HTML Elements and Attributes that Control the Gobal Structure of the Webpage
Below is a list of the most commonly used*** html element tags that control the global structure of the webpage.
Note: Some attributes listed below have been depreciated in favor of Cascading Style Sheets.
Element Tags That Control Global Structure | | Element | Opening Tag | Attributes | Closing Tag | Description | | body | <body>
Optional | bgcolor="color"
text="color"
link="color"
alink="color"
vlink="color"
background="url"
marginheight="x"
marginwidth="x"
leftmargin="x"
rightmargin="x"
topmargin="x" | </body>
Optional | Defines the content section
Specifies background and text colors**
bgcolor - background color
text - text color
link - link color
alink - active link color
vlink - visited link color
The background attribute specifies the background image URL and name of image file.
topmargin - height of top margin in pixels (IE)
leftmargin - width of left margin in pixels (IE)
rightmargin - width of right margin in pixels (IE)
marginheight - height of margin (Netscape)
marginwidth - width of margin (Netscape) | | comment | <!-- ... --> | | None | Defines a comment | | div | <div> | class="?" | </div> | Defines a section of inline content
class - attribute that is set to a class name referenced from a CSS | | doctype | <!doctype>
Optional | | None | Identifies HTML specification | | h | <h#> | align="position" | </h#> | Designates text as a heading
# - Size 1 (smallest) through 7 (largest)
align - set to left, center or right | | head | <head>
Optional | | </head>
Optional | Defines the head section | | hr | <hr> | noshade
width="x or %"
align="position"
size="x"
color="color" | None | Creates a horizontal line across webpage
noshade - removes 3D effect
width - set to pixels or percent of webpage
align - set to left, center or right
size - set height in pixels
color - color of line** | | html | <html>
Optional | | </html>
Optional | Defines the HTML document | | meta | <meta> | name="?"
content="?" | None | Supplies descriptive information about webpage
name - defines type of meta tag
content - info displayed by web browser | | span | <span> | class="?" | </span> | Defines a section of block level content
class - attribute that is set to a class name referenced from a CSS | | title | <title> | | </title> | Supplies the webpage title for the web browser |
***A complete list of html element tags can be found at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) website.
https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/index/elements.html
**Color can be set using color names (red, black, etc) or RGB color codes or hexidecimal color codes.
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