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<html></html>
its the start and end of a html document

<head></head>
it begins the head of the page.. you put the title in here, and other java script programs that run..

<body bgcolor="hex" background="picture" link="hex" alink="hex" vlink="hex" text="hex"></body>
this is the body of the page, this is where you add pictures, color, and where you load javascript sometimes..

<body bgcolor=hex>
it sets the background color for your page.. hex or color code..

<body background=picture>
this is the background picture of your site.. you set it to the dir and file name of your pic..

<body text=?>
this sets your default font to what color you put.. a font code will change it..

<body link=?>
this is the color of a link before it is clicked.. use hex or name

<body vlink=?>
it shows a differnt color for all the visited links on this computer.. use hex or name

<body alink=?>
it shows a differnt color for links you clicked on but has not loaded yet..

<title>my website</title>
this puts the title of the page in the upper bar.. it gets inserted into the head tag..

<font face="font style" size="3" color="hex"></font>
this begins a font code..

<font face=?></font>
sets what style of font you want.. like times new roman or arial.. etc..

<font size=?></font>
this sets the fonts size.. anywhere from 1 till i think 100?

<font color=?></font>
this makes the font what color you want.. use hex or color code..

<b></b>
makes the font bold

<i></i>
makes the font italic

<tt></tt>
creates typewriter style text

<pre></pre>
this makes preformated text.. the way you type it in the html it will display like a picture..

<hl></hl>
creates the biggest headline

<h6></h6>
creates the littlest headline

<a href="url"></a>
creates link use </a> to stop any link..

<a href="mailto:email@domain.com"></a>
this is a mailto link.. when clicked launchs the default email program.. with your email there

<a name="name"></a>
creates a jump spot in your page

<a href="#name"></a>
jumps to the spot you created..

<p></p>
creates a paragraph

<p align=?>
aligns the paragraph to the left, right, or center

<br>
inserts a line break into your page..

<img src="dir/name">
inserts an image into your page..

<img src="name" align=?>
aligns the image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle

<img src="name" border=num>
this makes a border around an image from 0 - 10 i think? maybe farther

<hr>
makes a horizontal rule

<hr size=?>
size of the rule

<hr width=?>
width of rule, percentage or number..

<hr noshade>
rule without shaddow

<table></table>
starts a table

<table border=#>
border width around cells

<table cellspacing=#>
space between cells

<table width=?>
makes the width of the table.. number or %

<tr></tr>
makes a row for the table

<td></td>
makes a cell in a row

<tr align=?> or <td align=?>
this is where you align the row

<tr valign=?> or <td valign=?>
it aligns the row verticaly..

<frameset></frameset>
replaces the <body> in a frames page

<frameset rows="value,value">
this makes how big you want the rows in a frame

<frameset cols="value,value">
defines the columns within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width

<noframes></noframes>
this where you put a message, when a browser dont support frames.. they will see it..

<frame src="url">
sets the path of the html document that you want to display..

<frame name="name">
names a frame so it can be linked by other frames

<frame marginwidth=#>
sets the left and right margins for a frame, it has to be equal or greater then 1

<frame marginheight=#>
sets the top and bottom margins for a frame, it has to be equal or greater then 1

<frame scrolling=value>
this is to have a scroll bar or not in a frame, value may equal "yes," "no," or "auto." the default is auto.

<frame noresize>
makes it so noone can resize your frame..

<form></form>
creates a form

<select multiple name="name" size=?> </select>
makes a scrolling menu. size is number of menu items visible before you need to scroll.

<option>
sets off each menu item

<select name="name"></select>
creates a pulldown menu

<textarea name="name" cols="40" rows="8"></textarea>
creates a text box area. columns set the width; rows set the height.

<input type="checkbox" name="name">
creates a checkbox. text follows tag.

<input type="radio" name="name" value="x">
creates a radio button. text follows tag

<input type=text name="foo" size="20">
create a line type area, size sets number of charactors that can be used.

<input type="submit" value="name">
a submit button

<input type="image" border=0 name="name" src="name.gif">
a submit button with a image.

<input type="reset">
this is a reset button