The following table lists some of the most common HTML tags that you’ll use to build your website. After you’ve worked in HTML for a little while, these tags will become second nature to you.
| Tag | Name | Code Example |
|---|---|---|
| <a> | anchor | <a href=“http://www.yourdomain.com/“>Click Here</a> |
| <b> | bold | <b>Bold Type</b> |
| <body> | body of document | <body>All of the contents of your Web page.</body> |
| <br> | line break | Soft line break<br />Soft line break |
| <center> | center | <center>Center your content</center> |
| <font> | font | <font face=“Times New Roman“>Example</font> |
| <form> | form | <form action=“mailto:you@yourdomain.com“> Name: <input name=“Name“ value=“ size=“10“ /> </form> |
| <h1> | heading 1 | <h1>Heading 1 Example</h1> |
| <h2> | heading 2 | <h2>Heading 2 Example</h2> |
| <h3> | heading 3 | <h3>Heading 3 Example</h3> |
| <head> | heading of document | <head>Contains elements describing the document</head> |
| <html> | hypertext markup language | <html><head><meta><title>Title of your webpage</title></head><body>Webpage contents</body></html> |
| <i> | italic | <i>Italic Type</i> |
| <li> | list item | <ol type=“i“> <li>List item 1</li> <li>List item 2</li> <li>List item 3</li> <li>List item 4</li> </ol> |
| <meta> | meta | <meta name=“Description“ content=“Description of your site“ /> <meta name=“keywords“ content=“keywords describing your site“ /> |
| <ol> | ordered list | <ol> <li>List item 1</li> <li>List item 2</li> <li>List item 3</li> <li>List item 4</li> </ol> |
| <p> | paragraph | <p> This creates a line break and a space between lines.</p> |
| <title> | document title | <title>Title of your webpage</title> |
| <ul> | unordered list | <ul> <li>List item 1</li> <li>List item 2</li> </ul> |