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Basic HTML
Here are some of the most basic HTML commands
 

HTML Basic Document


<html>

<head>

<title>Document name goes here</title>

</head>


<body>

Visible text goes here

</body>

</html>




Heading Elements


<h1>Largest Heading</h1>

<h2> . . . </h2>

<h3> . . . </h3>


<h4> . . . </h4>

<h5> . . . </h5>


<h6>Smallest Heading</h6>




Text Elements



<p>This is a paragraph</p>

<br> (line break)

<hr> (horizontal rule)

<pre>This text is preformatted</pre>


Logical Styles


<em>This text is emphasized</em>

<strong>This text is strong</strong>

<code>This is some computer code</code>


Physical Styles



<b>This text is bold</b>

<i>This text is italic</i>


Links, Anchors, and Image Elements


<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/">This is a Link</a>

<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/"><img src="URL"

alt="Alternate Text"></a>

<a href="mailto:someone@microsoft.com">Send e-mail</a>

A named anchor:

<a name="tips">Useful Tips Section</a>

<a href="#tips">Jump to the Useful Tips Section</a>




Unordered list


<ul>

<li>First item</li>

<li>Next item</li>

</ul>


Ordered list



<ol>

<li>First item</li>

<li>Next item</li>

</ol>


Definition list


<dl>


<dt>First term</dt>

<dd>Definition</dd>

<dt>Next term</dt>

<dd>Definition</dd>

</dl>


Tables



<table border="1">

<tr>

<th>someheader</th>

<th>someheader</th>


</tr>

<tr>

<td>sometext</td>

<td>sometext</td>

</tr>

</table>




Frames



<frameset cols="25%,75%">

  <frame src="page1.htm">

  <frame src="page2.htm">

</frameset>




Forms


<form action="http://www.somewhere.com/somepage.asp" method="post/get">

<input type="text" name="lastname"
value="Nixon" size="30" maxlength="50">


<input type="password">

<input type="checkbox" checked="checked">

<input type="radio" checked="checked">

<input type="submit">


<input type="reset">

<input type="hidden">


<select>

<option>Apples

<option selected>Bananas

<option>Cherries


</select>



<textarea name="Comment" rows="60"
cols="20"></textarea>


</form>




Entities



&lt; is the same as <

&gt; is the same as >

&#169; is the same as ©


Other Elements



<!-- This is a comment -->



<blockquote>

Text quoted from some source.


</blockquote>



<address>

Address 1<br>

Address 2<br>

City<br>

</address>




    
   
     
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