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Complete list of all basic HTML Tags

If you are looking for a list of cool HTML tags to pimp your web site, you're at the right place. HTML tutorial table provides a vast variety of tags, codes and tips to improve your understanding how the Web is created.

HTML tag codes are case-insensitive. The following HTML chart is created to help you to build your own HTML web application, website or blog. At this HTML tags - HTML Codes reference table you could find most requested tags, and elements. Pay attention that not all browsers do support some of the HTML tags.

HTML stands for "HyperText Markup Language", the markup language for Web pages. HTML file is written in the form of tags. Web page files have .html or .htm filename extensions.

Usually each HTML element has an opening tag <a> and a closing tag </a>, while some elements don't have to have a closing tag, such as Line Break tag <br> (*XHTML written sites should use <br /> tag instead).

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Tags Description • Meaning • Definition
<a> ANCHOR tag creates <a href="http://www.fillster.com">link</a> to other internet location, or file.
<abbr> ABBREVIATION tags indicate interpretation of the meaning to the browsers and search engines for such as kind of abbreviations as "Inc.", "etc.".
<acronym> ACRONYM tags defines an acronym, like; <acronym title="World Wide Web">WWW</acronym>.
<address> ADDRESS tags are used to identify the author's contact information for a section or a document.
<applet> APPLET element tags are used to embed and invoke a Java application within an HTML page.
<area> AREA tag defines a section of an image.
<b> BOLD tag is specifying <b>bold section</b> within the text document.
<base> BASE tag defines information regarding to the links on the page.
<basefont> BASEFONT tags defines changes of all text appearance on the web page.
<bdo> BDO tag is specifying the direction of text display by overwriting the default value from Left to Right. <bdo dir="rtl">Right to Left</bdo>
<bgsound> BGSOUND tag is defining a background sound for a webpage.

<html>
  <head>
    <bgsound src="JingleBells.wav" loop="3">
  </head>
  <body>
  </body>
</html>

Demo • Example
<big> BIG tag makes the <big>text larger</big> then the rest of the text.
<blockquote> BLOCKQUOTE tags
<blockquote>separate a section</blockquote>
of text from the surrounding text.
<blink> BLINK tags defines text to <blink>blink</blink> repeatedly. Internet Explorer doesn't support this tag yet.
<body> <html>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
      Body tags identify the content of a web page.
  </body>
</html>
<br> Line Break tag is specifying<br>
a new line
<button> BUTTON tag is used to create a <button type="button">Push Button</button>  
<caption> <table>
  <caption>CAPTION tag adds a caption to a table.</caption>
    <tr>
      <td>
      </td>
    </tr>
</table>
<center>
<center>CENTER tags center text, images, etc.</center>
<cite> <cite>CITE tags defines a citation and displaying in italics.</cite>
<code> CODE tags are used for example, to indicate a code of the current <code>htmltags.html</code> page.
<col> COL tags are used to define column properties for table columns.

<table>
  <colgroup span="2">
    <col width="60" align="left"></col>
    <col width="80" align="center"></col>
  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <td>1st Column</td>
    <td>2nd Column</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<colgroup> COLGROUP tags are used to define groups of table columns.

<table>
  <colgroup span="2">
    <col width="60" align="left"></col>
    <col width="80" align="center"></col>
  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <td>1st Column</td>
    <td>2nd Column</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<dd> DD tag defines a definition description.

<dl>
  <dt>NASA</dt>
    <dd>National Aeronautics and Space Administration</dd>
  <dt>MBA</dt>
    <dd>Master of Business Administration</dd>
</dl>
<dfn> DFN tags emphasize definition, for example; <dfn>PC</dfn>: Personal Computer.
<del> DEL tag indicates <del>deleted text</del>
<dir> DIR tags define directory lists.

<dir>
  <li>First</li>
  <li>Second</li>
  <li>Third</li>
</dir>
<dl> DL tag defines a definition list.

<dl>
  <dt>CSU</dt>
    <dd>California State University</dd>
  <dt>UN</dt>
    <dd>United Nations</dd>
</dl>
<div> DIV tag is a logical section of a web document.

<div>
  <h1>Home Pets</h1>
    <p>Cats</p>
    <p>Dogs</p>
</div>
<dt> DT tags defines a definition term.

<dl>
  <dt>HTML</dt>
    <dd>HyperText Markup Language</dd>
  <dt>CSS</dt>
    <dd>Cascading Style Sheets</dd>
</dl>


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