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HTML 4.01 tag test
<h1>HTML tag test</h1>
<p>HTML 4.01 tags, examples and what they look like.</p>
<h2>Text tags</h2>
<p>Paragraph with text</p>
<p>Paragraph with <b>bold text</b></p>
<p>Paragraph with <strong>strong text</strong></p>
<p>Paragraph with <i>italic text</i></p>
<p>Paragraph with <em>emphasis text</em></p>
<p>Paragraph with <s>struck out text</s></p>
<p>Paragraph with <strike>struck out text</strike></p>
<p>Paragraph with <big>big text</big></p>
<p>Paragraph with <small>small text</small></p>
<h2>List tags</h2>
<ul>
<li>Unordered list item 1</li>
<li>Unordered list item 2</li>
<li>Unordered list item 3</li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li>Ordered list item 1</li>
<li>Ordered list item 2</li>
<li>Ordered list item 3</li>
</ol>
<dl>
<dt>Definition term 1</dt>
<dd>Lorem ipsum dolor est</dd>
<dd>Ipsum dolorium moreum blogum</dd>
<dt>Definition term 2</dt>
<dd>Lorem dolor ib estinum</dd>
<dd>Dolorem lorem ipsum</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Semantic tags</h2>
<abbr title="Et cetera">Etc.</abbr><br />
<acronym title="Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation">Laser</acronym><br />
<dfn title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</dfn> stands for HyperText Markup Language<br />
<address>
24 High Street<br />Anytown<br />P1 OXS
</address><br />
<code>Text in within code tag</code><br />
<tt>Text within teletype tag</tt><br />
<div>Text within logical diision tag</div><br />
<span>Text within span tag</span><br />
<del>Text within deleted text tag</del><br />
<ins>Text within inserted text tag</ins><br />
<em>Text within emphasis tag</em><br />
<strong>Text within strong tag</strong><br />
<hr />
<kbd>Text within keyboard tag</kbd><br />
<pre>Text within pre tag</pre><br />
<pre>
More text
witin
the pre tag
</pre><br />
<samp>Text within sample output tag</samp><br />
<sub>Text within subscript tag</sub><br />
<sup>Text within superscript tag</sup><br />
<var>Text within variable or user defined text tag</var><br />
<blockquote>Text within blockquote tag</blockquote><br />
<p>Text within short <q>inline quotation</q> tag</p><br />
<cite>Text within citation tag</cite>
<h2>Form tags</h2>
<form action="">
<button>Button</button><br />
Input <input type="" /><br />
Input button <input type="button" value="Input[button]" /><br />
Checkbox <input type="checkbox" /><br />
File <input type="file" /><br />
Hidden <input type="hidden" /><br />
Image <input type="image" /><br />
Password <input type="password" /><br />
Radio <input type="radio" /><br />
Reset <input type="reset" /><br />
Submit <input type="submit" /><br />
Text <input type="text" /><br />
Select <select name="" id="">
<option>Option 1</option>
<option>Option 2</option>
</select><br />
Selct with optgroup <select name="" id="">
<optgroup label="Optgroup 1">
<option>Option 1</option>
<option>Option 2</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Optgroup 2">
<option>Option 3</option>
<option>Option 4</option>
</optgroup>
</select><br />
Textarea <textarea name="" id=""></textarea><br />
<fieldset>
<legend>Legend within fieldset</legend>
<label for="">Field 1</label>
<input type="text" /><br />
<label for="">Field 2</label>
<input type="text" />
</fieldset>
</form>
<h2>Frame tags</h2>
<frameset cols="25%,75%">
<frame src="something.html" frameborder="1" />
<frame src="another.html" />
</frameset>
<iframe src="about:blank" frameborder="1"></iframe>
<h2>Table tags</h2>
<table>Table tag</table>
<tr>Table row tag</tr>
<th>Table header tag</th>
<td>Table data cell tag</td>
<tbody>Table body tag</tbody>
<thead>Table header tag</thead>
<tfoot>Table footer tag</tfoot>
<caption>Table caption</caption>
<col />
<colgroup>Table coloumn grouping</colgroup>
<h2>Object tags</h2>
<object data="" type=""></object>
<param name="" value="" />
<script type="text/javascript"></script>
<noscript></noscript>
<h2>Style tags</h2>
<style>Style tag</style>
<link rel="" href="" />
<h2>Meta tags</h2>
<meta>Meta tag</meta>
<h2>International tags</h2>
<bdo>Bi-directional algorithm</bdo>
<h2>Deprecated tags</h2>
<applet></applet><br />
<center>Text within center tag</center><br />
<dir>Text within directory list tag</dir><br />
<embed>Text within embed tag</embed><br />
<font>Text within font tag</font><br />
<isindex>Text within isindex tag</isindex><br />
<menu>Text within menu tag</menu><br />
<noembed>Text within noembed tag</noembed><br />
<u>Text within underline tag</u>
<h2>Real-world usage</h2>
<h3>Tables</h3>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Table heading 1</th>
<th>Table heading 2</th>
<th>Table heading 3</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Lorem</td>
<td>Ipsum</td>
<td>Dolor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Moreum</td>
<td>Blogum</td>
<td>Sendum</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Needum</td>
<td>Dolorm</td>
<td>Colore</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td>Footer 1</td>
<td>Footer 2</td>
<td>Footer 3</td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
</table>
<br />
<table border="1">
<caption>Monthly savings</caption>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$50</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>
<p>This is a paragraph</p>
<p>This is another paragraph</p>
<div>This is a div tag</div>
</td>
<td>This cell contains a table:
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>A</td>
<td>B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>C</td>
<td>D</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>This cell contains a list
<ul>
<li>apples</li>
<li>bananas</li>
<li>pineapples</li>
</ul>
And another list
<ol>
<li>apples</li>
<li>bananas</li>
<li>pineapples</li>
</ol>
</td>
<td>HELLO</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<table width="100%" border="1">
<colgroup span="2" align="left"></colgroup>
<colgroup align="right" style="color:#0000FF;"></colgroup>
<tr>
<th>ISBN</th>
<th>Title</th>
<th>Price</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3476896</td>
<td>My first HTML</td>
<td>$53</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<img src="http://www.google.co.uk/images/logos/ps_logo2.png" /><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a><br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/"><img src="http://www.google.co.uk/images/logos/ps_logo2.png" /></a>
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mazuhl commented Apr 8, 2011

Paste this into your CMS/website and see how all the different items are styled. Helps you work out if someone has overridden a (sensible) default browser style.

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