Web Design Vocabulary
Jeremy D.
Memorial High School
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HTML Cheat Sheet
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- Check Boxes: A form element that allows users to select more than one option from a given set of choices.
- Container Tags: HTML tags that contain text; that is, they have a beginning and ending tag.
- Empty Tags: HTML tags that do not contain text; that is, they do not have an ending tag.
- Framset:
- HTML: Plain text codes that are used to designate attributes for a group of text .
- Hyperlink:
- Internal Link:
- Radio Buttons: A form element that allows users to select only one option from a given set of choices.
- Source Code: The HTML code that is used to create a Web Page.
- Querystring: a pointer to a document somewhere on the web.
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HTML Tag |
Purpose |
Attributes |
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<HTML> |
Begin the HTML page |
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<HEAD> |
Begin the heading of the document |
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<TITLE> |
Designate the title of the page |
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<BODY> |
Begin the body of the document |
BGCOLOR |
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<H1> |
Format a level 1 heading |
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<H2> |
Format a level 2 heading |
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<H3> |
Format a level 3 heading |
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<H4> |
Format a level 4 heading |
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<H5> |
Format a level 5 heading |
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<H6> |
Format a level 6 heading |
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<BR> |
Add a line break |
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<P> |
Set apart a group of text as a paragraph |
ALIGN |
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<I> |
Format the text using italics |
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<B> |
Format the text with boldface |
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<UL> |
Create an unordered list |
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<OL> |
Create an ordered list |
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<LI> |
Specify a list item |
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<FONT> |
Specify font characteristics |
FACE, COLOR |
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<A> |
Designate a hyperlink |
HREF, TARGET, NAME |
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<IMG> |
Designate an image |
SRC, ALT, HEIGHT, WIDTH, ALIGN, BORDER |
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<TABLE> |
Designate an HTML Table |
BORDER, WIDTH, CELLPADDING, CELLSPACING |
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<TR> |
Designate a table row |
BGCOLOR |
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<TD> |
Designate a table cell |
COLSPAN, ALIGN, VALIGN, BGCOLOR, ROWSPAN |
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<TH> |
Designate a table heading |
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<FRAMESET> |
Designate a frames page |
COLS, ROWS |
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<NOFRAMES> |
Designate a code that will be displayed if frames are not supported. |
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<FORMS> |
Designate the start of a form |
ACTION, METHOD |
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<INPUT> |
Designate a form element |
NAME, TYPE, VALUE |
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<SELECT> |
Designate a pull-down menu |
NAME |
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<OPTION> |
Designate an item in a pull- down menu |
VALUE |
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<TEXTAREA> |
Designate a text area to insert text |
NAME, ROWS, COLS |
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<FRAME> |
Designate a frame within a frames page |
SRC, NAME |