HTML Pocket Reference

Chapter 1. HTML Pocket Reference

Introduction

This pocket reference provides a concise, yet thorough, listing of HTML tags and attributes specified by the W3C HTML 4.0 Specification, Netscape Navigator, and Internet Explorer.

Using This Book

The majority of this reference is an alphabetical listing of tags and their attributes with explanations and browser support information.

Following the alphabetical tag list are two sections that provide more context for using HTML. Section 1.3 lists tags that are related in functionality, and Section 1.4 provides examples of how standard web page elements are constructed.

So, for example, if you are making a table, Section 1.3.9 lists all the tags that pertain to tables, and the examples in Section 1.4.5 show the basic structure of how the table tags work together.

The book also provides several useful charts, including Character Entities, Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversions, and Color Names.

For Further Reading

More in-depth explanations of HTML and web design can be found in O’Reilly and Associates’ Web Design in a Nutshell by Jennifer Niederst and HTML: The Definitive Guide by Chuck Musciano and Bill Kennedy. Also useful is Webmaster in a Nutshell by Stephen Spainhour and Robert Eckstein.

The browser support information in this book was provided by the HTML Compendium created by Ron Woodall. I encourage you to check out the Compendium’s site (http://www.htmlcompendium.org) for extremely in-depth explanations of HTML tags, attributes, and values and ...