Basic Tags for Building Mortised Sites
<html>
Standard tag used in all pages, except include files. Closed at end of page with </html>.
<head>
Standard tag used in all pages, except include files. Closed at the end of the header information with </head>.<title>
Standard tag used in all pages, except include files. Closed with </title>.<meta name=" " content=" ">
Standard tag used on pages. This tag provide information, determined by the designer, to be indexed by search engines. It is usually placed between the <head> and </head> tags. <body>
Standard tag used in all pages. All content seen by the user falls within this tag set. Closed at the end of the page with </body>. <p>, <br />
Essential for breaking lines in page layout. The <p> tag also can be used when applying a style to a block of text and/or images. The <p> tag is closed with </p>, and the <br /> is simply closed within itself. <table>
Essential tag for building tables. Closed at the end of the table with </table>. <tr>
Essential tag for building table rows. Closed with </tr>.<td>
Essential tag for creating table cells. Closed with a </td>. <img src=" " width=" " height=" " alt=" " border=" " name=" " />
Essential for adding images to a page. The forward slash (/) is included in the tag so that it closes itself. <a href=" " class=" " target=" " />
Essential for linking to pages, documents, and images. Closed with </a>.<div class=" " style=" ">
Used with CSS usually to control font size and color, images, multiple block-level elements, and content positioning. Closed with </div>.<span class=" " style =" ">
Used to add styles to content. Closed with </span>.<strong>
Used to bold text when it is not controlled using a style that is associated with text.
Closed with </strong>.
<!— comment —>
Used to comment code. Used for all comments—single and multiple lines.
<form id=" " name=" " action=" " method=" ">
Used to create forms in XHMTL. Closed with </form>.
<input type=" " id=" " name=" " value=" " />
Input is used to create form fields, such as “text,” “radio,” and “checkbox.” The tag closes itself with a forward slash (/).
<label for=" " id=" ">
Used for positioning elements with fields in a form.
<textarea>
Used for large text input entries. Closed with </textarea>.
<select id=" " name=" " multiple="multiple">
Used for dropdown form elements. Closed with </select>.
<option selected="selected" value=" " label=" ">
Used to delineate individual items in a dropdown form field. Closed with </option>.
