The meanings of some common HTML tags are shown below:
<HTML>
This tag tells the browser this file is an HTML document.
</HTML>
End of the HTML document.
Note: Approximately 99% of all HTML tags need to be added in pairs. Notice that a <HTML> tag is located at the very beginning and the very end of the document. There are only a handful of tags that do not need this "pair" structure.
<HEAD>
Beginning of the header.
The header can contain other additional material that is not to be displayed on the page. These can be comments and meta-tags provide information to browsers and search spiders about the document.
</HEAD>
End of the header.
<TITLE>
This indicates the start of your page title, which is displayed in your browser's title bar.
</TITLE>
End of the title
<BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF">
Tells the browser that the body of the document starts here, and that the background is white. For a list of hexadecimal colors, go to: http://www.lynda.com/hexh.html.
</BODY>
End of the body.
<CENTER> Centers the alignment of whatever is between this tag and </CENTER>
<IMG SRC="clouds.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM">
This tag inserts an image called "clouds.jpg" and aligns it with the bottom of any nearby text. Alignment options include "Middle," "Left" and "Right".
<BR> A line break indicates that the line should end here.
<a href="http://othercompany.com">Link Name</a>
This links the text "Link Name" to the URL in quotes (http://amazon.com). If you click on the words "Link Name" in the browser, it will open the page at the URL.
<a href="mailto:support@yourcompany.com">support@yourcompany.com</a>
This opens a browser's email client when people click on the text between the tags, so people can send you an email from your webpage. The "TO:" field will contain the address specified in the first tag.
<HR> This inserts a Horizontal Rule, which is a horizontal line.
<H1>This is a Header</H1>
Headers can be created using tags <H1> through <H6>.
<H1> is the largest header.
<H3>This is a Medium Header</H3>
<P> This starts a new paragraph.
</P> This ends the paragraph.
<B> Text between these tags will be bold text. </B>
<I> Text between these tags will be italicized. </I>