HTML TAG SHEET
Basic Tags
Tag
Description
<body></body>
Defines the body of the web page
<body bgcolor=”pink”>
Sets the background colour of the web page
<body text="black">
Sets the colour of the body text
<head></head>
Contains information about the web page
<html></html>
Creates an HTML document –starts and ends a web page
<title></title>
Defines a title for the web page
<br/>
Inserts a line break
<!-- -->
Comment
Text Tags
Tag
Description
<h1></h1>
Creates the largest heading
<h6></h6>
Creates the smallest heading
<b></b>
Creates bold text
<i></i>
Creates italic text
<u></u>
Creates underlined text
<font size="3"></font>
Sets size of font, from "1" to "7"
<font color= "green"> </font>
Sets font colour
<font face="Times New Roman"></font>
Sets font type
Links Tags
Tag
Description
<a href="URL"></a>
Creates a hyperlink
<a href="URL"><img src="name"></a>
Creates an image link
<aname="NAME"></a>
Creates a target location in the document
<a href="#NAME"></a>
Links toa target location created somewhere else in the document
<a href= "mailto:#NAME"></a>
Links to an e-mail address
