List of Important HTML Tags


    TagsDescription • Meaning • Definition
    <a>ANCHOR tag creates <a href="http://www.fillster.com">link</a> to other internet location, or file.
    <abbr>ABBREVIATION tags indicate interpretation of the meaning to the browsers and search engines for such as kind of abbreviations as "Inc.", "etc.".
    <acronym>ACRONYM tags defines an acronym, like; <acronym title="World Wide Web">WWW</acronym>.
    <address>ADDRESS tags are used to identify the author's contact information for a section or a document.
    <applet>APPLET element tags are used to embed and invoke a Java application within an HTML page.
    <area>AREA tag defines a section of an image.
    <b>BOLD tag is specifying <b>bold section</b> within the text document.
    <base>BASE tag defines information regarding to the links on the page.
    <basefont>BASEFONT tags defines changes of all text appearance on the web page.
    <bdo>BDO tag is specifying the direction of text display by overwriting the default value from Left to Right. <bdo dir="rtl">Right to Left</bdo>
    <bgsound>BGSOUND tag is defining a background sound for a webpage.

    <html>
      <head>
        <bgsound src="JingleBells.wav" loop="3">
      </head>
      <body>
      </body>
    </html>

    Demo • Example
    <big>BIG tag makes the <big>text larger</big> then the rest of the text.
    <blockquote>BLOCKQUOTE tags
    <blockquote>separate a section</blockquote>
    of text from the surrounding text.
    <blink>BLINK tags defines text to <blink>blink</blink> repeatedly. Internet Explorer doesn't support this tag yet.
    <body><html>
      <head>
      </head>
      <body>
          Body tags identify the content of a web page.
      </body>
    </html>
    <br>Line Break tag is specifying<br>
    a new line
    <button>BUTTON tag is used to create a <button type="button">Push Button</button>  
    <caption><table>
      <caption>CAPTION tag adds a caption to a table.</caption>
        <tr>
          <td>
          </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <center>
    <center>CENTER tags center text, images, etc.</center>
    <cite><cite>CITE tags defines a citation and displaying in italics.</cite>
    <code>CODE tags are used for example, to indicate a code of the current <code>htmltags.html</code> page.
    <col>COL tags are used to define column properties for table columns.

    <table>
      <colgroup span="2">
        <col width="60" align="left"></col>
        <col width="80" align="center"></col>
      </colgroup>
      <tr>
        <td>1st Column</td>
        <td>2nd Column</td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    <colgroup>COLGROUP tags are used to define groups of table columns.

    <table>
      <colgroup span="2">
        <col width="60" align="left"></col>
        <col width="80" align="center"></col>
      </colgroup>
      <tr>
        <td>1st Column</td>
        <td>2nd Column</td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    <dd>DD tag defines a definition description.

    <dl>
      <dt>NASA</dt>
        <dd>National Aeronautics and Space Administration</dd>
      <dt>MBA</dt>
        <dd>Master of Business Administration</dd>
    </dl>
    <dfn>DFN tags emphasize definition, for example; <dfn>PC</dfn>: Personal Computer.
    <del>DEL tag indicates <del>deleted text</del>
    <dir>DIR tags define directory lists.

    <dir>
      <li>First</li>
      <li>Second</li>
      <li>Third</li>
    </dir>
    <dl>DL tag defines a definition list.

    <dl>
      <dt>CSU</dt>
        <dd>California State University</dd>
      <dt>UN</dt>
        <dd>United Nations</dd>
    </dl>
    <div>DIV tag is a logical section of a web document.

    <div>
      <h1>Home Pets</h1>
        <p>Cats</p>
        <p>Dogs</p>
    </div>
    <dt>DT tags defines a definition term.

    <dl>
      <dt>HTML</dt>
        <dd>HyperText Markup Language</dd>
      <dt>CSS</dt>
        <dd>Cascading Style Sheets</dd>
    </dl>

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