HTML meta tags are used to describe the document. There are many attributes which can be used in meta tags. The most popular are as follows:

Description

The description meta type is used to describe the page and the information it contains. On many search engine results pages, the meta description is used as the description for the page.

<meta name=”description” content=”Page description goes here” />

Keywords

The keywords meta type is used to provide keyword terms to describe the content of the page. The keyword terms were originally meant to be used to help search engines in indexing pages.

<meta name=”keywords” content=”keyword list goes here” />

URL Refresh

The meta tag can also be used to redirect the page. This is done as follows:

<meta http-eqiv=”refresh” content=”0; url=somepage.htm” />

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HTML Frames are used to display multiple pages within one window on a website. Using frames requires a frameset to control the placement of frames and load the initial pages.

<frameset cols=”20%,*”>
<frame src=”menu.htm” />
<frame src=”main.htm” />
</frameset>

With this frameset example, the cols attribute describes how the frames will layout. The left frame is 20% of the width, and the right is 80%. A rows attribute can be used as well to position frames vertically.

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The HTML <input>, <textarea>, and <select> tags are used to specifiy elements to be used in forms. The uses for each tag are as follows:

Input Tag Textbox Button Checkbox Radio Hidden File Select Tag Dropdown Multi-Select Textarea

Textbox

<input type=”text” name=”text_name” value=”" />

Button

<input type=”button” name=”button_name” value=”A Button” />

<input type=”reset” name=”reset” value=”Clear Form Values” />

<input type=”submit” name=”submit” value=”Submit Form” />

Checkbox

<input type=”checkbox” name=”checkbox_name” />A Checkbox

A Checkbox

Radio

<input type=”radio” name=”radio_name” />A Radio Button

A Radio Button

Hidden

<input type=”hidden” name=”hidden_name” value=”" />

File

<input type=”file” name=”file_name” value=”" />

Dropdown

<select name=”select_name”>
<option value=”1″>Option 1</option>
<option value=”2″>Option 2</option>
<option value=”3″>Option 3</option>

</select>

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

Multi-Select

<select name=”multiple_select_name” multiple=”multiple” size=”3″>
<option value=”1″>Option 1</option>
<option value=”2″>Option 2</option>
<option value=”3″>Option 3</option>
</select>

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3

Textarea

<textarea name=”textarea_name” cols=”50″ rows=”4″>TextArea Value</textarea>

TextArea Value

HTML Forms have a wide variety of uses on the web. When data needs to be collected and send to a server or an email address, forms must be used. A form can be as simple as a textbox and a submit button, or can be as complex as a complete desktop application.

Every form starts out and ends with the <form> tag. Each element, such as a textbox or a button, are to be contained within the form tags. The most common used attributes for the form tag are method, and action.

The method attribute specifies how to send the data, whether it is a GET or POST request. A GET request appends the form values onto the query string and the POST request sends them without appending the values to the query string. In most cases, the POST method is the preferred method of transmitting form data.

The action attribute is used to specify the location to send the form data. Most of the time this is a server side script on the server, but it can also be an email address prefixed by “mailto:”.

The following is an example of how to use the form tag:

<form method=”post” action=”formpostscript.php”>

</form>

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The purpose of the <font> tag is to specify the font, the size of the font, and the color of the text. This tag has been deprecated by the W3C. Regardless, there are many websites who still use the font tag and most browsers still support it. Our recommendation is to use CSS Styles instead.

The three primary attributes of the font tag are color, face, and size. Color specifies the color of the text. Face defines the font to be used. Size determines the height and width of the text in proportion to the height and width of the font definition.

<font size=”1″ color=”red” face=”Times”>Red Text Size 1</font>

Red Text Size 1

<font size=”3″ face=”Verdana”>Verdana Size 3</font>

Verdana Size 3

<font size=”2″ face=”Helvetica” color=”brown”>Brown Text Helvetica Size 2</font>

Brown Text Helvetica Size 2

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