HTML Quick Reference (this is not in ANY way comprehensive, but can get you started) notes: Capital and lower-case doesn't matter in HTML codes, so

is the same as

. Usually only what you mark matters, not what is on the page, so no matter how many times you hit RETURN, the line won't end unless you put
or something. Unmarked text appears as normal text. If you only learn two things, learn
and . Stuff to put at the beginning: These need closing but are "optional" You can get away without using any of them, but having them generally means that more browser types will be happier. The closing goes at the end of the section, so the mark would go at the end of the page, but the mark would go at the end of the header. Body marks the page "body," but allows you to set page preferences, like font and color. You can use RGB (Red-Green-Blue) codes or specify images: which would make the font white and the backgound a tiled version of "pic.gif." You can also use RGB for the background: bgcolor= #000000 which would make it all black. Header indicates header info instead of body info Document type no notes; just stick it @ the start and finish. Single Marks: These marks don't need closing Horizontal Rule

draws a bar across the window. Image puts picture.jpg on the page. you can change the alignment to top, middle, or bottom by putting it inside the <>s, so . Line Break
ends the line and starts a new one. List Item
  • makes a new list item in an
      or