Important HTML tags
This page is designed as a quick reference for some of the common tags
covered in Learn
Enough HTML to Be Dangerous. In the process of making it, we'll
learn how to make HTML tables via table and
related tags.
The tables below don't include all HTML tags, but they do list many of
the most important ones.
| Tag |
Name |
Purpose |
h1–h6 |
headings |
include a heading (levels 1–6) |
p |
paragraph |
include a paragraph of text |
table |
table |
include a table |
tr |
table row |
include a row of data |
th |
table header |
make a table header |
td |
table data |
include a table data cell |
ul |
unordered list |
make an unordered list |
ol |
ordered list |
make an ordered list |
li |
list item |
add a list item to a list |
| Tag |
Name |
Purpose |
Example |
Result |
em |
emphasized |
make emphasized text |
<em> |
technical sophistication |
strong |
strong |
make strong text |
<strong> |
at least a billion people |
a |
anchor |
make hyperlink |
<a href="http://learnenough.com/"">Learn Enough</a> |
Learn Enough |
img |
image |
include an image |
<img src="https://bit.ly/1MZAFuQ" alt="Michael Hartl"> |
 |
code |
code |
display monospace code |
<code> |
hello world |
html |
html tag |
Flag the section as HTML content (as opposed to js, css) |
head |
head tag |
Define properties that are not in the main browser frame |
body |
body tag |
Encloses all items that appear in the main browser frame |
title |
title tag |
Defines the Title of the page; resides inside head |
meta |
meta tag |
defines information about the page - e.g. encoding, etc. |