HTML Common Tags
Here is a list of common HTML tags and what they do. For the sake of brevity the closing tag has been omitted.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| <address> | An address by default appears in Italic |
| <abbr> | Abbreviation tag used for acronyms. The <abbr> needs the title tag otherwise it will not work. Example:<abbr title=”What You See Is What You Get”>WYSIWYG</abbr> When the user hovers over WYSIWYG they will see a tooltip of the title. |
| <article> | A news article or similar |
| <aside> | Side content (side bar) |
| <blockquote> | A quote |
| <code> | Computer code |
| <mark> | Highlights text |
| <figure> | The figure caption is used to illustrate images, graphs, videos, etc. You also need to use the <figcaption> Example:
<figure> |
| <header> | Top level header |
| <nav> | Navigation menu |
| <footer> | Footer content |
| <p> | Paragraph |
| <table> | Table |
| <hr> | Horizontal line |
| <br> | New line |