List Tags
- <ul> - Defines an unordered list (w/ bullets)
- type: sets the type of bullet (disc, square, circle)
- <ol> - Defines an ordered list (w/ numbering)
- type: sets the numbering used (A, a, I, i, 1)
- <li> - Defines a list item (it's used with both list types)
- type: can use the same type info as above
<ul>
<li>red</li>
<li>green</li>
<li>blue</li>
</ul>
Miscellaneous Tags
- <!--...--> - Defines hidden comments; the dots are replaced with your text
- <a> - Creates webpage links (internal and external) and e-mail links
- href: sets the destination of the link (use "mailto:" for e-mail addresses)
- target: tells the browser how to open a link (_blank, _top, _parent, _self)
<a href="index.html">Home</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">To Google</a>
<a href="mailto:user@email.com">E-mail me!</a>
- <img>* - Displays images
- src: sets which image to display
- width: sets the width of the image
- height: sets the height of the image
- alt: sets the alternative text of the image
- border: sets the width of the border around a linked image
<img src="rose.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt="A red rose." />
- <iframe> - Creates an inline frame (loads a webpage within a webpage)
- src: sets the page to load in the iframe
- align: sets the alignment of the iframe (left, right, top, middle, baseline)
- width: sets the width of the iframe
- height: sets the height of the iframe
- frameborder: sets the visibility of the frame border (1 or 0)
- marginwidth: sets the sizes of the left and right margins
- marginheight: sets the sizes of the top and bottom margins
- noresize: tells the browser not to allow iframe resizing
- scrolling: sets the behavior of the scroll bar (yes, no, auto)
<iframe width="760" height="200" src="http://www.yahoo.com">
</iframe>
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Form Tags
- <form> - Defines a user input form; scripts are used to process the data
- action: tells the form where to send the data collected (URL or e-mail)
- method: tells the form how to send the data (get, post)
- name: sets the name of the form
- target: instructs the form how to open the "action" URL
- <input>* - Creates a form input field
- type: sets the field type (checkbox, button, radio, reset, submit, text)
- checked: checks a box by default
- maxlength: sets the max number of characters allowed in a text field
- name: names the field; required for checkbox, radio, text, and others
- readonly: makes a field read only; it's only used with type="text"
- size: sets the length of a text input field
- value: sets the default value of various input field types
<form>
<input type="text" name="name" />
<input type="text" name="email" />
<input type="submit" name="Submit" />
</form>
- <option> - Defines an option in a dropdown menu
- selected: sets the default selected option in a menu
- value: sets the value to be trasmitted by the form
- <select> - Defines a dropdown menu
- multiple: allows multiple option selection
- name: names the dropdown menu
- size: sets the number of visible items
<select name="fastfood_choices">
<option value="tb">Taco Bell</option>
<option value="hb">Halo Burger</option>
<option value="kfc">KFC</option>
</select>
- <textarea> - Creates a multi-line input field
- cols: sets the number of columns in the field; it's required
- name: sets the name of the textarea
- readonly: makes the field read only
- rows: sets the number of rows in the field; it's required
<textarea cols="30" rows="7"></textarea>
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