Some Basic HTML Tags

<HTML> </HTML>
Indicates the beginning and end of an HTML document.
<HEAD> </HEAD>
Usually appears directly after the opening & tag. Contains information about the document, such as the <TITLE> tag.
<TITLE> </TITLE>
Contained within the <HEAD> </HEAD> tags. Text within the <TITLE> </TITLE> tags usually appears in the small title bar of the window containing the browser.
<BODY> </BODY>
Indicates the main body of the document. Comes after the closing <HEAD> tag.
<H1..H6> </H1..H6>
Used to indicate that the enclosed text is to be a section or sub-section heading. Usually rendered as a large and/or bold-faced font. <H1> is the largest, and <H4> is usually the default size.
<BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE>
Text between these two tags appears indented on both sides of the screen, similar to the way you would indent a literary quotation.
<PRE> </PRE>
Indicates a section of text that should appear exactly as it does in the source document. Useful for preserving spacing and indentation of text such as computer source code.
<BR>
Forces a line break (carriage return).
<P>
Indicates the beginning of a new paragraph. This is usually interpreted as a blank line, although most browsers do not include the indentation of the first line that is customarily associated with a new paragraph.
<OL> </OL>
Indicates that the data following is to be placed into a numbered list. Each item in the list is indented and preceded by a number. Note that lists can be nested (i.e. a list may itself be an item of a different list).
<UL> </UL>
Unordered list. This is the same as an ordered list, except each item is preceded by a marker, usually a round or square bullet.
<LI>
Indicates an item of a list. This tag can only occur within a <OL> </OL> or <UL> </UL> pair.
&lt
Used to print the special character <. This is needed so that a browser will not mistake a "less than" symbol for the opening bracket of an HTML tag.
&gt
Used to print a > symbol.
&quot
Used to print a " symbol.
&amp
Used to print a & symbol.