HTML   4.01   Summary/Basics

HTML Basic Document
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of document 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>All spaces and "enter"     
will be seen in the browser         the 10 
spaces will be seen in browser...</pre>

Logical Styles
<em>This text is emphasized(Italicized)</em>
<strong>This text is strong(Bold)</strong>
<code>This is some computer code</code>

Physical Styles
<b>This text is bold</b>
<i>This text is italic</i>

Links
Ordinary link: <a href="http://www.example.com/">Link-text goes here</a>
Image-link: <a href="http://www.example.com/"><img src="URL" alt="Alternate Text" /></a>
Mailto link: <a href="mailto:webmaster@example.com">Send e-mail</a>

A named anchor:
<a name="tips">Tips Section</a>   <a id="tips">Tips Section</a>   (Both of them work)
<a href="#tips">Jump to the Tips Section</a>

Unordered list
<ul>
  <li>Item</li>
  <li>Item</li>
</ul>

Ordered list
<ol>
  <li>First item</li>
  <li>Second 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>Tableheader</th>
    <th>Tableheader</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>sometext</td>
    <td>sometext</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Iframe
<iframe src="demo_iframe.htm"></iframe>

Frames
<frameset cols="25%,75%">
  <frame src="page1.htm" />
  <frame src="page2.htm" />
</frameset>

Forms
<form action="http://www.example.com/test.asp" method="post/get">

<input type="text" name="email" size="40" maxlength="50" />
<input type="password" />
<input type="checkbox" checked="checked" />
<input type="radio" checked="checked" />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
<input type="reset" />
<input type="hidden" />

<select>
<option>Apples</option>
<option selected="selected">Bananas</option>
<option>Cherries</option>
</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 a source.
</blockquote>

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