HTMLementary

Reference

<A ...>, </A>

A hyperlink anchor. Used to set up links to other documents on the Web.

`HREF`	Place to jump to
	`URL`
`NAME`	Name a place
	`string`
`TARGET`	Refer to a window by name
	`_name\|string`

<A HREF="a place">, </A>

Sets up a link to another document or to an anchor. If a place is a(n):

URL: The link is to another page or resource.
File: The link is to a file on your computer.
#namedplace: The link is to a named place on the same page. The place is named using the NAME attribute.
URL#namedplace: The link is to a named place on a different page. The place is named using the NAME attribute.

<A NAME="namedplace">, </A>

A named place to jump to. See HREF.

<APPLET>, </APPLET>

Run a Java applet on a Web page.

`CODE*`	Java applet
	Java class file
`WIDTH*`	Width of applet
	`pixels`
`HEIGHT*`	Height of applet
	pixels

* Required

, 
Display some words in a bold face font. If the browser can't, it might do nothing or substitute something else.
Also see 

<BIG>, </BIG>
Displays characters bigger than normal, usually like .

<BLOCKQUOTE>, </BLOCKQUOTE>

The blockquote tag should be used for quoting long blocks of text. Usually the quoted text is indented from the left and right margins, and is sometimes in italics. Browsers can do other things instead, so don't use blockquote just to indent.

<BODY>, </BODY>
The content of your Web page goes in between the opening and closing body tags. This is what appears in your browser's text area.

Attribute	Modifies
`BGCOLOR`	Background color
`TEXT`	Text's color
`LINK`	Link's color
`VLINK`	Followed link's color
`ALINK`	Activated link's color
`BACKGROUND`	Tiles a graphic

Examples

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#FF0000" LINK="#00FF00">

Sets the background color to white, the text to red and links to green.

<BODY BACKGROUND="design1.jpg">

Tiles the background with the image in design1.jpg that's stored in the same directory as the HTML for the page.

 
Break forces the browser to start a new line. The new line starts directly under the previous line. The CLEAR attribute is used with floating images. It breaks the line and moves to the first line below the image on the left, right or both (ALL) sides.

`CLEAR`	Clear text wrap
	`LEFT\|RIGHT\|ALL`

<CENTER>, </CENTER>
Centers everthing enclosed by the opening and closing tags between the left and right margins.

<CODE>, </CODE>
Makes the text look like computer code. It looks like the words in most text editors.


Puts a comment into your HTML code. Use comments to explain what you did or why you did it, and to hold information like dates and author's names. They are ignored by your browser. Comments do not show on your Web page.

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July 1, 1997