The Department of Plant Sciences

A List of HTML Tags

This file contains a list of the basic HTML tags.

[ basic elements| headers| separators| lists| text formatting| images| ancors| links ]

BASIC ELEMENTS OF AN HTML DOCUMENT

The following tags should appear in every HTML document: 
<HTML>

<HEAD>
<TITLE>The title of the document</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
...Some HTML text...
...Some HTML text...
...Some HTML text...
</BODY>

</HTML>

HEADERS

<H1> Header1 </H1>:

Header 1

<H2> Header2 </H2>:

Header 2

<H3> Header3 </H3>:

Header 3

<H4> Header4 </H4>:

Header 4

<H5> Header5 </H5>:
Header 5
<H6> Header6 </H6>:
Header 6

SEPARATORS

Paragraph Break: 
This is the first scentence in the first
paragraph. This is the second scentence in
the first paragraph. This scentence is f
ollowed by a paragrahp break and thus
ends the first paragrah. <P>
This is the first scentence in the second
paragraph. This is the second scentence in
the second paragraph. This scentence is
also followed by a paragrahp break and is
the last scentence in the second paragraph. <P>
This is the first scentence in the first paragraph. This is the second scentence in the first paragraph. This scentence is f ollowed by a paragrahp break and thus ends the first paragrah.

This is the first scentence in the second paragraph. This is the second scentence in the second paragraph. This scentence is also followed by a paragrahp break and is the last scentence in the second paragraph.

Horizontal Rule: <HR> 
Text 1<HR> Text2
Text1
Text2

Line Break: 
This scentence ends with a line break.<BR> Same for this one.<BR>
And for this one.<BR>
This scentence ends with a line break.
Same for this one.
And for this one.

LISTS

(list can be nested)

UNORDERED 

<UL>
<LI> Black
<LI> White
</UL>

ORDERED 

<OL>
<LI> Red
<LI> Green
<LI> Blue
</OL>
  1. Red
  2. Green
  3. Blue

DEFINITION

<DL>
<DT> THHGTGG
<DD> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was originally a BBC
           radio series which ....
<DT> Netrek
<DD> Netrek is a networked multiuser game. It is not a simple
           shoot-em-up game, but ....
</DL>
THHGTGG
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was originally a BBC radio series which ....
Netrek
Netrek is a networked multiuser game. It is not a simple shoot-em-up game, but ....

TEXT FORMATTING

Styles

Logical (Preferred)
Physical (Discouraged)

SPECIAL CHARACTERS

PREFORMATTED TEXT 

  <PRE>
    #####  ######  #   #   #####
      #    #        # #      #
      #    #####     #       #
      #    #        # #      #
      #    ######  #   #     #
  </PRE>

  #####  ######  #   #   #####
    #    #        # #      #
    #    #####     #       #
    #    #        # #      #
    #    ######  #   #     #

BLOCK QUOTES 

Here is a quote from P. Erdos:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems."
</BLOCKQUOTE>
Here is a quote from P. Erdos:
"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems."

ADDRESS

<ADDRESS>botany@post.tau.ac.il</ADDRESS>
botany@post.tau.ac.il

Inline Images

Default:
<IMG SRC="bart.gif">

Align (optional):
<IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM SRC="bart.gif">
<IMG ALIGN=MIDDLE SRC="bart.gif">
<IMG ALIGN=TOP SRC="bart.gif">

Alternative text (optional):
<IMG ALT="[Homer]" SRC="homer.gif"> generates: [Homer] (replaces the image in text-only browsers)

ANCORS

<A NAME="ancor1"></A> is an ancor to this very place in this file

LINKS