HTML Cheat Sheet
Essential Tags
<html>
<head>
<title>website title</title>
</head>
<body>
content of website ...
</body>
</html>
The Basics | |
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| <h?> ... </h?> | Heading (?= 1 for largest to 6 for smallest, eg h1) |
| <p> ... </p> | Paragraph of Text |
| <b> ... </b> | Bold Text |
| <i> ... </i> | Italic Text |
Text Formatting | Top |
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| <b> ... </b> | Bold Text |
| <u> ... </u> | Underline Text |
| <blockquote> ... </blockquote> | Text Block Quote |
Section Divisions | Top |
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| <b> ... </b> | Bold Text |
| <u> ... </i> | Underline Text |
Images | Top |
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| <img src="url" alt="text"> | Basic Image |
| <img> Tag Attributes: |
| src="url" | URL or filename of image (required!) |
| alt="text" | Alternate Text (required!) |
| align="?" | Image alignment within surrounding text (*) |
| width="??" | Image width (in pixels or %) |
| height="??" | Image height (in pixels or %) |
| border="??" | Border thickness (in pixels) (*) |
| vspace="??" | Space above and below image (in pixels) (*) |
| hspace="??" | Space on either side of image (in pixels) (*) |
Linking Tags | Top |
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| <a href="url"> link text </a> | Basic Link |
| <a> Tag Attributes: |
| href="url" | Location (url) of page to link to. |
| name="??" | Name of link (name of anchor, or name of bookmark) |
| target="?" | Link target location: _self, _blank, _top, _parent. |
| href="url#bookmark" | Link to bookmark (define with name attribute. |
| href="mailto:email" | Link to initial email (dependant on user's email client). |
Lists | Top |
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| <ol> ... </ol> | Ordered List |
| <ul> ... </ul> | Un-ordered List |
| <li> ... </li> | List Item (within ordered or unordered) |
| <ol type="?"> | Ordered list type: A, a, I, i, 1 |
| <ol start="??"> | Ordered list starting value |
| <ul type="?"> | Unordered list bullet type: disc, circle, square |
| <li value="??"> | List Item Value (changes current and subsequent items) |
| <li type="??"> | List Item Type (changes only current item) |
| <dl> ... </dl> | Definition List |
| <dt> ... </dt> | Term or phrase being defined |
| <dd> ... </dd> | Detailed Definition of term |
Tables | Top |
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| <table> Tag Attributes: |
| border="?" | Thickness of outside border |
| bordercolor="#??????" | Border Colour |
| bgcolor="#??????" | Background Colour (*) |
| width="??" | Table Width (pixels or %) (*) |
| height="??" | Table Height (pixels or %) (*) |
| cellspacing="?" | Space between cells (pixels) |
| cellpadding="?" | Space between cell wall and content |
| align="??" | Horizontal Alignment: left, center, right (*) |
| <td> Tag Attributes: |
| width="??" | Cell Width (pixels or %) (*) |
| height="??" | Cell Height (pixels or %) (*) |
| bgcolor="#??????" | Background Colour (*) |
| align="??" | Horizontal Alignment: left, center, right (*) |
| valign="??" | Vertical Alignment: top, middle, bottom (*) |
| colspan="?" | Number of columns the cell spans across (cell merge) |
| rowspan="?" | Number of row a cell spans across (cell merge) |
| nowrap | Force no line breaks in a particular cell |
Frames | Top |
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| <frameset> Tag Attributes: |
| rows="??,??, ..." | Define row sizes & number of rows (size in pixels or %) |
| cols="??,??, ..." | Define column sizes & number of columns (size in pixels or %) |
| noresize="noresize" | User cannot resize any frames in frameset |
| <frame> Tag Attributes: |
| src="url" | Location of HTML File for a frame |
| name="***" | Unique name of frame window |
| marginwidth="?" | Horizontal margin spacing inside frame (pixels) |
| marginheight="?" | Vertical margin spacing inside frame (pixels) |
| noresize="noresize" | Declare all frameset sizes as fixed |
| scrolling="***" | Can the user scroll inside the frame: yes, no, auto |
| frameborder="?" | Frame Border: (1=yes, 2=no) (*) |
| bordercolor="#??????" | Border Colour (*) |
| <noframes> ... </noframes> | Unframed content (for browsers not supporting frames) |
Forms | Top |
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| <form> Tag Attributes: |
| action="url" | URL of Form Script |
| method="***" | Method of Form: get, post |
| enctype="***" | For File Upload: enctype="multipart/form-data" |
| <input> Tag Attributes: |
| type="***" | Input Field Type: text, password, checkbox, button etc. |
| name="***" | Form Field Name (for form processing script) |
| value="***" | Value of Input Field |
| size="***" | Field Size |
| maxlength="?" | Maximum Length of Input Field Data |
| checked | Mark selected field in radio button group or checkbox |
| <button> Tag Attributes: |
| type="***" | Button Type: submit, reset, button |
| name="***" | Button Name (for form processing script) |
| value="***" | Label on Button |
| size="?" | Button Size (width) |
| <select> Tag Attributes: |
| name="***" | Drop Down Combo-Box Name (for form processing script) |
| size="?" | Number of selectable options |
| multiple | Allow multiple selections |
| <option> Tag Attributes: |
| value="***" | Option Value |
| selected | Set option as default selected option |
| <textarea> Tag Attributes: |
| name="***" | Text Area Name (for form processing script) |
| rows="?" | Number of rows of text shown |
| cols="?" | Number of columns (characters per rows) |
| wrap="***" | Word Wrapping: off, hard, soft |
Body Background & Colours | Top |
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| <body> Tag Attributes: |
| background="url" | Background Image |
| bgcolor="#??????" | Background Colour |
| text="#??????" | Document Text Colour |
| link="#??????" | Link Colour |
| vlink="#??????" | Visited Link Colour |
| alink="#??????" | Active Link Colour |
| bgproperties="fixed" | Background Properties - "Fixed" = non-scrolling watermark |
| leftmargin="?" | Side Margin Size in Pixels (Internet Explorer) (*) |
| topmargin="?" | Top Margin Size in Pixels (Internet Explorer) (*) |
Important Note:
Tags marked with (*) should still work, but have superseeded by stylesheets (css), which is now the recommended way to change the font, colour, spacing, border or alignment of html elements.