HTML Reference

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Posted The: 14/04/2008 - AT: 22:31

Edited The: 22/10/2008 - AT: 7:23

This reference aims to cover the most recent version of HTML, and as such older and deprecated elements may be excluded, those will however still be searchable.

Using the Reference

Note. Its easier to use the Site Search! when looking for something specific.

You can click the Elements to view additional information, as well as its useful example, including start/end tags, and attributes.

The HTML Reference

Comments in HTML.	How to Write comments in HTML
The doctype Declaration	The Importance of the Doctype.
The html Element	The first Element in HTML
head Element	The head section.
style Element	Applies styling in the Document.
meta tags Element	Used for meta Data.
link Element	Links to a resource, I.E External StyleSheets.
title Element	Document title, this is what shows in search engines.
body Element	The body section.
div Element	Used for layout, and to create divisons in pages.
span Element	Used for layout purposes, creates a section in the document.
h1 to h6 Element	Headlines, used for article titles, subtitles, etc.
p Element	Paragraph, used for text.
br Element	Used to "force" a linebreak.
a Element	Anchor (AKA Link).
ol Element	Creates an ordered list, recommended for links.
ul Element	Creates an unordered list, recommended for links.
li Element	Used togetter with OL's and UL's, creates a list item.
strong Element	Strongy Emphasized text.
em Element	Emphasized text.
b Element	Makes text bold.
u Element	Deprecated, was used to underline text.
i Element	Makes text Italic.
form Element	Forms are used to submit data.
input Element	Used togetter with forms, creates a input field.
label Element	Creates a label for a given form control.
textarea Element	Creates a text area.
button Element	Creates a push button.
frameset Element	Creates a set of frames, used to organize multiple frames.
frame Element	Used to embed a page, inside another, in a "frame".
noframes Element	Used togetter with frames, for browsers unable to render frames.
iframe Element	Used to embed a page, inside another, in a inline "frame".
blockquote Element	Used for long quotations.
q Element	Used for short quotation.
hr Element	Creates a horizontal rule.
object Element	Used to embed an object, I.E. Flash.
param Element	Used togetter with object, to create a parameter.
pre Element	Used for preformatted text, useful for code examples etc.
code Element	Used for code examples, most authors are using pre insted.
samp Element	Used for Sample Code, most authors are using pre insted.
script Element	Used for scripts, I.E. Javascript.
noscript Element	used togetter with script, for browsers who dosn't support scripts.
table Element	Creates a table, outdated for layout, use div's instead.
caption Element	Creates a table caption.
tr Element	Used togetter with table, to create a table row.
td Element	Used togetter with table rows, to create table cell.
col Element	Used togetter with table and colgroup, it only contains attributes.
colgroup Element	Used togetter with tables, to group table columns.
thead Element	Used togetter with table, to create a table header.
tbody Element	Used togetter with table, to create a table body.
tfoot Element	Used togetter with table, to create a table footer.
address Element	Used to enter contact information for a section, or a ducument.
map Element	Creates an image map.
area Element	Used to define an area in an image map.
base Element	Defines a "base URL", maybe old servers was unable to work with relative paths?
bdo Element	The direction of text.
big Element	Used to display "bigger" text.
small Element	Used to display "smaller" text.
select Element	Creates a drop-down list.
option Element	Used togetter with select, to create an option in a drop-down list.
optgroup Element	Used togetter with selects, to group options.
cite Element	Used for citations.
del Element	Strike-through text, to make it appear "deleted".
ins Element	inserted text.
kbd Element	keyboard text.
th Element	Creates a table header.
fieldset Element	Used to draw a box around containing elements.
legend Element	Creates a title in a fieldset.
dl Element	Creates a definition list.
dd Element	Used togetter with dl, to Create a definition description.
dfn Element	Creates a definition term.
dt Element	Creates a definition term.
sup Element	Superscripted text.
sub Element	Subscripted text.
tt Element	Teletype text.
abbr Element	Abbreviation.
acronym Element	Acronym.
var Element	Declares a variable.