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HTML Documentation HTML

Documentation and syntax for HTML

html docs html documentation

HTML HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

HTML

HTML Tag HTML

Tags are the building blocks of an HTML document

Tag

Indentation General

Indentation is the visual structure of how your code is laid out. It uses tabs to organize code into a hierarchy.

Tree HTML

The structure of an HTML document

HTML Formatting HTML

HTML provides several tags for formatting text on web pages.

<a> Tag HTML

Allows putting links on a web page. It uses the href attribute to specify what the link should point to.

<img> Tag HTML

Allows adding an image to a web page. It is self-closing. The attributes of an `<img>` tag include `src`, which specifies where to get the image from (the url for an image ), and `width` and `height` attributes, which specify the size of the image in pixels.

HTML Lists HTML

Way to organize information with a simple structure that is easy to read and write on a webpage. There are ordered and unordered HTML lists.

<ul> Tag HTML

Defines an unordered list in HTML.

<li> Tag HTML

defines a list item inside an HMTL list.

HTML Tables HTML

Tables display information in a grid.

Style Attribute HTML

Allows adding several different types of styles to HTML elements.

Hexadecimal General

The hexadecimal number system is the Base 16 number system. It is a number system that only uses 16 digits (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F)

RGB Color Encoding General

The RGB encoding scheme allows us to encode colors as numeric data. It defines the amount of Red, Green, and Blue light in a pixel. Each color channel can have a value between 0 and 255.

Copyright General

A law that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights to its use, distribution, and sale

Hyperlink HTML

The connection between one HTML page to another HTML page

Public domain General

Objects in the public domain are not subject to copyright laws, and thus may be freely used by the general public.