Body tag and attributes
<BODY>...</BODY> Contains the viewed portion of the document
<BODY bgcolor="color"> Sets the color of the background in hexadecimal code
<BODY background="filename.xxx"> Sets an image as a page’s background (wallpaper)
<BODY text="color"> Specifies the color of normal text in hexadecimal code
<BODY link="color"> Specifies the default color of unvisited links in hexadecimal code
<BODY alink="color"> Specifies the color of links on click in hexadecimal code
<BODY vlink="color"> Specifies the color of followed links in hexadecimal code
Font tag and attributes
<FONT>...</FONT> Changes font attributes for text within the tags
<FONT size="value">...</FONT> Sets the font to a size from 1 to 7, with 1 the smallest and 7 the largest
<FONT face="name">...</FONT> Sets the font face
<FONT color="color">...</FONT> Sets the font color using hexadecimal code
Image tag and attributes
<IMG> Embeds an image in the document at the location of the tag
<IMG src="url" alt="text"> Adds an image with a text description
<IMG src="url" alt="text" align="direction"> Aligns an image to the left, right, center, bottom, or top
<IMG src="url" alt="text" border="number"> Sets the size of the border around an image
<IMG src="url" alt="text" height="pixels"> Sets the height of an image
<IMG src="url" alt="text" width="pixels"> Sets the width of an image
<IMG src="url" alt="text" hspace="pixels"> Sets a horizontal margin to be placed around an image
<IMG src="url" alt="text" vspace="pixels"> Sets a vertical margin to be placed around an image
<IMG src="url" alt="text" usemap="map-name"> Designates an image as a client-side image map
Anchor tag and attributes
<A>...</A> Designates the origin and destination of a hyperlink
<A HREF="url">...</A> Creates a hyperlink
<A HREF="#NAME">...</A> Links to a target location in the current page
<A HREF="URL#NAME">...</A> Links to a target location in a page outside your site
<A NAME="NAME">...</A> Sets a target location within a document
<A HREF="mailto:email">...</A> Creates a mailto link
 

Optional attributes:
<A HREF="?" target="?">...</A> Specifies where the linked-to document is to be placed
<A HREF="?" rel="?">...</A> Sets up a relationship between the linked-to document and the current page
<A HREF="?" rev="?">...</A> Sets up a reverse relationship between the current page and the linked-to document
Table tags and attributes
<TABLE>...</TABLE> Generates a table
<TABLE border="pixels"> Sets the size of cell borders
<TABLE cellspacing="pixels"> Sets the amount of space between cells
<TABLE cellpadding="pixels"> Sets the amount of space between a border and cell content
<TABLE height="pixels" or "%"> Sets the height of a table
<TABLE width="pixels" or "%"> Sets the width of a table
<TD>...</TD> Defines a table data cell
<TD colspan="columns"> Sets a cell to span columns
<TD rowspan="rows"> Sets a cell to span rows
<TD nowrap> Prevents the lines within a cell from wrapping
<TH>...</TH> Defines a table header with bold, centered table data
<TR>...</TR> Defines a table row
<TR align="?"> or <TD align="?"> Aligns the contents of a row or cell to the left, right, or center
<TR valign="?"> or <TD valign="?"> Sets the vertical alignment of a row or cell to the top, middle, or bottom
Frame tags and attributes
<FRAMESET>...</FRAMESET> Specifies the layout of subsections in the main browser window
<FRAMESET rows="value,value"> Defines the rows within a frameset
<FRAMESET cols="value,value"> Defines the columns within a frameset
<NOFRAMES>...</NOFRAMES> Provides alternate content for browsers that do not support frames
<FRAME src="?"> Defines the appearance and content of a single frame
<FRAME name="name"> Labels the frame for targeting by other frames
<FRAME marginwidth="#"> Sets the margin width of a frame
<FRAME marginheight="#"> Sets the margin height of a frame
<FRAME scrolling="value"> Creates a frame scrollbar
<FRAME noresize> Prevents the resizing of a frame
Form tags and attributes
<FORM>...</FORM> Generates a container for all form elements
<FORM action="url"> Designates the path of the script to process input from the form
<FORM method="get|post"> Instructs the browser how to interact with the form URL
<FORM accept="media type"> Defines which MIME types are supported by the server processing the form
<FORM accept-charset="text"> Defines which character sets are supported by the server processing the form
<FORM enctype="media type"> Defines the format of the submitted data
<OPTION> Defines each menu item
<SELECT name="NAME">...</SELECT> Generates a pull-down menu
<INPUT type="checkbox"> Generates a check box
<INPUT type="hidden"> Conceals a field from view
<INPUT type="image"> Generates an image that acts like a Submit button
<INPUT type="password"> Generates a one-line password box
<INPUT type="radio"> Generates a radio button
<INPUT type="text"> Generates a one-line text box
<INPUT type="submit"> Generates a Submit button (send form)
<INPUT type="reset"> Generates a Reset button (clear form)

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