, <ISINDEX>, <BASE>, <NEXTID>, <LINK> Allowed inside: <HTML> <BODY...</BODY> Encloses the body (text and tags) of the HTML document. Can include: <H1>to<H6>, <P>, <UL>, <OL>, <DIR>, <MENU>,<DL>, <PRE>, <BLOCKQUOTE., <FORM>, <ISINDEX>, <HR>, <ADDRESS> Allowed Inside: <HEAD> <BASE> Indicates full URL of the current document Attributes: HREF="..."; the full URL of this document. Allowed inside: <HEAD> <ISINDEX> Indicates that this document is a gateway script that allows searches Allowed inside: <BLOCKQUOTE>, <BODY>, <DD>, <FORM>, <HEAD>, <LI> <LINK> Indicates relationship between this document and some other document. Generally used only by HTML-generating tools. Attributes: HREF="..." REL="..." REV="..." URN="..." TITLE="..." METHODS="..." Allowed inside: <HEAD> <NEXTID> Indicates the 'next'document to this one (as might be defined by a tool to manage HTML documents in a series). Attributes: N+"..." Allowed inside: <HEAD> TITLE AND HEADINGS: <TITLE>...

INDEX OF BASIC HTML TAGS Adapted from Laura Lemay, TEACH YOURSELF WEB PUBLISHING WITH HTML IN A WEEK. Indianapolis, 1995. COMMENTS: STRUCTURE TAGS: ... Enclose entire HTML document Can incluede: , ... Encloses the head of the HTML document. Can include: , <ISINDEX>, <BASE>, <NEXTID>, <LINK> Allowed inside: <HTML> <BODY...</BODY> Encloses the body (text and tags) of the HTML document. Can include: <H1>to<H6>, <P>, <UL>, <OL>, <DIR>, <MENU>,<DL>, <PRE>, <BLOCKQUOTE., <FORM>, <ISINDEX>, <HR>, <ADDRESS> Allowed Inside: <HEAD> <BASE> Indicates full URL of the current document Attributes: HREF="..."; the full URL of this document. Allowed inside: <HEAD> <ISINDEX> Indicates that this document is a gateway script that allows searches Allowed inside: <BLOCKQUOTE>, <BODY>, <DD>, <FORM>, <HEAD>, <LI> <LINK> Indicates relationship between this document and some other document. Generally used only by HTML-generating tools. Attributes: HREF="..." REL="..." REV="..." URN="..." TITLE="..." METHODS="..." Allowed inside: <HEAD> <NEXTID> Indicates the 'next'document to this one (as might be defined by a tool to manage HTML documents in a series). Attributes: N+"..." Allowed inside: <HEAD> TITLE AND HEADINGS: <TITLE>... Allowed inside: All headings have the following characteristics: Can include: , ,
, , , , , , , , , , Allowed inside:,, through First through sixth level headings PARAGRAPHS ..., , , ,, , , , , , , , Allowed inside: , , , , LINKS ... With the HREF attribute, creates a link to another document or anchor; with the same attribute, creates an anchor which can be linked to. Attributes: HREF="..." NAME="..." Can include: , , , , , , , , CITE>, , , Allowed inside: , , , , , , , to , , , , , , , , , LISTS ... An ordered (numbered) list. Can include: Allowed inside: , , , , ... an Unordered (bulleted) list. Can include: Allowed inside:: , , , , ... A menu list of items. Can include: Allowed inside: , , , , ... A directory listing; items are usually less than 20 characters. Can include: Allowed inside: , , , , A list item for use with , , , or Can include: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Allowed inside: , , , ... A definition or glossary list. The COMPACT attribute provides a formatting that takes less white space to present. Attributes: COMPACT Can include: , Allowed inside: , , , , A definition term, as part of a definition list. Can include: , , , , , , , , , , , , Allowed in side: The corresponding definition to a definition term, as part of a definition list. Can include: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , DL>, , , , Allowed inside: CHARACTER FORMATTING All the character formatting tags have these features: Can include: , , , , , , , , , , , , Allowed inside: , , , , , , , , to , , , , , , , , , Attributes: ... Emphasis, usuallyitalic. >... Stronger emphasis, usually bold. ... Code sample, usually Courier. ... Text to be typed, usually Courier. ... A variable or placeholder for some other value. ... Sample text. ... A Citation. ... Boldface text. ... Italic text. ... Typewriter font. OTHER ELEMENTS C Reduces the size of the font on the indicated letters by one measure;fonts can be increased or decreased in size. Horizontal line. Allowed inside: , , , Sets width of Hard Rule Line break. Allowed inside: , , , , , , , , t o , , , , , , < , , Centers a line of text. Blinks the text; should be used sparingly. Used for long quotations or citations. Can include: , to , , , , , , , , , , , , , Allowed inside: , , , , ... Used for signatures or general information about a document's author. Can include: , , , , , , , , , , < , Allowed inside: , , IMAGES Sets width of border around an image; must be included within the image source tag, e.g., Insert an inline image.. Attributes: SRC="..." The URL of the image. ALT="..." Text to be displayed if client browser does not support graphics.. ALIGN="'TOP, MIDDLE, or BOTTOM" Relation of image to line. ISMAP This image is a clickable image map. Allowed inside: , , , , , , , , , FORMS Your name and email address Automatically elicits a form for sending a message to the owner of the page -- or whoever. ... Attributes: :ACTION"..." The URL of the scrip to perform to process this form input. METHOD"..." How the form input will be sent to the gateway on the server side: possible values are GET or POST. ENCTYPE="..." Only one value now; application/x-www- form-unencoded. Can include: to , , , , , , , , , , , , , Allowed inside: <BLOCKQUOTE>, <BODY>m <DD>, <LI> <INPUT> An input widget for a form. Attributes: TYPE="..." The type of input widget; possible valu;es are CHECKBOX, HIDDEN, RADIO, RESET, SUBMI:T, TEXT, IMAGE NAME="..." The name of this item, as passed to the gateway script as part of the name/value pair. VALUE="..." For a text or hidden widget, the default value; for a check box or radio button, the valu;e to be su;bmitted with the form; for Reset or Submit buttons, the label for the button itself. SRC+"..." The Source file for an image. CHECKED For checkboxes and radio buttons, indicates that the widget is checked. SIZE="..." Size, in characters, of a text widgetl. MAXLENGTH="..." The maximum number of characters than can be entered into a text widget. ALIGN="..." For images in forms; determines how text and image align. Allowed inside: <FORM> <TEXTAREA>... indicates multiline text entry widget. Attributes: NAME="..." The name to be passed to the gateway script as part of the name/value pair. ROWS="..." The number of rows this text area displays. COLS="..." The number of columns (characters) this text area displays. Allowed inside: ` Creates a menu or scrolling list of possible items. Attributes: NAME="..." The name that is passed to the gateway script as part of the name/value pair. SIZE="..." The nu;mber of elements to display. If SIZE is indicated, the selection becomes a scrolling list. If not SIZE is give, the selection is a pop-up menu;. MULTIPLE Allows multiple selections from the list. Can include: