HTML Tags

There's a lot of html tags you can use (here's the full list if you want to see). A lot of them aren't used much, but there's a few that you'll use pretty often. Here's the basics:

headers, paragraph, div, links, images

Tag	Description
p	Use this to wrap a chunk of text that you want to treat as a single paragraph
img	This tag lets you place an image in the page
a	This tag creates a link to a different page
h1	Use this tag to mark some text as a header
h2	Use this tag to mark some text as a smaller header
h3	Use this tag to mark some text as an even smaller header
h4	Use this tag to mark some text as an even SMALLER header
h5	Use this tag to mark some text as a tiny header
ul	Use this tag to create an unordered list (bullet points)
ol	Use this tag to create an ordered list (numbered points)
li	Use this tag to create an item inside a list of either type

Image Basics

The img tag lets the browser know to draw an image. It must contain the src attribute to say where the image file is located. Although it's not required, you should include the alt attribute as well. This just contains some text that will be shown if the image cannot load (or if the user is handicapped and using special software). Finally, note that the img tag does not need a closing </tag> after it!

<img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiGKLjsWwAEpJ5h.jpg" alt="An adorable cat">

Link Basics

The a tag contains an href attribute that has the target of the link. Whatever text is inside the two a tags will become the clickable link. Here's an example of what a link to google would look like:

<a href="https://www.google.com/"> Go To Google </a>

Header Basics

You probably noticed there's a lot of header tags, going all the way from h1 to h5. Headers will look different depending on a lot of factors, but the general idea is that h1 represents the "main" header, and h5 is the smallest "sub-header". You can think of these like bullet points nested underneath eachother.

<h1>Header Basics<h1>
Here I'm going to talk about some header basics.
<h2> My first main point </h2>
<h3> A sub-point </h3>
Now I'm talking about my sub point! I just love headers so much!
<h2> My second main point </h2>

List Basics

Lists are pretty simple to make in html. There's two types. An unordered list ul, and an ordered list ol. Inside either of those tags you can use the li tag to create a list item.

A bullet point list:
<ul>
<li> Cats </li>
<li> Dogs </li>
<li> Monkeys </li>
</ul>

A numberedlist:
<ol>
<li> My First Item </li>
<li> My Next Item </li>
<li> My Last Item </li>
</ol>

Recommended Reading

The complete list of HTML tags