HTML Quick Ref
Last update 4-29-01, 1:40pm 
<HTML> </HTML> = 

<META CONTENT="search string"> = keywords describing your website for search engines

<HEAD> </HEAD> =

<TITLE> </TITLE> = (shows up at very top of Netscape) 

<BODY> </BODY> =



<BR> = break line

<P> = blank line between paragraphs

<HR> = Line Seperator 



<B> </B> = bold 

<STRONG> </STRONG> = STRONG

<BLINK> </BLINK> =  BLINK 

<I> </I> = Italics

<em> </em> = emphasize

<address> </address> = address i.e. 
Joer Brutha
PO Box 10123, Boston, Mass 01376 


  • <LI> = bullet at beginning of line 


    
<FONT SIZE=6> </FONT> =  Font size  

<H1> </H1> = Header size affects entire line
  
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<H2> </H2> = Header size affects entire line
  
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<H3> </H3> =
  
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<H4> </H4> =
  
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<H5> </H5> =
  
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<H6> </H6> =
  
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<CENTER> </CENTER> = 
    center text or img on display 
    

    <DD> = indent (do not need BR at end of line above)


  • <DD><LI> = indent with bullet

<UL> </UL> = indent entire paragraph 

<BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> = ?? 

<p> </p> = paragraph ??

<PRE> </PRE> = leave text format as wysiwyg 


    
Background Colors
  
    <body bgcolor="cccccc">

Display an image
  
    <IMG SRC="test.gif">
  
    <CENTER> <IMG SRC="test.gif"> </CENTER> = (center image on screen)


    
Hot Links 
  
    link to a file on your computer
     
     <a href="/file.htm"> link name here </a>

  
    link to a file on your computer but open in a new browser window 
     
     <a href="http/file.htm" target="_ "> link name here </a>

  
    link to another website file but open in a new browser window 
     
     <a href="http://domain.com/file.htm">" target="_ "> link name here </a>

  
    to a file on another computer on your LAN 
     
     <a href="server://path???/file.htm"> link name here </a>

  
    to another website
     
     <a href="http://www.domain.com"> link name here </a>

  
    to a non frames version of site 
     
     <a href="index2.htm" target="_parent"> Non Frames Version </a>

  
    to a news group 
     
     <a href="news://alt.motorcycle.sportbike"> link name here </a>

Hot Link To Mailer
  
    opens mailer 
    
    <a href="mailto:user@domain.com"> user@domain.com </a>

  
    opens mailer and includes image
    
    <a href="mailto:user@domain.com"> <IMG SRC="mailbox.gif"> user@domain.com </a>
 
  
    opens mailer, includes image but no text  
    
    <a href="mailto:user@domain.com"> <IMG SRC="mailbox.gif"> </a>


    
Simple Table with 2 Rows and 3 Columns 

<TABLE> or <TABLE BORDER=1> or <TABLE BORDER=2> or <TABLE BORDER=3>


    <TR>

    <TD> xxx </TD>

    <TD> xxx </TD>

    <TD> xxx </TD> </TR>


    <TR>

    <TD> xxx </TD>

    <TD> xxx </TD>

    <TD> xxx </TD </TR>


    </TABLE>
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