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Table 21-6 provides a quick reference to common tags used to build HTML pages.
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STRUCTURAL |
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<html> </html> |
Encloses HTML script |
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<head> </head> |
Head of the page |
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<title> </title> |
Title of the page in the browser |
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<body> </body> |
Body of the page |
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Comments |
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TEXT |
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<p> </p> |
Paragraph text |
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<div> </div> |
Block of content |
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<span> </span> |
Inline content |
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<br/> |
Line break |
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<hr/> |
Horizontal line (rule) |
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<font> </font> |
Font for text |
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<b> </b> |
Bold |
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<i> </i> |
Italics |
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<h1>..</h6> |
Headers |
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<tt> </tt> |
Typewriter text |
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LIST |
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<ul> </ul> |
Unordered bulleted list |
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<ol> </ol> |
Ordered numbered list |
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<li> </li> |
Item in a list |
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<dl> </dl> |
Definition list |
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<dt> </dt> |
Term in a definition list |
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<dd> </dd> |
Definition in a definition list |
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TABLE | |
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<table> </table> |
Table |
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<tr> </tr> |
Table row |
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<td> </td> |
Cell |
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<th> </th> |
Table heading |
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<caption> </caption> |
Table caption |
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FORM | |
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<form> </form> |
Form |
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<input> </input> |
Input field |
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<select> </select> |
Selection list |
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<option> </option> |
Option form |
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<textarea> </textarea> |
Scrolling, multiline text field |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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<img> </img> |
Image |
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<a> </a> |
Anchor hyperlink |
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<map> </map> |
Image map |
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<area> </area> |
Area within an image map |
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<meta> </meta> |
Page information |
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<style> </style> |
Style sheet |
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<link/> |
Link to an external file |
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