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HTML Cheat Sheet

A Basic HTML/HTM file Template:

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>Put the Title of your Website Here</TITLE>

</HEAD>

<p>

Body of web page goes here.

<p>

<br><a href="index.html">Return to the Home Page</a>

</p>

</BODY>

</HTML>

Notes:

<HTML> </HTML> Every web page must begin with and end with this tag. It tells the viewers web browser that what follows is an HTML file.

<HEAD> </HEAD> Every web page should include this tag. For the most part, it includes various information about the page that follows, not used by the web browser, but see <TITLE> below:

<TITLE> </TITLE> The text included between these tags, which must fall between the <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags, is displayed at the top of the browser screen as a "title". It is also used by many web search tools to catalog web pages. It is especially important on your HOME PAGE.

<BODY> </BODY> Every web page must also have these tags. Everything to be displayed in the main window of the web browser falls between these tags. The <BODY> tag may also include some formatting information such as colors and background images.

Basic Formatting tags:

<H1> </H1> (also <H2> - <H6>): Various heading levels, <H1> being the largest. Useful for titles, and section headings.

<P> </P> Used to separate paragraphs. </P> is optional does nothing when followed by another <P>. It inserts one blank line. HTML does not display empty paragraphs, so multiple <P> tags do nothing.

<BR> Inserts a line break. Multiple <BR> tags may or may not insert blank lines depending on the browser.

<B> </B> Everything between these tags shows up in bold text.

<I> </I> Everything between these tags shows up in italics.

<U> </U> Everything between these tags shows up underlined.

<PRE> </PRE> Everything between these tags is displayed in courier 10 pitch typeface as preformatted. White space, tabs, spaces, and paragraph formatting is preserved. The browser will not wrap long lines.

<FONT> </FONT> Defines font size, color, and typeface. If you specify a typeface, it MUST be on the destination user's computer. Example: <FONT SIZE=4 COLOR="RED">Red</FONT>

<UL> </UL> Prescribes the beginning and end of an unordered (bulleted) list. Each item in the list begins with an <LI> tag.

<OL> </OL> Prescribes the beginning and end of an ordered (numbered) list. Each item in the list begins with an <LI> tag.

<IMG SRC="filename.gif" alt="Description of picture" width=100 height=50 align="left"> These are the most important elements for the image tag. The align="left" or "right" causes text to wrap around the right side of the image desktop publishing style.

<TABLE> <TR> <TD> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> All of these elements are required for a simple table. Each table row begins and ends with the <TR> tag. Each row may have one or more table data cells delineated by <TD> tags.

<A HREF=". . ."> </A> defines an anchor tag, which is an element that links to something else. The main types are:

<A HREF="htmlfile.html">Select me to see more</A> for an file;

<A HREF="http://www.fsp.com">Select to go to my web site</A>

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