Most Used HTML Tag Table
Tag Description
html HTML is acronym for Hypertex Markup language. HTML 5.0- first version based on XML ground up. It is the first tag in all web page documents. It uses a systemof tags for things like headers, body, images, display, etc. HTML Validation
head It is the header infromation of a web page. It is the first child of HTML, it presents itself first. Usually titles and links to Java Script and CSS files.
body Is the part that contains all the infromation and things needed to be visible of a website, the body.
a a stands for anchor. It is the part that connects a link to the webpage, it links to another location. Can use href= "url", URL is the full address of a webpage.
div div is short for division and groups HTML elements together. It is a block neutral tag, it has a new line break before and after. A <p> tag is a paragraph tag and a new line break before and after with default formating.
ol It is an ordered list. It is used to order items in a specific order marked with numbers or letters.
li It stands for List Item. It identifies an individual item in an ol, aka an ordered list. It is imbeded in the list.
span Span inline neutral tag. It has no formatting.
table It defines a table. It usually specifies the width of the table and boarder of a table tag.
td It stands for table data. It defines a specific data cell in the table.
th It stands for the header of the table within the table.
tr It stands for a single row of a column of a table.
ul It stands for unordered list. It is used when the orderof the items of the list is unimportant.