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Basic Hypertext Markup Language (HTML Codes)
Basic Structure & Formatting
- <html>...</html>
- Encloses the entire HTML document.
- <head>...</head>
- Encloses the header of the HTML document.
- <title>...</title>
- Indicates the title of the document. Used within <HEAD>.
- <body>...</body>
- Encloses the body of the HTML document.
- <p>...</p>
- Paragraph. Ends the paragraph with a blank line.
- <br>
- Line break. Starts a new line.
- <hr>
- Horizontal rule line.
- <h1>...</h1>
- First-level heading (biggest font).
- <h2>...</h2>
- Second-level heading.
- <h3>...</h3>
- Third-level heading.
- <h4>...</h4>
- Fourth-level heading.
- <h5>...</h5>
- Fifth-level heading.
- <h6>...</h6>
- Sixth-level heading (smallest font).
Text Formatting
- <b>...</b>
- Boldface text.
- <i>...<i>
- Italic text.
- <sub>...</sub>
- Subscript.
- <sup>...</sup>
- Superscript.
- <strike>...</strike>
- Puts a strikethrough line in text.
- <font>...</font>
- Controls the font of the enclosed text.
- size="..."
- Font size. From 1 to 7. The default is 3. Can also be specified as a value relative to the current size; for example, +2 or -1. Include in tags. For example, <font size="7">.
- color="..."
- Changes the color of the text. Include in tags. For example, >font color="red">.
Special Characters
- &
- Ampersand (&).
- "
- Double quote (").
- ©
- Copyright (©).
- <
- Less than (<).
- >
- Greater than (>).
Other
- <a>...</a>
- With the HREF attribute, creates a link to another document or anchor; with the NAME attribute, creates an anchor that can be linked to.
- href="..."
- The address of the document and/or anchor point to link to.
