HTML Tags for Beginners

These commands are used to control items inside a table (blocks if you are using our tool). Since we are providing you with tools to create and format tables, and set properties for an entire page or an entire block, we are not including those tags here.

Text Commands

The following set of tags are used to manipulate text.

Bold: <b></b>
Surround text with these tags to make them bold

Italics: <i></i>
Will place text in Italics

Headings: <h1></h1>
Will create a heading with a larger bolded font than the other text on the page. <h1></h1> is the largest size. <h6></h6> is the smallest.

Font Size: <font size=X></font>
This will set the size of the font with a value from 1 to 7. In this case, 7 is the largest and 1 is the smallest.

Font Color: <font color="X"></font>
This will set the color of the font. You can either put the name of the color in or the hex value of the color.

Font Face: <font face="X"></font>
This will set the style of the font. Put the name of the font you want to use. You can set a secondary font as a backup in case the browser does not support the first one. That would look like this: <font face="verdana, arial"></font>.

All 3 Font Commands: <font size=X face="X" color="X"></font>
You can apply all three commands to a single set of text with only one font tag.

Linking

URL Link: <a herf="URL goes here"></a>
This will create a clickable link to another web page. Make sure you include http:\\ before any link to an external site or else the link will not work.

Mail Link: <a herf="mail to:joe@email.com"></a>
This will launch an email to the specified address. Place the email address you want after mail to:

Formatting

Paragraph: <p></p>
Starts a new paragraph.

Paragraph Align: <p align="left"></p>
This will align your paragraph. Left, right, and center will align your paragraph in the direction specified.

Line Break: <br></br>
Will create a line break.

Ordered List: <ol></ol>
Creates a numbered list

Unordered List: <ul></ul>
Creates a bulleted list

List Item: <li></li>
Inserts an item into a list. Once you have created an ordered or unordered list, use the <li> tag to insert each item into the list.

Horizontal Rule: <hr></hr>
Creates a horizontal line across the page. You can set the height and width of the line by adding height=X or width=X. For example: <hr height=1 width=1></hr>

Blockquote: <blockquote></blockquote>
Indents your text on both sides. For example:

"I think Blockstar is great."

Div Align: <div align="X"></div>
This will align a large block of HTML to the left, right, or center depending on the direction specified.


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