HTML Level 1 and 2 Manual

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This is a reference manual for HTML. The manual is arranged around HTML Level 1 and Level 2 practice. Level 1 is document structure, links, images and lists. Level 2 adds forms.

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Special Sections

Screen Resolution and Colours

Making GIFs

Page Layout Techniques

Forms

Compatibility

Element Lessons

Document

<HTML> - The outer document element. It says that the whole file is an HTML document.
<HEAD> - The non-visible information area of an HTML document.
<TITLE> - The title shown in the browser window, bookmarks, history lists and search results.
<BODY> - The visible body of the document.

Headings

<H1> - The highest-level heading for the main subject of a page.
<H2> - A second-level heading for a major section.
<H3> - A third-level heading for a subsection.
<H4> - A fourth-level heading for small subsections.
<H5> - A fifth-level heading.
<H6> - The lowest-level heading in HTML.

Text Blocks

<P> - Begins a paragraph.
<BR> - Forces a line break inside text.
<HR> - Draws a horizontal rule between sections.
<ADDRESS> - Contact or authorship information for a page or section.
<BLOCKQUOTE> - Marks a quoted block from another source.
<PRE> - Preserves spaces and line breaks in preformatted text.
<XMP> - Displays example text with markup treated as literal text until the closing tag.
<LISTING> - Shows program listings or literal text with a fixed-width rendering.
<PLAINTEXT> - Treats the rest of the document as plain text.

Embedded Objects

<IMG> - Embeds an inline image.

Phrase Markup

<B> - Renders text in a bold style.
<I> - Renders text in an italic style.
<TT> - Renders text in a teletype or fixed-width face.
<EM> - Marks emphasized text.
<STRONG> - Marks strong emphasis.
<CITE> - Marks a citation or title of a work.
<CODE> - Marks computer code in running text.
<SAMP> - Marks sample output from a program or system.
<KBD> - Marks keyboard input.
<VAR> - Marks a variable or replaceable term.
<DFN> - Marks the defining instance of a term.

Lists

<UL> - Starts an unordered list.
<OL> - Starts an ordered numbered list.
<LI> - Begins a list item inside UL, OL, DIR or MENU.
<DIR> - A directory list, intended for short items such as filenames.
<MENU> - A menu list, intended for short choices or command-like links.
<DL> - Starts a definition list of terms and descriptions.
<DT> - Marks a term in a definition list.
<DD> - Marks the description part of a definition list.

Forms

<FORM> - Begins an input form that submits values to a server.
<INPUT> - Creates a single form input control.
<SELECT> - Creates a selection list in a form.
<OPTION> - Defines one choice inside SELECT.
<TEXTAREA> - Creates a multi-line text input.
<ISINDEX> - A primitive single-field search prompt for a document.

Head Metadata

<BASE> - Sets the base URL for resolving relative links.
<LINK> - Describes a relationship between this document and another resource.
<META> - Supplies name/value metadata or HTTP-equivalent information.
<NEXTID> - An editor hint for generating the next automatic anchor name.

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HTML Level 1 and 2 Manual.

HTML Level 1 and 2 Manual

Welcome

Special Sections

Element Lessons

Document

Headings

Text Blocks

Links

Embedded Objects

Phrase Markup

Lists

Forms

Head Metadata

How to Use This Site