HTML Tags


Part 2

Links

<a href="URL"></a> Creates a hyperlink to another document
<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> 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> Precedes each list item, and adds a number
<ul></ul> Creates a bulleted list
<li> Precedes each list item, and adds the bullet
<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" alt="alternative text"> Specifies the text to appear in place of your inline images
<img src="name" vspace=value hspace=value> Controls the space around a graphic image
<img src="name" vspace=value hspace=value> Controls the size of a graphic image
<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


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