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Basic HTML 2.0 Style Sheet

The original purpose of this document was to facilitate my own HTML education. It is now intended to give other new WWW authors a quick reference to basic HTML format appearance and associated tags. Some common elements, such as <p>, <b>, and <hr> have been omitted.

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INDEX

Address <address> </address>

Blockquote <blockquote> </blockquote>

Headings <h1 to 6> </h1 to 6>

Character-Level Elements:

Citation <cite> </cite>

Code <code> </code>

Emphasis <em> </em>

Keyboard <kbd> </kbd>

Strong <strong> </strong>

Teletype <tt> </tt>

Variable <var> </var>

List Elements:

Definition List <dl>, </dl> , and <dt>, <dd>

Definition List w/Compact Attribute <dl compact>, </dl>

Directory List <dir>, <li>, and </dir>

Menu List <menu>, </menu> and <li>

Ordered List <ol>, </ol> and <li>

Unordered List <ul>, </ul> and <li>


Address:

Mary Webauthor
1 Cyber Place
Anytown, Anystate 99999
Virtual Universe

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Blockquote:

Albert Einstein said in 1934:

"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self."
I happen to agree with him.

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Heading:

This is a level 1 heading

This is a level 2 heading

This is a level 3 heading

This is a level 4 heading

This is a level 5 heading
This is a level 6 heading
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Citation:

If you wou'd not be forgotten
As soon as you are dead and rotten,
Either write things worth reading,
Or do things worth the writing.

Benjamin Franklin

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Code:

Anybody know a good example of code text?

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Emphasis:

This text is being emphasized for your viewing pleasure.

(Can you tell the difference between this and <cite>?)

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Keyboard:

Pretend you are typing this text into a form.

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Strong:

This text is rendered in bold!

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Teletype:

This text is what teletype looks like.

(Can you tell the difference between this and <code> or <keyboard>?)

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Variable:

This text is rendered in italics.

(Can you tell the difference between this and, oh never mind...)

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Definition List:

Parallax
The apparent displacement of an observed object due to the difference between two points of view.
Parallel
Extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging.
Parallelogram
A four-sided polygon having both pairs of opposite sides parallel to each other.

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Definition List w/ Compact Attribute:

VA
Virginia
WA
Washington
DC
District of Columbia

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Directory List:

  • A - H
  • I - M
  • N - R
  • S -Z
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    Menu List:

  • cornflakes
  • banana
  • milk
  • sugar
  • (Looks like a Directory List to me...)

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    Ordered List:

    1. cornflakes
    2. banana
    3. milk
    4. sugar

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    Unordered List:

    (Where have we seen this format before?)

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