HTML <basefont> Tag The HTML <basefont> tag is not supported in HTML5. To specify the default value of font size, color, and font-family the HTML <basefont> tag is used. The default value is specified for all the contents written within an HTML document. This tag was deprecated in HTML 4. To style the document, CSS … Read more
HTML <base> Tag To specify a base URL or to specify a URL for all relative links within an HTML document, the HTML <base> tag is used. Within a document, only one <base> element can be specified and is placed within the <head> element. The HTML <base> element does not contain a closing tag but … Read more
HTML <b> Tag The HTML <b> tag represents the HTML bold tag. As the name itself suggests, the HTML <b> tag displays the specified content in bold format and thus serves as a presentational element only. For writing a heading, the header tag <h1> to <h6> should be used. For writing an important statement the … Read more
HTML <audio> Tag To specify sounds (music and other audio clips), the HTML <audio> tag is used. Three types of file formats are supported for HTML 5 audio tags currently. These are mp3, wav and ogg. Both the <video> and <audio> controls are supported in HTML 5. To play the multimedia items, technologies like Flash, … Read more
HTML <aside>Tag To display the information about the main content aside from the other contents on a web page, the HTML <aside> tag is introduced in HTML5. Thus, it forms the main textual flow of a document (as defined by W3C). Example: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p>HELLO WORLD!! Today is a great day. Why not … Read more
HTML <article> Tag The HTML <article> element is used to specify an independent self-contained article like a big story and huge article in a document, page, application, or site and is thus used for use on Forum posts, Blog posts, News stories, and comments. The content written between the HTML article opening and closing tag … Read more
HTML <area> Tag To specify the area inside an image map, the HTML <area> tag is used with the <map> element. An image-map is an image with clickable or active areas, associated with the hyperlinks. These areas perform a specified action when clicked. Multiple <area> elements can be used in a single <map> element to … Read more
HTML <applet> Tag The HTML <applet> tag is not supported in HTML5. To embed the Java applet in an HTML document, the HTML <applet> tag was used, but was deprecated in HTML 4.0. The HTML <object> and HTML <embed> elements are used in HTML 5 instead of the HTML <applet> tag. Along with the HTML … Read more
HTML <address> Tag To specify the information related to the author of an article or a webpage, the HTML <address> tag is used. Any content such as URL, physical address, phone number, email, other links, etc. that is required can be added within this tag. It is thus important for contexts like business contact information … Read more
HTML <acronym> Tag The HTML <acronym> tag is not supported in HTML 5 and the HTML <abbr> tag is used instead of the HTML <acronym> tag. To contain a full explanation of an acronym content, the HTML <acronym> tag is used with the HTML “title” attribute. It displays the explanation of the word when the … Read more