HTML Reference Guide




				Basic Tags <html></html> Identifies the beginning and end of an HTML document. Every webpage begins with <html> and ends with </html>. <head></head> Contains the title of webpage and other information that isn't displayed on the webpage itself. Attributes: • <title></title>: inserts the title of the page at the top of the browser. ex. <title>HTML Reference Guide</title> <body></body> This is where the visible part of your page is located. (More than one attribute can be used within the brackets) Attributes: • <body bgcolor=?>: sets the background color, using the color name or its hex value. ex. <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> gives the page a white background. • <body background=?>: names the page's background image, if you want an image to be tiled in the background of your page. For tips on how to choose a good background image and/or color, click here. ex. <body background="imagename.gif"> • <body text=?>: sets the text color, using the color name or its hex value. The default is black. • <body link=?>: sets the color of the links, using the color name or its hex value. The default is blue. • <body vlink=?>: short for "visited link", sets the color of the links that have already been clicked on, using the color name or hex value. The default is red. • <body alink=?>: short for "active link", sets the color of the links being clicked on. The default is purple.