<p> </p> describes a paragraph and <h1> </h1> a headline. You have six headlines avaiable from <h1> </h1> to <h6> </h6> .

<br/> describes a line break. Please note that this tag is directly closed via the slash at the end. <br> </br> is incorrect. <hr/> inserts a line into the text.

The following describes a link in HTML. The attribute "href" defines the target of the link. A link can be absolute or relativ to the existing webpage.

				
<!-- this is an absolute link -->
<a href="http://www.vogella.de"> Java and Eclipse Tutorials </a>

<!-- this is a relativ link to a page in the same directory-->
<a href="anotherwebpage.html"> Java and Eclipse Tutorials </a>

<!-- this is the same as above-->
<a href="/anotherwebpage.html"> Java and Eclipse Tutorials </a>

<!-- this is a relativ link to a page on a higher directory-->
<a href="../page2.html"> Java and Eclipse Tutorials </a>

<!-- This will define a invisible anchor in your document which you can jump to-->
<a name="top"> This is the place to jump to	 </a>

<!-- if you click this link you will jump to your anchor-->
<a href="#top"> To the Top </a>




			

The following describes a link which displays a image.

				
<a href="www.vogella.de"> 
	<img src="http://www.vogella.de/img/common/LarsVogelAbout.jpg"  alt="Lars Vogel Picture"/> 
</a>
			

HTML supports ordered and unordered lists.

				
This is an ordered list.

<ol>
<li>Java</li>
<li>C++</li>
<li>.NET</li>
</ol>

This is unordered list

<ul>
<li>Java</li>
<li>C++</li>
<li>.NET</li>
</ul>


			

				
<table>
<tr>
<th>Header 1</th>
<th>Header 2</th>
<th>Header 3</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Java</th>
<td>C++</td>
<td>.NET</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Hundefutter</th>
<td>Dogfog</td>
<td>Something</td>
</tr>
</table>

			

Images should have the "alt" tag defined and can optionally definde a width and a height.

				
<p>
<img src="http://www.vogella.de/img/common/LarsVogelAbout.jpg"  alt="Lars Vogel Picture"/> 
</p>

			

Use the following special signs to display them in your webpage.