Html cheat Sheet

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HTML Cheatsheet
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Basic Tags
 
Creates an HTML document
 
Sets off the title & other info that isn't displayed

Sets background color, using name or hex value

Sets text color, using name or hex value

Sets color of links, using name or hex value

Sets color of visited links, using name or hex value

Sets color of active links (while mouse-clicking)
Text Tags
Creates preformatted text

 

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Creates headlines -- H1=largest, H6=smallest
 
Creates bold text (should use instead)
 
Creates italicized text (should use instead)
 
Creates typewriter-style text
 
Used to define source code, usually monospace
 
Creates a citation, usually processed in italics

 

Creates address section, usually processed in italics
 
Emphasizes a word (usually processed in italics)
 
Emphasizes a word (usually processed in bold)
Sets size of font - 1 to 7 (should use CSS instead)
Sets font color (should use CSS instead)
Defines the font used (should use CSS instead)
Links
clickable text
Creates a hyperlink to a Uniform Resource Locator
clickable text
Creates a hyperlink to an email address

Creates a target location within a document
clickable text
Creates a link to that target location
Formatting
Creates a new paragraph
AInserts a line break (carriage return)

Puts content in a quote - indents text from both sides

 

Used to format block content with CSS

Used to format inline content with CSS
Lists

 

Creates an unordered list
 
Creates an ordered list (start=xx,
where xx is a counting number)

 

Encompasses each list item

 

Creates a definition list

Precedes each defintion term

Precedes each defintion