HyperText Markup Language (HTML) Help https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp Tags are listed in upper case for ease of reading, although most tags are not case sensitive. The file index.html is the default home page of a website. SYMBOLS USED --------------------------------------------------------------------------- URL URL of an external file (or just file name if in the same directory) ? Arbitrary number (i.e. means

,

,

, etc.) % Arbitrary percentage (i.e.
means
, etc.) *** Arbitrary text (i.e. ALT="***" means fill in with text) $$$$$$ Arbitrary hex (i.e. BGCOLOR="#$$$$$$" means BGCOLOR="#00FF1C", etc.) ,,, Comma-delimited (i.e. COORDS=",,," means COORDS="0,0,50,50", etc.) | Alternatives (i.e. ALIGN=LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER means pick one of these) GENERAL (all HTML documents should have these html tags) -------------------------------------------------------------- Document Type (beginning and end of file) Header (descriptive info, such as title) Title (must be in header) Body (bulk of the page) Comments (comments are between the arrows) Example: My Home Page

My Website

Welcome to My Home Page

STRUCTURAL DEFINITION (appearance controlled by the browser's preferences) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heading (? = 1-6) Align Heading Division
(block/entire row) Spand (inline/side by side) Align Division
Block Quote
(usually indented) Emphasis (usually displayed as italic) Strong Emphasis (usually displayed as bold) Citation (usually italics) Code (for source code listings) Sample Output Keyboard Input Variable Definition (not widely implemented) Author's Address
Large Font Size Small Font Size PRESENTATION FORMATTING (author specifies text appearance) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scripts Bold Italic Underline (not widely implemented yet) Insert (same as underline) Strikeout (not widely implemented yet) Strikeout (not widely implemented yet) Delete (same as strikeout) Subscript Superscript Mark (highlighted text) Typewriter (displays in a monospaced font) Preformatted 
                  (display text spacing as-is)
Width            
          (in characters)
Center           
            (for both text and images)
Blinking                       (the most derided tag ever)
Font Size                 (ranges from 1-7)
Change Font Size 
Base Font Size               (from 1-7; default is 3)
Font Color       
Select Font      
Multi-Column     
Column Gutter    
Column Width     
Spacer           
Spacer Type      
Size             
Dimensions       
Alignment        

LINK
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Link Something         (the URL could be https://www.amazon.com/)
Open another tab 
Link to Target     (if in another document)
                      (if in current document)
Target Window    
Define Target     

Examples:
Amazon
Amazon
Radio Notes

Return to the HomePage.


IMAGE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Display Image       
Alignment            
Alignment        
Alternate        *** (if image not displayed)
Dimensions         (in pixels)
Border                     (in pixels)
Runaround Space   (in pixels)
Low-Res Proxy        
Imagemap              (requires a script)
Imagemap         

Examples:
test image
Girl in a jacket

MAP
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
To embed a map from Google Maps click on the 3 horizontal lines Menu>Share or embed map>Embed a map>COPY HTML
and paste it in your html code.

Example:


Map                 (describes the map)
Section           
Client Pull      
Embed Object       (insert object into page)
Object Size         

VIDEO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Video from your file 

To embed a video from YouTube.com click on Share>Embed>COPY and paste it in your html code.

Example:



DIVIDERS
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Paragraph        
            (closing tag often unnecessary)
Align Text       

Text Color       
Here is a YouTube video.

Line Break       
               (a single carriage return)
Clear Textwrap   
   
Horizontal Rule  

Alignment        

Thickness        
        (in pixels)
Width            
       (in pixels)
Width Percent    
     (as a percentage of page width)
Solid Line       
       (without the 3D cutout look)    
No Break               (prevents line breaks)
Word Break                     (where to break a line if needed)  

LISTS  (lists can be nested)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unordered List   
      (
  •  before each list item)
Compact          
      
Bullet Type      
          (for the whole list)
                 
      •   (this & subsequent)
Ordered List     
              (
      •  before each list item)
Compact          
          
Numbering Type   
                  (for the whole list)
                 
          1.       (this & subsequent)
Starting Number  
                           (for the whole list)
                 
            1.              (this & subsequent)
Definition List  
                (
              =term, 
              =definition)
Compact          
              
Menu List        
            2.   (
            3.  before each list item)
Compact          
Directory List   
            4.     (
            5.  before each list item)
Compact          

Example:

                
  
              1. Apples
                2. 
    
                  
      
                1. Gala
                  2. 
    
                
  
              2. Oranges
                3. 
  
              3. Bananas
                4. 

              

BACKGROUNDS AND COLORS
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Tiled Bkground     
Bkground Color    (order is red/green/blue)
Text Color       
Link Color       
Visited Link     
Active Link      
(More info at )

SPECIAL CHARACTERS  (these must all be in lower case)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Special Character &#?;            (where ? is the ISO 8859-1 code)
<                 <
>                 >
&                 &  
"                 "
Registered TM     ®
Registered TM     ®
Copyright         ©
Copyright         ©
Non-Breaking Spc   
(Complete list at )

FORMS  (generally require a script on your server)
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Define Form      
                    
File Upload      
              
Field Name       
Field Value      
Checked?           (checkboxes and radio boxes)     
Field Size              (in characters)
Max Length         (in characters)
Selection List   
Name of List     
# of Options     
Multiple Choice  
Name of Box      
Wrap Text        

TABLES
---------------------SPAN------------------------------------------------------
Define Table     
              
Table Border     
                  (either on or off)
Table Border     
                (you can set the value)
Cell Spacing     
Cell Padding     
              
Desired Width    
                         (in pixels)
Width Percent    
                         (percentage of page)
Table Row        
Alignment        
Table Cell                 (must appear within table rows)
Alignment             (same as data, except bold centered)
Alignment        
Alignment        
              
No linebreaks    
Columns to Span  
Rows to Span     
Desired Width         (in pixels)
Width Percent         (percentage of table)
Cell Color       
Table Header     
No Linebreaks    
Columns to Span  
Rows to Span     
Desired Width         (in pixels)
Width Percent         (percentage of table)
Cell Color       
Table Caption    
                 (above/below table)

Example:

              
 Numbers
 
              
  #1
  #2
  #3
 
 
              
  one
  two
  three
 
              

              

FRAMES  (define and manipulate specific regions of the screen)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Frame Document              (instead of )
Row Heights            (pixels or %)
Row Heights        (* = relative size)
Column Widths          (pixels or %)
Column Widths      (* = relative size)
Borders          
Border Width     
Border Color     
Define Frame                (contents of an individual frame)
Display Document 
Frame Name       
Margin Width         (left and right margins)
Margin Height       (top and bottom margins)
Scrollbar?       
Not Resizable    
Borders          
Border Color     
Unframed Content      (for non-frames browsers)

JAVA
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Applet            
File Name         
Parameters        
Location          
Identifier               (for references)
Alt Text                  (for non-Java browsers) 
Alignment         
Size               (in pixels) 
Spacing           (in pixels) 

STYLE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


style_definitions are one or more CSS properties and values separated by semicolons
Examples:

              

              Some Text Here
              

Example:

 


color or background-color:red/white/blue/green...
font-family:courier/arial/times
text-align:center/left/right

Colors
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_names.asp
red, green, blue, aqua, bisque, black, brown, chocolate, cyan, forestgreen, gold, grey, lime, moccasin, olivedrab, orange, orchid, orangered, palegreen, pink, plum, powderblue, royalblue, tan, wheat, white, yellow

MISCELLANEOUS
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Comment                        (not displayed by the browser)   
Prologue         
Searchable                        (indicates a searchable index)   
Prompt               (text to prompt input)
Send Search          (use a real question mark) 
URL of This File          (must be in header)   
Base Window Name        (must be in header)
Relationship       (in header)
Meta Information                     (must be in header)
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                   (refresh document every 30 seconds)

Not Supported in HTML 5
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align, bgcolor, color, acronym, basefont, big, center, dir, font, frame, frameset,
noframes, strike, tt,