting to put the
in when posting both text and pictures at the same time.
127 posted on 01/19/2005 7:24:52 PM PST by chemical_boy
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To: green pastures

Pinging so this goes into my list.

If anyone sees this and can explain how FR bookmarks work, please let me know. (Is it the same as what shows up in the ping lists? Is it the same as bookmarking using the browser? I'm just not sure...)


128 posted on 02/26/2005 11:18:27 PM PST by green pastures
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To: John Lenin

marker bump

Regards

alfa6 ;>}


131 posted on 04/05/2005 8:06:36 PM PDT by alfa6 (Memebr loyal order of F.O.G.)
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To: CONSERVE
Mash here
132 posted on 04/06/2005 9:58:19 AM PDT by CONSERVE
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To: JockoManning

bookmarking.


133 posted on 04/10/2005 2:52:58 AM PDT by JockoManning (www.biblegateway.com)
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To: All
This is not spam.

This is a real note.

You are getting sleepy. You must send me all your money.

You will send me all your money, now.

You will...

134 posted on 04/10/2005 2:56:11 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an Undocumented Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
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To: backhoe

135 posted on 04/10/2005 3:09:41 AM PDT by ChefKeith (Apply here to be added to the NASCAR Ping List, Daytona is done but we got 31 more races to go...)
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To: John Lenin

Thank you so much, I had a hard time finding this info. Amen.


136 posted on 04/10/2005 3:48:36 AM PDT by gakrak ("A wise man's heart is his right hand, But a fool's heart is at his left" Eccl 10:2)
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To: WestCoastGal

ping


137 posted on 04/10/2005 6:09:44 AM PDT by ChefKeith (Apply here to be added to the NASCAR Ping List, Daytona is done but we got 31 more races to go...)
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To: John Lenin

Ping for reference. Thanks.


138 posted on 04/10/2005 6:11:44 AM PDT by January24th
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To: John Lenin
typewriter font?
139 posted on 04/13/2005 2:29:52 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Let the Constitution do the talkin')
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To: Liberty Valance
italic?
140 posted on 04/13/2005 2:31:26 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Let the Constitution do the talkin')
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