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For all of you who don't know HTML, here is a list of all basic and some non-basic tags.
Basic Tags
(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 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
Replace the ) with >
( with <
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