HTML ELEMENTS

<figcaption>

> element has been added to HTML5 in order to allow web page authors to add a caption to an image.

<select>

A drop down list box (also known as a select box) allows users to select one option from a drop down list.

<td>

Each cell of a table is represented by this, which stands for table data.

<li>

Each item on the list is placed between an opening tag in a closing tag

<object>

Enables the flash movie onto your page

<br />

used to add a line break inside the middle of a paragraph you can use this line break tag

<cite>

when you are referencing a piece of work such as a book, film or research paper, the <cite> element can be used to indicate where the citation is from.

<tbody>

The body should sit inside the <> element.

<title>

The contents of the <> element are either shown in the top of the browser where you type in the URL, or on the tab for that page (if your browser uses tabs).

<dl>

The definition list is created with the. element and usually consists of a series of terms and their definitions.

<tfoot>

The footer belongs inside this element.

<tr>

The opening <> tag indicates the start of each row. (The tr stands for table row.) It is followed by one or more <td> elements (one for each cell in that row) At the end of the row, you use a closing </> tag.

<ol>

The ordered list is created with the <> element.

<ul>

The unordered list is created with the <> element

<strong>

The use of <> element indicates that its content has strong importance. For example, the words contained in this element might be said with strong emphasis.

<dt>

This is used to contain the term being defined (the definition term).

<p>

To create a paragraph, surround the words that make up the paragraph with an opening <> tao and closing </> tag.

<source>

To specify the location of the file to be played, you can use the <> element inside the <video> element. (This should replace the src attribute on the opening <video> tag.)

<Form>

controls live inside the <> element. This element should always carry the action attribute and will usually have a method and id attribute too.

<div>

element allows you to group a set of elements together in one block-level box.

<section>

element group related content together, and typically each other section would have its own heading.

<em>

element indicates emphasis that subtly changes the meaning of a sentence.

<input>

element is used To create several different from controls

<blockquote>

element is used for longer quotes that take up an entire paragraph.

<sub>

element is used to contain characters that should be subscript. It is commonly used with foot notes or chemical formulas such as H2O.

<table>

element is used to create a table. The contents of the table are written out row by row.

<Footer>

the <> tag defines a hauler for a document or section. Typically contains: authorship info or copyright.

<del>

this element can show text that has been deleted from a document.

<dfn>

this element is used to indicate the defining instance of it.

<button>

this element was introduced to allow users more control over how their buttons appear, and to allow other elements to appear inside the button.

<dd>

this is used to contain the definition.

<u>

Older versions of HTML had a <> element for content that was underlined, but this is being phased out.

<ins>

Can be use to show content that has been inserted into a document

<link>

Can be used in an HTML document to tell the browser where to find the CSS file used to stay on the page

<label>

Can be used to wrap around both the text description in the form input or be kept separate from the form control and use for the attribute to indicate which form control it is the label for

<legend>

Can you come directly after the opening

<thead>

Headings on the table should sit inside this element.

<figure>

Images often come with captions. HTML5 has introduced a new <> element to contain images and their caption so that the two are associated.

<meta>

Lives inside the head

<span>

The <> element acts like an inline equivalent of the <div> element. It is used to either 1. Contain a section of text where there is no other suitable element to differentiate it from its surrounding text. 2. Contain a number of inline elements The most common reason why people use <> is so that they can control the appearance of the content of these elements using CSS.

<video>

The <> element has a number of attributes which allow you to control video playback: src: specifies the path to the video poster: allows you to specify an image to show while the video is downloading/until the user tells the video to play width, height: specify the size of the player in pixels controls: when used, indicates that the browser should supply its own controls for playback autoplay: when used, specifies that the file should play automatically loop: when used, indicates that the video should start playing again once it has ended

<s>

The <> element indicates something that is no longer accurate or relevant (but that should not be deleted).

<option>

The <> element is used to specify the options that the user can select from. The words between the opening <option> and closing </> tags will be shown to the user in the drop down box.

<q>

The <> is used for shorter quotes that sit within a paragraph. Browsers are supposed to put quotes around the <> element, however Internet Explorer does not - therefore many people avoid using the <> element.

<body>

anything within the body of a web page is displayed in the main browser window

<th>

Used just like the < > element but its purpose is to represent the heading for either a column or a row. Stands for table heading.

<nav>

Used to contain the major navigational blocks on the site

<textarea>

Used to create a multi-line text input. It should have an opening and a closing tag.

<embed>

When you export the movie into SWF format, Flash creates code that you can use to embed the Flash movie in your page. Traditionally, this code used the HTML <object> and <> tags. However, now it is more common to use JavaScript.

<H2>

Words between are level 2 heading or sub heading

<H3>

Words between are level 3 heading or words under sub heading

<H4>

Words between are level 4 heading or words under level three

<H5>

Words between are level 5 heading or words under level four

<H6>

Words between are level 6 heading or words under level five

<H1>

Words between are the main heading

<style>

You can also include CSS rules within an HTML page by placing them inside a <> element, which usually sits inside the <head> element of the page.

<fieldset>

You can group related form controls together inside the <> element. This is particularly helpful for longer forms.