HTML Tags Chart
To use any of the following HTML tags, simply select the HTML code you'd like and copy and paste it into your web page.
Tag |
Name |
Code Example |
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<!-- | comment | <!--This can be viewed in the HTML part of a document--> | Nothing will show (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<A - | anchor | <A HREF="http://www.yourdomain.com/">Visit Our Site</A> | Visit Our Site (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<B> | bold | <B>Example</B> | Example | ||||||||||||
<BIG> | big (text) | <BIG>Example</BIG> | Example (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<BODY> | body of HTML document | <BODY>The content of your HTML page</BODY> | Contents of your web page (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<BR> | line break | The contents of your page<BR>The contents of your page | The contents of your web
page The contents of your web page |
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<CENTER> | center | <CENTER>This will center your contents</CENTER> | This will center your contents |
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<DD> | definition description | <DL> <DT>Definition Term <DD>Definition of the term <DT>Definition Term <DD>Definition of the term </DL> |
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<DL> | definition list | <DL> <DT>Definition Term <DD>Definition of the term <DT>Definition Term <DD>Definition of the term </DL> |
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<DT> | definition term | <DL> <DT>Definition Term <DD>Definition of the term <DT>Definition Term <DD>Definition of the term </DL> |
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<EM> | emphasis | This is an <EM>Example</EM> of using the emphasis tag | This is an Example of using the emphasis tag | ||||||||||||
<EMBED> |
embed object | <EMBED src="yourfile.mid" width="100%" height="60" align="center"> | |||||||||||||
<EMBED> | embed object | <EMBED src="yourfile.mid"
autostart="true" hidden="false" loop="false"> <noembed><bgsound src="yourfile.mid" loop="1"></noembed> |
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<FONT> | font | <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Example</FONT> | Example (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<FONT> | font | <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4">Example</FONT> | Example (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<FONT> | font | <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="+3" COLOR="#FF0000">Example</FONT> | Example (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<FORM> | form | <FORM
action="mailto:you@yourdomain.com"> Name: <INPUT name="Name" value="" size="10"><BR> Email: <INPUT name="Email" value="" size="10"><BR> <CENTER><INPUT type="submit"></CENTER> </FORM> |
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<H1> | heading 1 | <H1>Heading 1 Example</H1> | Heading 1 Example |
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<H2> | heading 2 | <H2>Heading 2 Example</H2> | Heading 2 Example |
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<H3> | heading 3 | <H3>Heading 3 Example</H3> | Heading 3 Example |
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<H4> | heading 4 | <H4>Heading 4 Example</H4> | Heading 4 Example |
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<H5> | heading 5 | <H5>Heading 5 Example</H5> | Heading 5 Example |
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<H6> | heading 6 | <H6>Heading 6 Example</H6> | Heading 6 Example |
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<HEAD> | heading of HTML document | <HEAD>Contains elements describing the document</HEAD> | Nothing will show | ||||||||||||
<HR> | horizontal rule | <HR> | Contents of your web page (Tip) Contents of your web page |
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<HR> | horizontal rule | <HR WIDTH="50%" SIZE="3"> | Contents of your web
page Contents of your web page |
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<HR> | horizontal rule | <HR WIDTH="50%" SIZE="3" NOSHADE> | Contents of your web
page Contents of your web page |
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<HR> (Internet Explorer) |
horizontal rule | <HR WIDTH="75%" COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE="4"> | Contents of your web
page Contents of your web page |
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<HR> (Internet Explorer) |
horizontal rule | <HR WIDTH="25%" COLOR="#6699FF" SIZE="6"> | Contents of your web
page Contents of your web page |
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<HTML> | hypertext markup language | <HTML><HEAD><META><TITLE>Title of your web page</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>HTML web page contents</BODY></HTML> | Contents of your web page | ||||||||||||
<I> | italic | <I>Example</I> | Example | ||||||||||||
<IMG> | image | <IMG SRC="Earth.gif" WIDTH="41" HEIGHT="41" BORDER="0" ALT="text describing the image"> | (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<INPUT> | input field | Example 1: <FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> <INPUT type="text" size="10" maxlength="30"> <INPUT type="Submit" VALUE="Submit"> </FORM> |
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<INPUT> (Internet Explorer) |
input field | Example 2: <FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> <INPUT type="text" STYLE="color: #FFFFFF; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; background-color: #72A4D2;" size="10" maxlength="30"> <INPUT type="Submit" VALUE="Submit"> </FORM> |
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<INPUT> | input field | Example 3: <FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="2"><TR><TD BGCOLOR="#8463FF"><INPUT type="text" size="10" MAXLENGTH="30"></TD><TD BGCOLOR="#8463FF" VALIGN="Middle"> <INPUT type="image" name="submit" src="yourimage.gif"></TD></TR> </TABLE> </FORM> |
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<INPUT> | input field | Example 4: <FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> Enter Your Comments:<BR> <TEXTAREA wrap="virtual" name="Comments" rows=3 cols=20 MAXLENGTH=100></TEXTAREA><BR> <INPUT type="Submit" VALUE="Submit"> <INPUT type="Reset" VALUE="Clear"> </FORM> |
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<INPUT> | input field | Example 5: <FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> <CENTER> Select an option: <SELECT> <OPTION >option 1 <OPTION SELECTED>option 2 <OPTION>option 3 <OPTION>option 4 <OPTION>option 5 <OPTION>option 6 </SELECT><BR> <INPUT type="Submit" VALUE="Submit"></CENTER> </FORM> |
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<INPUT> | input field | Example 6: <FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> Select an option:<BR> <INPUT type="radio" name="option"> Option 1 <INPUT type="radio" name="option" CHECKED> Option 2 <INPUT type="radio" name="option"> Option 3 <BR> <BR> Select an option:<BR> <INPUT type="checkbox" name="selection"> Selection 1 <INPUT type="checkbox" name="selection" CHECKED> Selection 2 <INPUT type="checkbox" name="selection"> Selection 3 <INPUT type="Submit" VALUE="Submit"> </FORM> |
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<LI> | list item | Example 1: <MENU> <LI type="disc">List item 1 <LI type="circle">List item 2 <LI type="square">List item 3 </MENU> Example 2: <OL type="i"> <LI>List item 1 <LI>List item 2 <LI>List item 3 <LI>List item 4 </OL> |
Example 1:
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<LINK> | link | Visit our <A HREF="http://www.yourdomain.com/">site</A> | Visit our site | ||||||||||||
<MARQUEE> (Internet Explorer) |
scrolling text | <MARQUEE bgcolor="#CCCCCC" loop="-1" scrollamount="2" width="100%">Example Marquee</MARQUEE> | (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<MENU> | menu | <MENU> <LI type="disc">List item 1 <LI type="circle">List item 2 <LI type="square">List item 3 </MENU> |
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<META> | meta | <META name="Description"
content="Description of your site"> <META name="keywords" content="keywords describing your site"> |
Nothing will show (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<META> | meta | <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="4;URL=http://www.yourdomain.com/"> | Nothing will show (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<META> | meta | <META http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache"> | Nothing will show (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<META> | meta | <META name="rating" content="General"> | Nothing will show (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<META> | meta | <META name="ROBOTS" content="ALL"> | Nothing will show (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<META> | meta | <META NAME="ROBOTS" content="NOINDEX,FOLLOW"> | Nothing will show (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<OL> | ordered list | Numbered <OL> <LI>List item 1 <LI>List item 2 <LI>List item 3 <LI>List item 4 </OL> Numbered Special Start <OL start="5"> <LI>List item 1 <LI>List item 2 <LI>List item 3 <LI>List item 4 </OL> Lowercase Letters
<OL type="a">
<OL type="A">
<OL type="A"
start="3">
<OL type="i">
<OL type="I">
<OL type="I"
start="7"> |
Numbered
Numbered Special
Start
Lowercase Letters
Capital Letters
Capital Letters Special
Start
Lowercase Roman
Numerals
Capital Roman
Numerals
Capital Roman Numerals Special
Start
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<OPTION> | listbox option | <FORM METHOD=post
ACTION="/cgi-bin/example.cgi"> <CENTER> Select an option: <SELECT> <OPTION>option 1 <OPTION SELECTED>option 2 <OPTION>option 3 <OPTION>option 4 <OPTION>option 5 <OPTION>option 6 </SELECT><BR> </CENTER> </FORM> |
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<P> | paragraph | This is an example displaying
the use of the paragraph tag. <P> This will create a line break and
a space between lines. Attributes: Example 1:<BR> <BR> <P align="left"> This is an example<BR> displaying the use<BR> of the paragraph tag.<BR> <BR> Example 2:<BR> <BR> <P align="right"> This is an example<BR> displaying the use<BR> of the paragraph tag.<BR> <BR> Example 3:<BR> <BR> <P align="center"> This is an example<BR> displaying the use<BR> of the paragraph tag. |
This is an example displaying the use of the paragraph tag.
This will create a line break and
a space between lines.
Example 2:
Example 3: |
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<SMALL> | small (text) | <SMALL>Example</SMALL> | Example (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<STRONG> | strong emphasis | <STRONG>Example</STRONG> | Example | ||||||||||||
<TABLE> | table | Example 1: <TABLE BORDER="4" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD>Column 1</TD> <TD>Column 2</TD> </TR> </TABLE> Example 2: (Internet Explorer) <TABLE BORDER="2" BORDERCOLOR="#336699" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD>Column 1</TD> <TD>Column 2</TD> </TR> </TABLE> Example 3: <TABLE CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC">Column 1</TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC">Column 2</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Row 2</TD> <TD>Row 2</TD> </TR> </TABLE> |
Example 1:
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<TD> | table data | <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2"
CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD>Column 1</TD> <TD>Column 2</TD> </TR> </TABLE> |
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<TH> | table header | <DIV
align="center"><TABLE> <TR> <TH>Column 1</TH> <TH>Column 2</TH> <TH>Column 3</TH> </TR> <TR> <TD>Row 2</TD> <TD>Row 2</TD> <TD>Row 2</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Row 3</TD> <TD>Row 3</TD> <TD>Row 3</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Row 4</TD> <TD>Row 4</TD> <TD>Row 4</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </DIV> |
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<TITLE> | document title | <TITLE>Title of your HTML page</TITLE> | Title of your web page will be viewable in the title bar. (Tip) | ||||||||||||
<TR> | table row | <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2"
CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD>Column 1</TD> <TD>Column 2</TD> </TR> </TABLE> |
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<TT> | teletype | <TT>Example</TT> | Example | ||||||||||||
<U> | underline | <U>Example</U> | Example | ||||||||||||
<UL> | unordered list | Example 1:<BR> <BR> <UL> <LI>List item 1 <LI>List item 2 </UL> <BR> Example 2:<BR> <UL type="disc"> <LI>List item 1 <LI>List item 2 <UL type="circle"> <LI>List item 3 <LI>List item 4 </UL> </UL> |
Example 1:
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Character | HTML | Character Code | Description | Character | HTML Code | Character Code | Description | |
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	 | horizontal tab | ‘ | ‘ | left curly quote mark | ||||
| line feed | ’ | ’ | right curly quote mark/apostrophe | ||||
| carriage return | “ | “ | left curly quote marks | ||||
  | space | ” | ” | right curly quote marks | ||||
! | ! | exclamation point | • | • | bullet | |||
" | " | " | straight quote marks | – | – | “en” (short) dash | ||
# | # | hash mark/number sign | — | — | “em” (long) dash | |||
$ | $ | dollar sign | ˜ | ˜ | tilde | |||
% | % | percent sign | ™ | ™ | trademark | |||
& | & | & | ampersand | š | š | |||
' | ' | straight quote mark/apostrophe | › | › | ||||
( | ( | left parenthesis | œ | œ | small oe ligature | |||
) | ) | right parenthesis | Ÿ | Ÿ | capital Y, umlaut | |||
* | * | asterisk |   | | non-breaking space | |||
+ | + | plus sign | ¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation point | ||
, | , | comma | ¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent sign | ||
- | - | hyphen | £ | £ | £ | pound sterling sign | ||
. | . | period/dot | ¤ | ¤ | ¤ | general currency sign | ||
/ | / | slash | ¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yen sign | ||
0 | 0 | zero | ¦ | ¦ | ¦ | broken vertical bar | ||
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1 | 1 | one | § | § | § | section sign | ||
2 | 2 | two | ¨ | ¨ | ¨ | umlaut/dieresis | ||
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3 | 3 | three | © | © | © | copyright symbol | ||
4 | 4 | four | ª | ª | ª | feminine ordinal | ||
5 | 5 | five | « | « | « | left angle quote marks | ||
6 | 6 | six | ¬ | ¬ | ¬ | not sign | ||
7 | 7 | seven | | ­ | ­ | soft hyphen | ||
8 | 8 | eight | ® | ® | ® | registered symbol | ||
9 | 9 | nine | ¯ | ¯ | ¯ | macron accent | ||
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: | : | colon | ° | ° | ° | degree sign | ||
; | ; | semi-colon | ± | ± | ± | plus or minus | ||
< | < | < | less than sign | ² | ² | ² | superscript 2 | |
= | = | equals sign | ³ | ³ | ³ | superscript 3 | ||
> | > | > | greater than sign | ´ | ´ | ´ | acute accent | |
? | ? | question mark | µ | µ | µ | micro sign (Greek mu) | ||
@ | @ | commercial “at” sign | ¶ | ¶ | ¶ | paragraph sign | ||
A | A | capital A | · | · | · | middle dot | ||
B | B | capital B | ¸ | ¸ | ¸ | cedilla | ||
C | C | capital C | ¹ | ¹ | ¹ | superscript 1 | ||
D | D | capital D | º | º | º | masculine ordinal | ||
E | E | capital E | » | » | » | right angle quote marks | ||
F | F | capital F | ¼ | ¼ | ¼ | fraction one-fourth | ||
G | G | capital G | ½ | ½ | ½ | fraction one-half | ||
H | H | capital H | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ | fraction three-fourths | ||
I | I | capital I | ¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark | ||
J | J | capital J | À | À | À | capital A, grave accent | ||
K | K | capital K | Á | Á | Á | capital A, acute accent | ||
L | L | capital L | Â | Â | Â | capital A, circumflex accent | ||
M | M | capital M | Ã | Ã | Ã | capital A, tilde | ||
N | N | capital N | Ä | Ä | Ä | capital A, umlaut/dieresis | ||
O | O | capital O | Å | Å | Å | capital A, ring | ||
P | P | capital P | Æ | Æ | &Aelig; | capital AE ligature, dipthong | ||
Q | Q | capital Q | Ç | Ç | Ç | capital C, cedilla | ||
R | R | capital R | È | È | È | capital E, grave accent | ||
S | S | capital S | É | É | É | capital E, acute accent | ||
T | T | capital T | Ê | Ê | &Ecicr; | capital E, circumflex accent | ||
U | U | capital U | Ë | Ë | Ë | capital E, umlaut/dieresis | ||
V | V | capital V | Ì | Ì | Ì | capital I, grave accent | ||
W | W | capital W | Í | Í | Í | capital I, acute accent | ||
X | X | capital X | Î | Î | Î | capital I, circumflex accent | ||
Y | Y | capital Y | Ï | Ï | Ï | capital I, umlaut/dieresis mark | ||
Z | Z | capital Z | Ð | Ð | Ð | capital Eth, Icelandic | ||
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[ | [ | left square bracket | Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | capital N, tilde | ||
\ | \ | backslash | Ò | Ò | Ò | capital O, grave accent/null set | ||
] | ] | right square bracket | Ó | Ó | Ó | capital O, acute accent | ||
^ | ^ | caret | Ô | Ô | Ô | capital O, circumflex accent | ||
_ | _ | underscore bar | Õ | Õ | Õ | capital O, tilde | ||
` | ` | grave accent | Ö | Ö | Ö | capital O, umlaut/dieresis mark | ||
a | a | small a | × | × | × | multiplication sign | ||
b | b | small b | Ø | Ø | Ø | capital O, slash | ||
c | c | small c | Ù | Ù | Ù | capital U, grave accent | ||
d | d | small d | Ú | Ú | Ú | capital U, acute accent | ||
e | e | small e | Û | Û | Û | capital U, circumflex accent | ||
f | f | small f | Ü | Ü | Ü | capital U, umlaut/dieresis mark | ||
g | g | small g | Ý | Ý | Ý | capital Y, acute accent | ||
h | h | small h | Þ | Þ | Þ | capital Thorn, Icelandic | ||
i | i | small i | ß | ß | ß | small sz ligature, German | ||
j | j | small j | à | à | à | small a, grave accent | ||
k | k | small k | á | á | á | small a, acute accent | ||
l | l | small l | â | â | â | small a, circumflex accent | ||
m | m | small m | ã | ã | ã | small a, tilde | ||
n | n | small n | ä | ä | ä | small a, umlaut/dieresis mark | ||
o | o | small o | å | å | å | small a, ring | ||
p | p | small p | æ | æ | æ | small ae ligature, dipthong | ||
q | q | small q | ç | ç | ç | small c, cedilla | ||
r | r | small r | è | è | è | small e, grave accent | ||
s | s | small s | é | é | é | small e, acute accent | ||
t | t | small t | ê | ê | ê | small e, circumflex accent | ||
u | u | small u | ë | ë | ë | small e, umlaut/dieresis mark | ||
v | v | small v | ì | ì | ì | small i, grave accent | ||
w | w | small w | í | í | í | small i, acute accent | ||
x | x | small x | î | î | î | small i, circumflex accent | ||
y | y | small y | ï | ï | ï | small i, umlaut/dieresis mark | ||
z | z | small z | ð | ð | ð | small eth, Icelandic | ||
{ | { | left curly brace | ñ | ñ | ñ | small n, tilde | ||
| | | | solid vertical bar | ò | ò | ò | small o, grave accent | ||
} | } | right curly brace | ó | ó | ó | small o, acute accent | ||
~ | ~ | tilde | ô | ô | ô | small o, circumflex accent | ||
|  | box | õ | õ | õ | small o, tilde | ||
‚ | ‚ | comma | ö | ö | ö | small o, umlaut/dieresis mark | ||
ƒ | ƒ | florin | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | division sign | ||
„ | „ | ø | ø | ø | small o, slash/null set | |||
… | … | ellipsis | ù | ù | ù | small u, grave accent | ||
† | † | dagger | ú | ú | ú | small u, acute accent | ||
‡ | ‡ | double dagger | û | û | û | small u, circumflex accent | ||
ˆ | ˆ | circumflex accent | ü | ü | ü | small u, umlaut,dieresis mark | ||
‰ | ‰ | permil | ý | ý | ý | small y, acute accent | ||
Š | Š | þ | þ | þ | small thorn, Icelandic | |||
‹ | ‹ | ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | small y, umlaut/dieresis mark | |||
Œ | Œ | capital OE ligature |
To add special characters to your HTML or XHTML document use the HTML code to insert the special character. This is its numeric position in the Unicode character set. Unicode is the standardized set of characters from many of the world's languages.