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<HTML>
<HEAD> <TITLE>...</TITLE> </HEAD>
<BGCOLOR=> specify common color name or hexadecimal code (browser-safe colors) (optional)
<background=> specify image file (optional)
<BODY>...</BODY>
</HTML>
- Tags supporting text structure
<P> paragraph
<BR> line break
<HR> horizontal rule
<CENTER>...</CENTER> way to center text
<ADDRESS>...</ADDRESS> email address of author; italics text
<BLOCKQUOTE>...</BLOCKQUOTE> indented paragraph
<H1-H6>...</H1-H6> headings 1-6 (1 is the largest)
<OL>...</OL> ordered (numbered) list
<UL>...</UL> unordered (bulleted) list
<LI> list item (may use <LI type=square, circle>
<DT>...</DT> Description title (left-aligned)
<DD>...</DD> Description text /detail (indented, no bullets or numbers)
<!--...--> comments seen only in editor, not seen in browser
- Text Attribute Tags
<B>...</B> bold
<I>...</I> italics
<TT>...</TT> fixed-width font
<sup>..</sup> enclosed text apears as a superscript
<sub>..</sub> enclosed text appears as a subscript
<font size=>..</font> specify size of +1-7
<font color=>..</font> specify color name or hexadecimal code (browser-safe colors)
<font family=>..</font> specify name of font, such as arial, times - Table Tags
<TABLE> ...</TABLE> - begin and end of table
<TR>..</TR> - begin and end of table row
<TD> ...</TD> - begin and end of table detail - Navigational Tags
Anchors and hyperlinks have this format - protocol://machine.name:port/folder/html
URL examples: http://... ftp://... gopher://... telnet://...
external tag: <A HREF= "URL">...</A> example: <A HREF= "http://www.cornell.edu/">CUINFO</A>
internal tag: <A HREF= "#name">...</A>
internal target: <A NAME= "name">...</A>
image source: <IMG SRC="name.gif" ALT="alternate text">
mailto: <A HREF="mailto:engrlib@cornell.edu">...</A> See also HTML Basics |
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