HTML Reference

Overview and example use of HTML tags and related syntax.

<!-- Comment -->

<!--Comment in HTML --> is used for a comment within the source code. This won't show up on the rendered webpage.

Example: 
<!-- This is a comment in HTML -->

<!DOCTYPE html>

<!DOCTYPE html> is used to tell the browser that this is a html document.

Example: 
<!DOCTYPE html>

<a>

<a href="https://www.google.com">Go to Google.com</a> is used for a hyperlink and is displayed like this: Go to Google.com

Example: 
<a href="https://www.softwarequalifications.com">SoftwareQualifications.com</a>

<abbr>

<abbr title="United States of America">USA<abbr> is used as an abbreviation and the tile attribute can be used to show the full phrase when you hover on the abbreviated term. For example, the UK has an estimated population of 68 million. This can also be used for an acronym as the <acronym> tag is not supported in HTML5.

Example: 
<abbr title="International Software Testing Qualifications Board">ISTQB<abbr>

<address>

<address>Address details go here</address> is used to define the contact info for a document or article owner.

Example: 
<address>Find us at: SoftwareQualifications.com, Street, Town, Ireland</address>

<area>

The <area> tag can be used to create an image map of clickable areas. Here's an example and you can view the source code here: area tag example

Example: 
<address>Find us at: 

SoftwareQualifications.com, Street, Town, Ireland</address>

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