Summary of Tags Covered in Unit 4 Lesson 1

 

Tag

Description

<!– comment -->

 

Comment

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

 

DOCTYPE strict

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

 

DOCTYPE loose

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org

 

DOCTYPE frameset

<html>   </html>

 

Designates the beginning and ending of an HTML document.

<head>   </head>

 

The beginning and ending of the head of the HTML document (the title tag goes here)

<title> </title>

Display a title on the title bar at the top of the window

<body>   </body>

 

Begin and End the Body of the HTML document

<center> </center>

 

Center the Text

<p> </p>

 

Place the text on a new line or paragraph

<h1></h1>

 

Heading 1 (the largest heading)

<h2></h2>

 

Heading 2

<h3></h3>

 

Heading 3

<h4></h4>

 

Heading 4

<h5></h5>

 

Heading 5

<h6></h6>

 

Heading 6 (the smallest heading)

<ul></ul>

 

Unordered List

<li></li>

 

List Item

<ol></ol>

 

Ordered List

<br/>

 

Line Break

<hr>

Horizontal Rule (draws a horizontal line)