barton cole
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box 953
langley, wa
98260 usa

see html: an overview, if you're unfamiliar with html tags

Check out the Easter Egg samples of the html code for this page, and the accompanying css code.

HTML tags

the basic tags with which we might concern ourselves

<a> anchor this tag wraps around data to link to the file referenced in the anchor tag
<body> body the content section of the web page
<br /> line-break inserts a line break in text
<div> division a section of a page which has a specific purpose; the workhorse of the proper, css-driven website.
<dl> definition list a list-type for defining terms, which has two components: the list term, <dt>, and the definition: <dd>
<dd> definition the tag for the definition of the term in a definition list
<dt> definition term this tag is for the term to be defined, in a definition list
<embed> embed this tag wraps around a media file to embed in the page, such as a video clip
<h1> — <h6> headings for providing structure to a document; often used for styling text
<head> head contains information for the browser, and meta data about the webpage
<html> html tells the browser which language type to decode
<img /> image links to and inserts an image from a directory
<li> list-item a list item for an ordered or unordered list
<link /> link this tag wraps around a file used by the browser to assist in processing the page, such as a stylesheet (css file), or script (javascript file)
<meta /> meta data information about the page, including keywords, usually for search engine databases to index
<ol> ordered list a numbered list
<p> paragraph a block of text; a paragraph
<span> span this tag wraps around content, usually to give it a "hook" for styling with css
<table> table inserts a table; formerly the positioning strategy for old-school graphic web design, the table's role for rendering tabular data has been restored
<td> table-cell wraps around the data in a cell in the table
<th> table-heading the table heading; used to explain the relationship of the data in the table
<tr> table-row wraps around each row in the table
<title> title the title of the webpage; search engines use it to index the page in the database, and browswers usually render it on the window or tab
<ul> unordered list a list, with no order
<!-- ~~ --> comment insert a comment in the html (replace " ~~ " above), which the browser will ignore

Easter Egg

here's a sample of the code for this web page.

Check out the css code sample, too.

It's all there; I copied it from my text editor (Notetab Pro 6.1), replaced all the > angle brackets with &lt;, which html uses to render such a bracket, so my code samples would look like code.

I rendered it really f*cking tiny,, so it would all fit in. A lot of typing, yes, to hand-code all that, but also a lot of clever copy-and-pasting strategies, and copy-and-replace, and keyboard shortcuts, and the clever html tag insertion utilities found in Notetab Pro 6.1.

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me a note">factotum@coraxdesign.com</a><br /> box 953<br /> langley, wa<br /> 98260 usa<br /> </div><!--end"contact"--> <div id="supp-1"> </div><!--end"supp-1"--> </div><!--end"left"--> <div id="content" > <h4>see <em><a href="html-manifesto.htm">html: an overview</a></em>, if you're unfamiliar with html tags</li> <h2>HTML tags</h2> <h3>the basic tags with which we might concern ourselves</h3> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" class="html"> <tr> <td><a href="#anchor"><code><a></code></a></td> <td><a href="#anchor">anchor</a></td> <td>this tag wraps around data to link to the file referenced in the anchor tag </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#body"><code><body></code></a></td> <td><a href="#body">body</a></td> <td>the content section of the web page</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#break"><code><br /></code></a></td> <td><a href="#break">line-break</a></td> <td>inserts a line break in text/td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#division"><code><div></code></a></td> <td><a href="#division">division</a></td> <td>a section of a page which has a specific purpose; the workhorse of the proper, css-driven website.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#def-list"><code><dl></code></a></td> <td><a href="#def-list">definition list</a></td> <td>a list-type for defining terms, which has two components: the list term, <code><dt></code>, and the definition: <code><dd></code></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#definition"><code><dd></code></a></td> <td><a href="#definition">definition</a></td> <td>the tag for the definition of the term in a definition list</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#def-term"><code><dt></code></a></td> <td><a href="#def-term">definition term</a></td> <td>this tag is for the term to be defined, in a definition list</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#embed"><code><embed></code></a></td> <td><a href="#embed">embed</a></td> <td>this tag wraps around a media file to embed in the page, such as a video clip</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#heading"><code><h1> — <h6></code></a></td> <td><a href="#heading">headings</a></td> <td>for providing structure to a document; often used for styling text</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#head"><code><head></code></a></td> <td><a href="#head">head</a></td> <td>contains information for the browser, and meta data about the webpage</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#html"><code><html></code></a></td> <td><a href="#html">html</a></td> <td>tells the browser which language type to decode</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#image"><code><img /></code></a></td> <td><a href="#image">image</a></td> <td>links to and inserts an image from a directory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#list-item"><code><li></code></a></td> <td><a href="#list-item">list-item</a></td> <td>a list item for an ordered or unordered list</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#link"><code><link /></code></a></td> <td><a href="#link">link</a></td> <td>this tag wraps around a file used by the browser to assist in processing the page, such as a stylesheet (css file), or script (javascript file)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#meta"><code><meta /></code></a></td> <td><a href="#meta">meta data</a></td> <td>information about the page, including keywords, usually for search engine databases to index</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#ord-list"><code><ol></code></a></td> <td><a href="#ord-list">ordered list</a></td> <td>a numbered list</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#paragraph"><code><p></code></a></td> <td><a href="#paragraph">paragraph</a></td> <td>a block of text; a paragraph</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#span"><code><span></code></a></td> <td><a href="#span">span</a></td> <td>this tag wraps around content, usually to give it a "hook" for styling with css</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#table"><code><table></code></a></td> <td><a href="#table">table</a></td> <td>inserts a table; formerly the positioning strategy for old-school graphic web design, the table's role for rendering tabular data has been restored</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#table-cell"><code><td></code></a></td> <td><a href="#table-cell">table-cell</a></td> <td>wraps around the data in a cell in the table</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#table-heading"><code><th></code></a></td> <td><a href="#table-heading">table-heading</a></td> <td>the table heading; used to explain the relationship of the data in the table</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#table-row"><code><tr></code></a></td> <td><a href="#table-row">table-row</a></td> <td>wraps around each row in the table</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#title"><code><title></code></a></td> <td><a href="#title">title</a></td> <td>the title of the webpage; search engines use it to index the page in the database, and browswers usually render it on the window or tab</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#unord-list"><code><ul></code></a></td> <td><a href="#unord-list">unordered list</a></td> <td>a list, with no order</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="#comment"><code><!-- ~~ --></code></a></td> <td><a href="#comment">comment</a></td> <td>insert a comment in the html (replace "<code> ~~ </code>" above), which the browser will ignore</td> </tr> </table </div><!--end"content"--> <div id="resources"> <dl class="tags"> <dt><a name="anchor"><code><a></code></a><h4>anchor</h4></dt><dd>the anchor is what the web is all about, hyper-linking (this is all hypertext, remember) to other documents and resources, like the penultimate factotum. <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="highlight"><a</span> href= "http://→ www.google.com" target="blank"<span class="highlight">> </span>google<span class="highlight"></a></span> is a popular search engine. </code> <span class="note">note the closing tag;<br />see <a href="html-manifesto.htm">html: an overview</a>, if you're confused about anchors and how they work.</span></li> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6> <span class="rendered"> <a href="http://www.google.com"target="blank">google</a> is a popular search engine.</span></li></ul></dd> <dt><a name="body"><code><body></code></a><h4>body</h4></dt><dd>the content section of the html document (the <a href="#head">head</a> section being the other), which is rendered by the browser and is available to the user.<ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><html></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><head></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="note"></head></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="highlight"><body></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note">well-structured</span><br /> <span class="num">09.</span><span class="note"> and semantic</span><br /> <span class="num">10.</span><span class="note">content goes</span><br /> <span class="num">11.</span><span class="note">in here...</span><br /> <span class="num">12.</span><span class="highlight"></body></span><br /> <span class="num">13.</span><span class="note"></html></span><br /> </code> </li> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6><span class="rendered">take a look at any web page to see it.</li></ul></dd> <dt><a name="break"><code><br /></code></a><h4>line-break</h4></dt><dd>inserts a line-break; html text is displayed inline by default, and doesn't preserve line-breaks unless coded. <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span> <span class="note">so much depends</span> <span class="highlight"><br /></span><span class="note">upon</span> <span class="highlight"><br /></span><span class="note">a red wheel</span> <span class="highlight"><br /></span><span class="note">barrow</span> <span class="highlight"><br /></span><span class="note">glazed with rain</span> <span class="highlight"><br /></span><span class="note">water</span> <span class="highlight"><br /></span><span class="note">beside the white</span> <span class="highlight"><br /></span><span class="note">chickens.</span></code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li> <span class="rendered">so much depends<br />upon<br />a red wheel<br />barrow<br />glazed with rain<br />water<br />beside the white<br />chickens.</span></ul></dd> <dt><a name="division"><code><div></code></a><h4>division</h4></dt><dd>a section of a page which has a specific purpose; the workhorse of the proper, css-driven website. <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="highlight"><div</span> <span class="note">id="navigation"</span><span class="highlight">></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><ul></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note"><li><a href="#">home </a></li></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"><li><a href="#">about </a></li></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><li><a href="#">profile </a></li></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="note"></ul></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="highlight"></div></span> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li><span class="rendered"> <ul> <li><a href="#">home</a></li> <li><a href="#">about</a></li> <li><a href="#">profile</a></li> </ul> </span> <span class="note">the significance of the <code><div></code> might be a bit obscure, here, but bear in mind that in <em>this</em> website, the navigation is in its own <code><div></code>, the ghosty credits and disclaimer way over on the left? a <code><div></code>. the sitework link at the bottom right is a <code><div></code>. The entire page is broken, structurally, into divisions.</span> </ul> </dd> <dt><a name="def-list"><code><dl></code></a><h4>definition-list</h4></dt><dd>a list-type for defining terms, which has two components: the list term, <code><dt></code>, and the definition: <code><dd></code><span class="note">— this list is coded as a definition list</span> <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="highlight"><dl></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><dt>Fiat</dt></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note"><dd>an economy Italian car</dd></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"><dt>Volkswagen</dt></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><dd>an economy German car</dd></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="note"><dt>Datsun</dt></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="note"><dd>an economy Japanese car</dd></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="highlight"></dl></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"> <dl> <dt>Fiat</dt><dd>an economy Italian car</dd> <dt>Volkswagen</dt><dd>an economy German car</dd> <dt>Datsun</dt><dd>an economy Japanese car</dd> </dl> </span> </dd> <dt><a name="definition"><code><dd></code></a><h4>definition</h4></dt><dd>the tag for the definition of the term in a definition-list <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><dl></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><dt>Fiat</dt></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="highlight"><dd></span>an economy Italian car<span class="highlight"></dd></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"><dt>Volkswagen</dt></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="highlight"><dd></span>an economy German car<span class="highlight"></dd></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="note"><dt>Datsun</dt></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="highlight"><dd></span>an economy Japanese car<span class="highlight"></dd></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note"></dl></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"> <dl> <dt>Fiat</dt><dd>an economy Italian car</dd> <dt>Volkswagen</dt><dd>an economy German car</dd> <dt>Datsun</dt><dd>an economy Japanese car</dd> </dl> </dd> <dt><a name="def-term"><code><dt></code></a><h4>definition-term</h4></dt><dd>this tag is for the term to be defined, in a definition-list<ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><dl></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="highlight"><dt></span>Fiat<span class="highlight"></dt></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note"><dd>an economy Italian car</dd></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="highlight"><dt></span>Volkswagen<span class="highlight"></dt></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><dd>an economy German car</dd></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="highlight"><dt></span>Datsun<span class="highlight"></dt></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="note"><dd>an economy Japanese car</dd></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note"></dl></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"> <dl> <dt>Fiat</dt><dd>an economy Italian car</dd> <dt>Volkswagen</dt><dd>an economy German car</dd> <dt>Datsun</dt><dd>an economy Japanese car</dd> </dl> </span> </dd> <dt><a name="embed"><code><embed></code></a><h4>embed</h4></dt><dd>this tag wraps around a media file, such as a video clip, to embed it in the page <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><h6>YouTube sample clip</h6></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="highlight"><embed</span> src=<em>"filepath/name/ext." <span class="note">... and here, data for the browser, such as the type of file, the dimensions to render it on the page, whether to loop it, etc."</span></em><span class="highlight">></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="highlight"></embed></span> </code> <li><h6>here's a sample of <code><embed></code>code: :</h6></li> <code class="sample "> <span class="note"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="highlight"><embed</span> src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com /swf/ssplayer2.swf? doc=parsonstrend assignment-100209092625-phpapp02 &stripped_title=analyzing-trends-field-research-assignment"type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="335"<span class="highlight">></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="highlight"></embed></span></code></span> <p> You don't have to worry too much about knowing the code to go inside the <code><embed></code> tags; generally, when you locate a file to embed, the code will be provided with it; you just have to paste it in your html between the <code><body></code> tags, pretty much. Nothing to it.</p> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li><span class="rendered"> <h6>YouTube sample clip</h6> <img src="../images/miscImages/Youtube_64x64.png" /> </dd> </ul> <dt><a name="heading"><code><h1> — <h6></code></a><h4>headings</h4></dt><dd>for providing structure to a document<code>*</code>; often used for styling text -- consider them like headlines and sub-headings, introducing paragraphs. <span class="note"><code>*</code>A page is laid out rather like a newspaper, with the <code><divs></code> representing the articles. Properly, the <code><divs></code> have a hierarchy of headings, sub-headings, and paragraphs, just like well-written and presented articles.</span> <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="highlight"><h1></span><span class="note"> largest heading</span><span class="highlight"></h1></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="highlight"><h2></span><span class="note"> next largest</span><span class="highlight"></h2></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="highlight"><h3></span><span class="note"> large heading</span><span class="highlight"></h3></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="highlight"><h4></span><span class="note"> medium heading</span><span class="highlight"></h4></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="highlight"><h5></span><span class="note"> small heading</span><span class="highlight"></h5></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="highlight"><h6></span><span class="note"> smallest heading</span><span class="highlight"></h6></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li><span class="rendered"> <h1>largest heading</h1> <h2>next largest</h2> <h3>large heading</h3> <h4>medium heading</h4> <h5>small heading</h5> <h6>smallest heading</h6> </span> </ul> </dd> <dt><a name="head"><code><head></code></a><h4>head</h4></dt><dd>contains information for the browser, and meta data about the webpage <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><html></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="highlight"><head></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="highlight"></head></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="note"><body></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note"><em>well-structured </em></span><br /> <span class="num">09.</span><span class="note"><em> and semantic </em></span><br /> <span class="num">10.</span><span class="note"><em>content goes</em></span><br /> <span class="num">11.</span><span class="note"><em>in here...</em></span><br /> <span class="num">12.</span><span class="note"></body></span><br /> <span class="num">13.</span><span class="note"></html></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li> <span class="rendered"> There's really nothing to see, folks -- but rest assured, the <code><head></code> tag is hard at work at every website you visit. It opens the section which contains all the meta-data, telling the browser what sort of file types are to be found, so it knows how to respond, and providing keywords and other indexing data, for the search engine spider-bots to collect and file, trawling the web while we sleep.</span></ul> </dd> <dt><a name="html"><code><html></code></a><h4>html</h4></dt><dd>tells the browser which language type to decode <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="highlight"><html></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><head></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="note"></head></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="note"><body></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note"><em>well-structured </em></span><br /> <span class="num">09.</span><span class="note"><em> and semantic </em></span><br /> <span class="num">10.</span><span class="note"><em>content goes</em></span><br /> <span class="num">11.</span><span class="note"><em>in here...</em></span><br /> <span class="num">12.</span><span class="note"></body></span><br /> <span class="num">13.</span><span class="highlight"></html></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered">Again, not much to see -- rather a bit of the old <em>deus ex machina</em>; if that <code><html></code> tag hadn't been there, the browser wouldn't know how to interpret the code.</span> </dd> <dt><a name="image"><code><img /></code></a><h4>image</h4></dt><dd>links to and inserts an image from a directory <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><h4>Green Fly on Barberry</h4></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="highlight"><img</span> src="images/green-fly.jpg" /<span class="highlight">></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note">you can see my reflection on the back of that fly.</span> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"> <h4>Green Fly on Barberry</h4> <img src="../images/green-fly-68sq.jpg" /><br /> you can see my reflection on the back of that fly. </span> </dd> <dt><a name="list-item"><code><li></code></a><h4>list-item</h4></dt><dd>a list item for an ordered or unordered list <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note">to make apple pie, you'll need:</span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><ul></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="highlight"><li></span><span class="note">apples</span><span class="highlight"></li></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="highlight"><li></span><span class="note">pastry</span><span class="highlight"></li></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="highlight"><li></span><span class="note">a rolling pin</span><span class="highlight"></li></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="highlight"><li></span><span class="note">sugar and tapioca</span><span class="highlight"></li></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="highlight"><li></span><span class="note">cinnamon and butter</span><span class="highlight"></li></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="highlight"><li></span><span class="note">a pie plate</span><span class="highlight"></li></span><br /> <span class="num">09.</span><span class="highlight"><li></span><span class="note">a knife</span><span class="highlight"></li></span><br /> <span class="num">10.</span><span class="highlight"><li></span><span class="note">an oven</span><span class="highlight"></li></span><br /> <span class="num">11.</span><span class="note"></ul></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered note"> to make apple pie, you'll need:<br /> <ul class="standard"> <li>apples</li> <li>pastry</li> <li>a rolling pin</li> <li>sugar and tapioca</li> <li>cinnamon and butter</li> <li>a pie plate</li> <li>a knife</li> <li>an oven</li> </ul> </span> </dd> <dt><a name="link"><code><link /></code></a><h4>link</h4></dt><dd>this tag wraps around a file used by the browser to assist in processing the page, such as a stylesheet (css file), or script (javascript file) -- <code><link></code> tags are generally found in the <code><head></code> section of the markup <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><html></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><head></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note"><meta data</span>><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"><meta data</span>><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><meta data</span>></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="highlight"><link</span> <span class="note">rel=stylesheet href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media=screen</span><span class="highlight">></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="note"></head></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note"><body></span><br /> <span class="num">09.</span><span class="note">well-structured </span><br /> <span class="num">10.</span><span class="note">and semantic </span><br /> <span class="num">11.</span><span class="note">content goes</span><br /> <span class="num">12.</span><span class="note">in here...</span><br /> <span class="num">13.</span><span class="note"></body></span><br /> <span class="num">14.</span><span class="note"></html></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"><p>Well, once again, not much to see here. But if that <code><link></code> tag hadn't been there? The page wouldn't have retrieved and parsed the css stylesheet, and the site would look much different without it. If you're able, with your browser, to "disable styles," try it, to see what I mean about the importance of the stylesheet.</p><p>The text in the <code><link /></code> tag tells the browser to link to a document and run it; instructions about the file location and type are included in the tag: <dl> <dt><code>rel=stylesheet</code></dt><dd>this states the "relation" of the document to the current html file being rendered.</dd> <dt><code>href="css/style.css"</code></dt><dd>this is the "reference" information, telling the browser in which directory to find the linked file; in this case, the file is "style.css," in the "css" directory.</dd> <dt><code>type="text/css"</code></dt><dd>this tells the browser the type of file -- perhaps javascript, which is common, but in this case, it's a text file, and a Cascading Style Sheet document. The browser then knows to apply the styles in the css document to the related tags in the html document.</dd> <dt><code>media=screen</code></dt><dd><p>This tells the browser the medium to which the styles should be applied; in this case, it's to the "screen" medium, the conventional and default way in which browsers render html files, and to which a Cascading Style Sheet document is generally applied.</p><p> However, "print" styles are frequently applied, to enable a user to print only the pertinent information from the page, and not print the navigation, which, in the <code>media=print</code> css file, could be styled to be hidden, to not display, to display off-page, etc. </p></dd> </dl> </p></span> </dd> <dt><a name="meta"><code><meta /></code></a><h4>meta data</h4></dt><dd>information about the page, including keywords, usually for search engine databases to index <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><html></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><head></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="highlight"><meta</span> <span class="note">name="keywords" content="html tags, list, html tag list, html tags, html, tags" </span><span class="highlight">/></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="highlight"><meta</span> <span class="note">name="generator" content="NoteTab Pro 6.1" </span><span class="highlight">/></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="highlight"><meta</span> <span class="note">name="description" content="list of standard and common html tags" </span><span class="highlight">/></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="note"></head></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="note"><body></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note">well-structured </span><br /> <span class="num">09.</span><span class="note">and semantic </span><br /> <span class="num">10.</span><span class="note">content goes</span><br /> <span class="num">11.</span><span class="note">in here...</span><br /> <span class="num">12.</span><span class="note"></body></span><br /> <span class="num">13.</span><span class="note"></html></span><br /> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered">Of course, if it's in the <code><head></code> of the document, you're not going to see what's there -- or rather, the data in the <code><head></code> enables your browser to have the best shot at rendering the content for you. The <code><meta /></code> tags contain data that not only tells the browser what sort of file it is, and thus how to render it, but also has data for search engines to index, such as the keywords: in the example above, I used some of the <code><meta /></code> tags from this page. Once the spider-bots have found and indexed those keywords, this page will enter the search engine rankings when one searches using those keywords, such as "html tags." </dd> <dt><a name="ord-list"><code><ol></code></a><h4>ordered-list</h4></dt><dd>a numbered list <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><h5>to survive in the wild</h5></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note">you'll need:</span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="highlight"><ol></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"><li>boots</li></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><li>a sweater</li></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="note"><li>a hat</li></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="note"><li>a knife</li></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note"><li>savvy</li></span><br /> <span class="num">09.</span><span class="highlight"></ol></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered note"> <h5>to survive in the wild</h5> you'll need: <ol class="standard"> <li>boots</li> <li>a sweater</li> <li>a hat</li> <li>a knife</li> <li>savvy</li> </ol> </span> <span class="note">Note that the numbers for the list were generated by the browser, knowing what to do with an ordered list. An unordered list gets bullets, as you may have noticed above, in the note about <code><li></code>, and as you will see again below, when we get to <code><ul></code>. </span> </dd> <dt><a name="paragraph"><code><p></code></a><h4>paragraph</h4></dt><dd>a block of text; a paragraph; used in semantic markup to structure the html document into logical sections; paragraphs are the building block of <code><divs></code>, mostly (that, and lists)(in my opinion)(but then, it's my website, isn't it?). <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><body></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="highlight"><p></span><span class="note">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. </span> <span class="highlight"></p></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="highlight"><p></span><span class="note">Aenean sit amet libero aliquet mi volutpat faucibus.</span><span class="highlight"></p></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"></body></span> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</p> <p>Aenean sit amet libero aliquet mi volutpat faucibus.</p> </span> </dd> <dt><a name="span"><code><span></code></a><h4>span</h4></dt><dd>this tag wraps around content, usually to give it a "hook" for styling with css.<br /> The <code><span></code>, and often the "empty" <code><span></code>, is one of the css-oriented developer's best hat-tricks (take a look at <a href="css-manifesto.htm">css: an overview</a>, for a look at the utility of css). Essentially, a <code><span></code> tag goes around text which might need special styling (which, according to standards and logic, you don't specify in the html markup. <br /> For example, in the code samples shown here, the pertinent tag in the sample is, in my own markup, wrapped in a <code><span></code> tag with the class of "highlight." <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> let's say the sample tag here is <code><body></code>, in my markup for this little sample (actually, it's almost scary looking, the actual markup necessary to render what <em>looks</em> like html -- otherwise, the browser will try to render it! I'll throw in a sample of my convoluted markup for these samples, down below): <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><html></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><head></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note"></head></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="highlight"><span </span>class="highlight"<span class="highlight">></span><span class="highlight "><body></span><span class="highlight"></span></span> <br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="highlight"><span </span>class="highlight"<span class="highlight">></span><span class="highlight "></body></span><span class="highlight"></span> </span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"></html></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>a spot of my actual markup:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="highlight">$lt;span </span>class="highlight"< span class="highlight">$gt;< /span><span class="highlight">$lt;body$gt;</span><span class="highlight">$lt;/span$lg;</span> <br /> </span> </dd> <dt><a name="table"><code><table></code></a><h4>table</h4></dt><dd>inserts a table; formerly the positioning strategy for old-school graphic web design, the table's role for rendering tabular data has been restored (that's worth an exclamation point!). <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="highlight"><table</span> <span class="note">border="1" width="100%"</span><span class="highlight">></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><tr></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note"><td> A</td></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"> <td>B</td></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><td>C</td></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="note"></tr></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="note"><tr></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note"> <td>X</td></span><br /> <span class="num">09.</span><span class="note"><td>Y</td></span><br /> <span class="num">10.</span><span class="note"><td>Z</td></span><br /> <span class="num">11.</span><span class="note"></tr></span><br /> <span class="num">12.</span><span class="highlight"></table></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"> <table border="1" width="100%"> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>B</td> <td>C</td> </tr> <tr> <td>X</td> <td>Y</td> <td>Z</td> </tr> </table> </span> </dd> <dt><a name="table-cell"><code><td></code></a><h4>table cell</h4></dt><dd>wraps around the data in a cell in the table <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><table border="1" width="100%"></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><tr></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="highlight"><td></span>A<span class="highlight"></td></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="highlight"> <td></span>B<span class="highlight"></td></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="highlight"><td></span>C<span class="highlight"></td></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="note"></tr></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note"><tr></span><br /> <span class="num">09.</span><span class="highlight"> <td></span>X<span class="highlight"></td></span><br /> <span class="num">10.</span><span class="highlight"><td></span>Y<span class="highlight"></td></span><br /> <span class="num">11.</span><span class="highlight"><td></span>Z<span class="highlight"></td></span><br /> <span class="num">12.</span><span class="note"></tr></span><br /> <span class="num">13.</span><span class="note"></table></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"> <table border="1" width="100%"> <tr> <td> A</td> <td>B</td> <td>C</td> </tr> <tr> <td>X</td> <td>Y</td> <td>Z</td> </tr> </table> </span> </dd> <dt><a name="table-heading"><code><th></code></a><h4>table heading</h4></dt><dd>the table heading; used to explain the relationship of the data in the table</dd> <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"> </span> </dd> <dt><a name="table-row"><code><tr></code></a><h4>table row</h4></dt><dd>wraps around each row in the table <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><table border="1" width="100%"></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="highlight"><tr></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note"><td> A</td></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"> <td>B</td></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><td>C</td></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="highlight"></tr></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="highlight"><tr></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note"> <td>X</td></span><br /> <span class="num">09</span> <span class="note"><td>Y</td></span><br /> <span class="num">10.</span><span class="note"><td>Z</td></span><br /> <span class="num">11.</span><span class="highlight"></tr></span><br /> <span class="num">12.</span><span class="note"></table></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"> <table border="1" width="100%"> <tr> <td> A</td> <td>B</td> <td>C</td> </tr> <tr> <td>X</td> <td>Y</td> <td>Z</td> </tr> </table> </span> </dd> <dt><a name="title"><code><title></code></a><h4>title</h4></dt><dd>the title of the webpage; search engines use it to index the page in the database, and browswers usually render it on the window or tab <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><html></span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="note"><head></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="highlight"><title></span>corax design :: html tags<span class="highlight"></title></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="note"><<em>meta data</em>></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="note"></head></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note"><body></span><br /> <span class="num">09.</span><span class="note"><em>well-structured </em></span><br /> <span class="num">10.</span><span class="note"><em> and semantic </em></span><br /> <span class="num">11.</span><span class="note"><em>content goes</em></span><br /> <span class="num">12.</span><span class="note"><em>in here...</em></span><br /> <span class="num">13.</span><span class="note"></body></span><br /> <span class="num">14.</span><span class="note"></html></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered"> take a look at the top of your browser window, or at the tab, to see the title appear, from this page's code. </span> </dd> <dt><a name="unord-list"><code><ul></code></a><h4>unordered-list</h4></dt><dd>a list, with no order <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note">to make apple pie, you'll need:</span><br /> <span class="num">02.</span><span class="highlight"><ul></span><br /> <span class="num">03.</span><span class="note"><li>apples </li></span><br /> <span class="num">04.</span><span class="note"><li>pastry </li></span><br /> <span class="num">05.</span><span class="note"><li>a rolling pin </li></span><br /> <span class="num">06.</span><span class="note"><li>sugar and tapioca </li></span><br /> <span class="num">07.</span><span class="note"><li>cinnamon and butter </li></span><br /> <span class="num">08.</span><span class="note"><li>a pie plate </li></span><br /> <span class="num">09.</span><span class="note"><li>a knife </li></span><br /> <span class="num">10.</span><span class="note"><li>an oven </li></span><br /> <span class="num">11.</span><span class="highlight"></ul></span><br /> </code> <li><h6>rendered html:</h6></li></ul> <span class="rendered note"> to make apple pie, you'll need:<br /> <ul class="standard"> <li>apples</li> <li>pastry</li> <li>a rolling pin</li> <li>sugar and tapioca</li> <li>cinnamon and butter</li> <li>a pie plate</li> <li>a knife</li> <li>an oven</li> </ul> </span> </dd> <dt><a name="comment"><code><!-- ~~ --></code></a><h4>comment</h4></dt><dd>insert a comment in the html (replace "<code> ~~ </code>" above), which the browser will ignore <ul class="breakdown"> <li><h6>sample html:</h6></li> <code class="sample"> <span class="num">01.</span><span class="note"><body></span><br /> 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<a>

anchor

the anchor is what the web is all about, hyper-linking (this is all hypertext, remember) to other documents and resources, like the penultimate factotum.
  • sample html:
    01.<a href= "http://→ www.google.com" target="blank"> google</a> is a popular search engine. note the closing tag;
    see html: an overview, if you're confused about anchors and how they work.
  • rendered html:
    google is a popular search engine.
<body>

body

the content section of the html document (the head section being the other), which is rendered by the browser and is available to the user.
  • sample html:
    01.<html>
    02.<head>
    03.<meta data>
    04.<meta data>
    05.<meta data>
    06.</head>
    07.<body>
    08.well-structured
    09. and semantic
    10.content goes
    11.in here...
    12.</body>
    13.</html>
  • rendered html:
    take a look at any web page to see it.
<br />

line-break

inserts a line-break; html text is displayed inline by default, and doesn't preserve line-breaks unless coded.
  • sample html:
  • 01. so much depends <br />upon <br />a red wheel <br />barrow <br />glazed with rain <br />water <br />beside the white <br />chickens.
  • rendered html:
  • so much depends
    upon
    a red wheel
    barrow
    glazed with rain
    water
    beside the white
    chickens.
<div>

division

a section of a page which has a specific purpose; the workhorse of the proper, css-driven website.
  • sample html:
  • 01.<div id="navigation">
    02.<ul>
    03.<li><a href="#">home </a></li>
    04.<li><a href="#">about </a></li>
    05.<li><a href="#">profile </a></li>
    06.</ul>
    07.</div>
  • rendered html:
  • the significance of the <div> might be a bit obscure, here, but bear in mind that in this website, the navigation is in its own <div>, the ghosty credits and disclaimer way over on the left? a <div>. the sitework link at the bottom right is a <div>. The entire page is broken, structurally, into divisions.

    a breathing example:

    This site is completely structured with <div>s. To use a <div> in an html document, one types a tag like this, for example:
    <div id="logo">>
    The "id" refers to "identity," this <div> will have a unique name, so it may be referenced by other web-related documents, such as javascript files to generate or modify content based on user input, or referenced by the stylesheet to style the "logo" <div> as desired: for instance, with position information, background image, font styles... Typically, I write a "navigation" <div> in a page, with the navigation items rendered as a styled unordered list.
    Let's take a look at the <div> structure of this website:
    here's a screenshot of the front page (same structure throughout the site):
    corax design screenshot thumb
    and here's an "overlay," with all the principle <div>s labeled below:
    corax design div structure thumb, with list
<dl>

definition-list

a list-type for defining terms, which has two components: the list term, <dt>, and the definition: <dd>— this list is coded as a definition list
  • sample html:
  • 01.<dl>
    02.<dt>Fiat</dt>
    03.<dd>an economy Italian car</dd>
    04.<dt>Volkswagen</dt>
    05.<dd>an economy German car</dd>
    06.<dt>Datsun</dt>
    07.<dd>an economy Japanese car</dd>
    08.</dl>
  • rendered html:
Fiat
an economy Italian car
Volkswagen
an economy German car
Datsun
an economy Japanese car
<dd>

definition

the tag for the definition of the term in a definition-list
  • sample html:
  • 01.<dl>
    02.<dt>Fiat</dt>
    03.<dd>an economy Italian car</dd>
    04.<dt>Volkswagen</dt>
    05.<dd>an economy German car</dd>
    06.<dt>Datsun</dt>
    07.<dd>an economy Japanese car</dd>
    08.</dl>
  • rendered html:
Fiat
an economy Italian car
Volkswagen
an economy German car
Datsun
an economy Japanese car
<dt>

definition-term

this tag is for the term to be defined, in a definition-list
  • sample html:
  • 01.<dl>
    02.<dt>Fiat</dt>
    03.<dd>an economy Italian car</dd>
    04.<dt>Volkswagen</dt>
    05.<dd>an economy German car</dd>
    06.<dt>Datsun</dt>
    07.<dd>an economy Japanese car</dd>
    08.</dl>
  • rendered html:
Fiat
an economy Italian car
Volkswagen
an economy German car
Datsun
an economy Japanese car
<embed>

embed

this tag wraps around a media file, such as a video clip, to embed it in the page
  • sample html:
  • 01.<h6>YouTube sample clip</h6>
    02.<embed src="filepath/name/ext." ... and here, data for the browser, such as the type of file, the dimensions to render it on the page, whether to loop it, etc.">
    03.</embed>
  • here's a sample of <embed>code: :
  • 01.<embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com /swf/ssplayer2.swf? doc=parsonstrend assignment-100209092625-phpapp02 &stripped_title=analyzing-trends-field-research-assignment"type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="335">
    02.</embed>

    You don't have to worry too much about knowing the code to go inside the <embed> tags; generally, when you locate a file to embed, the code will be provided with it; you just have to paste it in your html between the <body> tags, pretty much. Nothing to it.

  • rendered html:
  • YouTube sample clip
<h1> — <h6>

headings

for providing structure to a document*; often used for styling text -- consider them like headlines and sub-headings, introducing paragraphs. *A page is laid out rather like a newspaper, with the <divs> representing the articles. Properly, the <divs> have a hierarchy of headings, sub-headings, and paragraphs, just like well-written and presented articles.
  • sample html:
  • 01.<h1> largest heading</h1>
    02.<h2> next largest</h2>
    03.<h3> large heading</h3>
    04.<h4> medium heading</h4>
    05.<h5> small heading</h5>
    06.<h6> smallest heading</h6>
  • rendered html:
  • largest heading

    next largest

    large heading

    medium heading

    small heading
    smallest heading
<head>

head

contains information for the browser, and meta data about the webpage
  • sample html:
  • 01.<html>
    02.<head>
    03.<meta data>
    04.<meta data>
    05.<meta data>
    06.</head>
    07.<body>
    08.well-structured
    09. and semantic
    10.content goes
    11.in here...
    12.</body>
    13.</html>
  • rendered html:
  • There's really nothing to see, folks -- but rest assured, the <head> tag is hard at work at every website you visit. It opens the section which contains all the meta-data, telling the browser what sort of file types are to be found, so it knows how to respond, and providing keywords and other indexing data, for the search engine spider-bots to collect and file, trawling the web while we sleep.
<html>

html

tells the browser which language type to decode
  • sample html:
  • 01.<html>
    02.<head>
    03.<meta data>
    04.<meta data>
    05.<meta data>
    06.</head>
    07.<body>
    08.well-structured
    09. and semantic
    10.content goes
    11.in here...
    12.</body>
    13.</html>
  • rendered html:
Again, not much to see -- rather a bit of the old deus ex machina; if that <html> tag hadn't been there, the browser wouldn't know how to interpret the code.
<img />

image

links to and inserts an image from a directory
  • sample html:
  • 01.<h4>Green Fly on Barberry</h4>
    02.<img src="images/green-fly.jpg" />
    03.you can see my reflection on the back of that fly.
  • rendered html:

Green Fly on Barberry


you can see my reflection on the back of that fly.
<li>

list-item

a list item for an ordered or unordered list
  • sample html:
  • 01.to make apple pie, you'll need:
    02.<ul>
    03.<li>apples</li>
    04.<li>pastry</li>
    05.<li>a rolling pin</li>
    06.<li>sugar and tapioca</li>
    07.<li>cinnamon and butter</li>
    08.<li>a pie plate</li>
    09.<li>a knife</li>
    10.<li>an oven</li>
    11.</ul>
  • rendered html:
to make apple pie, you'll need:
  • apples
  • pastry
  • a rolling pin
  • sugar and tapioca
  • cinnamon and butter
  • a pie plate
  • a knife
  • an oven
<link />

link

this tag wraps around a file used by the browser to assist in processing the page, such as a stylesheet (css file), or script (javascript file) -- <link> tags are generally found in the <head> section of the markup
  • sample html:
  • 01.<html>
    02.<head>
    03.<meta data>
    04.<meta data>
    05.<meta data>
    06.<link rel=stylesheet href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media=screen>
    07.</head>
    08.<body>
    09.well-structured
    10.and semantic
    11.content goes
    12.in here...
    13.</body>
    14.</html>
  • rendered html:

Well, once again, not much to see here. But if that <link> tag hadn't been there? The page wouldn't have retrieved and parsed the css stylesheet, and the site would look much different without it. If you're able, with your browser, to "disable styles," try it, to see what I mean about the importance of the stylesheet.

The text in the <link /> tag tells the browser to link to a document and run it; instructions about the file location and type are included in the tag:

rel=stylesheet
this states the "relation" of the document to the current html file being rendered.
href="css/style.css"
this is the "reference" information, telling the browser in which directory to find the linked file; in this case, the file is "style.css," in the "css" directory.
type="text/css"
this tells the browser the type of file -- perhaps javascript, which is common, but in this case, it's a text file, and a Cascading Style Sheet document. The browser then knows to apply the styles in the css document to the related tags in the html document.
media=screen

This tells the browser the medium to which the styles should be applied; in this case, it's to the "screen" medium, the conventional and default way in which browsers render html files, and to which a Cascading Style Sheet document is generally applied.

However, "print" styles are frequently applied, to enable a user to print only the pertinent information from the page, and not print the navigation, which, in the media=print css file, could be styled to be hidden, to not display, to display off-page, etc.

<meta />

meta data

information about the page, including keywords, usually for search engine databases to index
  • sample html:
  • 01.<html>
    02.<head>
    03.<meta name="keywords" content="html tags, list, html tag list, html tags, html, tags" />
    04.<meta name="generator" content="NoteTab Pro 6.1" />
    05.<meta name="description" content="list of standard and common html tags" />
    06.</head>
    07.<body>
    08.well-structured
    09.and semantic
    10.content goes
    11.in here...
    12.</body>
    13.</html>
  • rendered html:
Of course, if it's in the <head> of the document, you're not going to see what's there -- or rather, the data in the <head> enables your browser to have the best shot at rendering the content for you. The <meta /> tags contain data that not only tells the browser what sort of file it is, and thus how to render it, but also has data for search engines to index, such as the keywords: in the example above, I used some of the <meta /> tags from this page. Once the spider-bots have found and indexed those keywords, this page will enter the search engine rankings when one searches using those keywords, such as "html tags."
<ol>

ordered-list

a numbered list
  • sample html:
  • 01.<h5>to survive in the wild</h5>
    02.you'll need:
    03.<ol>
    04.<li>boots</li>
    05.<li>a sweater</li>
    06.<li>a hat</li>
    07.<li>a knife</li>
    08.<li>savvy</li>
    09.</ol>
  • rendered html:
to survive in the wild
you'll need:
  1. boots
  2. a sweater
  3. a hat
  4. a knife
  5. savvy
Note that the numbers for the list were generated by the browser, knowing what to do with an ordered list. An unordered list gets bullets, as you may have noticed above, in the note about <li>, and as you will see again below, when we get to <ul>.
<p>

paragraph

a block of text; a paragraph; used in semantic markup to structure the html document into logical sections; paragraphs are the building block of <divs>, mostly (that, and lists)(in my opinion)(but then, it's my website, isn't it?).
  • sample html:
  • 01.<body>
    02.<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. </p>
    03.<p>Aenean sit amet libero aliquet mi volutpat faucibus.</p>
    04.</body>
  • rendered html:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.

Aenean sit amet libero aliquet mi volutpat faucibus.

<span>

span

this tag wraps around content, usually to give it a "hook" for styling with css.
The <span>, and often the "empty" <span>, is one of the css-oriented developer's best hat-tricks (take a look at css: an overview, for a look at the utility of css). Essentially, a <span> tag goes around text which might need special styling (which, according to standards and logic, you don't specify in the html markup.
For example, in the code samples shown here, the pertinent tag in the sample is, in my own markup, wrapped in a <span> tag with the class of "highlight."
  • sample html:
  • let's say the sample tag here is <body>, in my markup for this little sample (actually, it's almost scary looking, the actual markup necessary to render what looks like html -- otherwise, the browser will try to render it! I'll throw in a sample of my convoluted markup for these samples, down below): 01.<html>
    02.<head>
    03.</head>
    04.<span class="highlight"><body></span>
    04.<span class="highlight"></body></span>
    05.</html>
  • a spot of my actual markup:
04.<span class="highlight">&lt;span </span>class="highlight"< span class="highlight">&gt;< /span><span class="highlight">&lt;body&gt;</span><span class="highlight">&lt;/span&lg;</span> <br />
<table>

table

inserts a table; formerly the positioning strategy for old-school graphic web design, the table's role for rendering tabular data has been restored (that's worth an exclamation point!).
  • sample html:
  • 01.<table border="1" width="100%">
    02.<tr>
    03.<td> A</td>
    04. <td>B</td>
    05.<td>C</td>
    06.</tr>
    07.<tr>
    08. <td>X</td>
    09.<td>Y</td>
    10.<td>Z</td>
    11.</tr>
    12.</table>
  • rendered html:
A B C
X Y Z
<td>

table cell

wraps around the data in a cell in the table
  • sample html:
  • 01.<table border="1" width="100%">
    02.<tr>
    04.<td>A</td>
    05. <td>B</td>
    06.<td>C</td>
    07.</tr>
    08.<tr>
    09. <td>X</td>
    10.<td>Y</td>
    11.<td>Z</td>
    12.</tr>
    13.</table>
  • rendered html:
A B C
X Y Z
<th>

table heading

the table heading; used to explain the relationship of the data in the table
  • sample html:
  • rendered html:
<tr>

table row

wraps around each row in the table
  • sample html:
  • 01.<table border="1" width="100%">
    02.<tr>
    03.<td> A</td>
    04. <td>B</td>
    05.<td>C</td>
    06.</tr>
    07.<tr>
    08. <td>X</td>
    09 <td>Y</td>
    10.<td>Z</td>
    11.</tr>
    12.</table>
  • rendered html:
A B C
X Y Z
<title>

title

the title of the webpage; search engines use it to index the page in the database, and browswers usually render it on the window or tab
  • sample html:
  • 01.<html>
    02.<head>
    03.<title>corax design :: html tags</title>
    04.<meta data>
    05.<meta data>
    06.<meta data>
    07.</head>
    08.<body>
    09.well-structured
    10. and semantic
    11.content goes
    12.in here...
    13.</body>
    14.</html>
  • rendered html:
take a look at the top of your browser window, or at the tab, to see the title appear, from this page's code.
<ul>

unordered-list

a list, with no order
  • sample html:
  • 01.to make apple pie, you'll need:
    02.<ul>
    03.<li>apples </li>
    04.<li>pastry </li>
    05.<li>a rolling pin </li>
    06.<li>sugar and tapioca </li>
    07.<li>cinnamon and butter </li>
    08.<li>a pie plate </li>
    09.<li>a knife </li>
    10.<li>an oven </li>
    11.</ul>
  • rendered html:
to make apple pie, you'll need:
  • apples
  • pastry
  • a rolling pin
  • sugar and tapioca
  • cinnamon and butter
  • a pie plate
  • a knife
  • an oven
<!-- ~~ -->

comment

insert a comment in the html (replace " ~~ " above), which the browser will ignore
  • sample html:
  • 01.<body>
    02.<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. </p>
    03.<!-- I think there's a short paragraph missing 021110 bc -->
    04.<p>Aenean sit amet libero aliquet mi volutpat faucibus.</p> 05.</body>
  • rendered html:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.

Aenean sit amet libero aliquet mi volutpat faucibus.

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