HTML5 Foundations

appendix b

HTML Elements Index

This appendix contains a list of the most commonly used HTML elements with definitions and examples for each of these elements. Note that I cover only the basic attributes for each of the elements here. For an exhaustive list of elements and their attributes check out the HTML5 specifications that can be found here:

• WHATWG Specification - http://developers.whatwg.org/

• W3C Specification - http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/

Element	Definition
<a>	The <a> element is used for creating hyperlinks to other pages on the web or to a section in the current page. The location of the target page is specified in the href attribute. The anchor text between the tags will be shown to the user.<a href=”http://html5foundations.com”>HTML5 Foundations</a>
<abbr>	The <abbr> element is used to markup an abbreviation or acronym. An optional title attribute may be used to specify an expansion of the abbreviation.<abbr title=”World Wide Web Consortium”>W3C</abbr>
<address>	The <address> element should contain contact information for a section or page.<address> <a href=”mailto:[e-mail]”> Email Matt </a></address>
<article>	The <article> element is used to define a section on a page that contains an independent piece of content such as a blog post or newspaper article.<article> <h1>Blog Post Title</h1> <p>Blog post content...</p></article>
<aside>	If the <aside> element is used within an <article> element, it should contain ...