HTML Tag Reference

HTML Tag and Attribute Reference

<b>
<b> . . . </b>
Format the enclosed text using bold typeface.

<base>
    <base> . . . </base>


Attributes

    href=url
        Specify the base URL.

    target=name
        Define the default target windoe of all <a> links in the document (mostly used for redirecting a link to other frames). There are four special values _blank, _parent, _self, and _top.

<basefont>
    basefont
    Specify the font size for subsequent text.

Attributes

    color=color
        Specify the base font's color

    face=name
        Specify the local font to be used for the base font

    id=name
        Define a name for this tag that is unique to this document.

    name=name
        IE* Specify the local font to be used for the base font.

    size=value
        Set the basefont size from 1 to 7 (required; default is 3).

<bdo>
    <bdo> . . . </bdo>
    Bidirectional override; changes the rendering direction of the enclosed text.

Attributes

    class=name
        Specify a class style controlling the appearance of this tag.

    dir=direction
        Specify the rendering direction for text, either left to right (ltr) or right to left (rtl).

    id=name
        Define a name for this tag that is unique to this document.

    lang=language
        Specify the language used for this tag's contents using a standard two-character ISO language name.

    style=style
        Specify an inline style for this tag.

    title=string
        Specify a title for this tag.

<bgsound>
    <bgsound>
    IE* Define the background audio for this document.

Attributes

    loop=value
        Set the number of times to play the audio; value may be an integer or the value infinite.

    src=url
        Provide the URL of the audio file to be played.

<big>
<big> . . . </big>
Format the enclosed text using a bigger typeface.

<blink>
<blink> . . . </blink>
N* Cause the enclosed text to blink.

<BLOCKQUOTE>
<BQ>

Block Quote
<BLOCKQUOTE> text </BLOCKQUOTE> <BQ> text </BQ> <BQ CLEAR = attributes> text </BQ> <BQ NOWRAP> text </BQ>

The block quote tag defines text that is quoted from elsewhere. Many browsers (including Netscape) display it in an indented block surrounded by blank lines. Other suggestions from the HTML 2.0 spec include displaying the text in italics or starting each line with the Usenet standard quote indicator, >. In HTML 3.0, the CLEAR attribute is used to position a quote after a graphic: it can be LEFT, RIGHT, or ALL and specifies which margin should be clear. The NOWRAP attribute stops the browser from wrapping except at a

BR

<BODY>

Definition
<BODY> document-body </BODY> <BODY BACKGROUND="URL"> document-body </BODY> <BODY BGCOLOR="#rrggbb"> document-body </BODY> <BODY BGCOLOR="colorname"> document-body </BODY> <BODY TEXT="#rrggbb"> document-body </BODY> <BODY TEXT="colorname"> document-body </BODY> <BODY LINK="#rrggbb"> document-body </BODY> <BODY LINK="colorname"> document-body </BODY> <BODY ALINK="#rrggbb"> document-body </BODY> <BODY ALINK="colorname"> document-body </BODY> <BODY VLINK="#rrggbb"> document-body </BODY> <BODY VLINK="colorname"> document-body </BODY> <BODY LEFTMARGIN=margin> document-body </BODY> <BODY TOPMARGIN=margin> document-body </BODY> <BODY BGPROPERTIES="FIXED"> document-body </BODY>

The body tag introduces the body of the document. It should appear after the

BACKGROUND

BGCOLOR

TEXT

LINK

ALINK

VLINK

rrggbb

colorname

LEFTMARGIN

TOPMARGIN

BGPROPERTIES

BACKGROUND

<BR>

Line Break
<BR> <BR CLEAR> <BR CLEAR="type">

The line break tag breaks the current line of text. It's not necessary inside a

</BR>

CLEAR

LEFT

RIGHT

NONE

<BUTTON>: <button>
Attributes: accesskey=char; Define the hot-key character for this button.; disabled; Disable the button. Prevent the user from clicking it.; name=name; Specify the name of the parameter to be passed to the form-processing application if the input element is selected.; onblur=applet; Apecify an applet to be run when the mouse moves out of the button; onfocus=applet; Specify the applet to run when the mouse moves over the button.; type=type; specify the button type, either button, submit or reset.; tabindex=n; Specify theis element's position in the tabbing order.; value=string; Specify the value of the parameter sent to the form-processing application if this form element is selected (required).