Robert's HTML Guide at the C.W. Post Library

ROBERT'S HTML GUIDE

Before you begin
Getting Started: <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> <BODY>
- The <BODY> Tag: Backgrounds and Text Color
Text Layout
- Line breaks: <BR>
- Paragraphs: <P>
  - Justifying text: <P ALIGN=X>
- Indenting blocks of text: <BLOCKQUOTE>
- Centering text: <CENTER>
- Horizontal rules: <HR>
- Preformatted text: <PRE>
Text Appearance
- Physical styles:
  - Bold <B>
  - Italics <I>
  - Underline <U>
  - Superscript <SUP>
  - Subscript <SUB>
  - Typewriter text <TT>
  - Strikeout <S>
- Logical styles:
  - Strong <STRONG>
  - Emphasis <EM>
  - Program code <CODE>
  - Keyboard <KBD>
  - Small <SMALL>
  - Big <BIG>
- Headers: <H1> - <H6>
- <FONT>
- Blink
- Entities: é ñ ö © ½ £ & < > "
Graphics
- Graphics formats: GIF and JPG
- Adding graphics: <IMG>
  - Width and height
  - Alternate text
  - Align: bottom, middle, top, left, right
  - Horizontal space and vertical space
  - Borders
  - Centering: <CENTER>
- Linking from graphics
  - Image maps: <MAP>
Creating Links: The Anchor Tag <A>
- Linking to other sites: absolute links
- Linking within your site: relative links
- Linking to the middle of a page
- Linking from graphics
  - Image maps: <MAP>
Lists
- Unordered lists: <UL>
- Ordered lists: <OL>
- Definition lists: <DL>
Tables
Tips and Tricks
Other Websites

Tag Index

HTML by Robert Delaney
rdelaney@aurora.liunet.edu