
The Complete Idiot's HTML Tag Reference
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<INS>
Marks text that has been inserted into the page.
Support:
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Notes:
- This tag is useful if you want to insert text in a page, but you want to track the insertions. A
good example would be legal documents where all changes need to be preserved.
- This tag requires the </INS> end tag.
Attributes:
- CITE
= "Text"
The file name or full URL of the page that explains why the text was inserted (if any).
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
4.0 and later |
Not supported |
Not supported |
- CLASS
= "Text"
The style sheet class used by the tag.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
4.0 and later |
4.0 and later |
Not supported |
Notes:
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You can specify two or more classes; be sure to separate each class name with a space.
- DATETIME
= "Text"
The date and time when the text was inserted.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
4.0 and later |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Notes:
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Use the following format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD. Here's what the various parts stand for:
YYYY Four-digit year
MM Two-digit month (01=January, etc.)
DD Two-digit day of month (01 through 31)
hh Two digits of hour (00 through 23) (am/pm NOT allowed)
mm Two digits of minute (00 through 59)
ss Two digits of second (00 through 59)
TZD Time zone designator
For the TZD part, use one of the following formats:
Z UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
The "Z" must be uppercase.
+hh:mm Time is a local time that's
hh hours and mm minutes ahead of UTC.
-hh:mm The time is a local time which is
hh hours and mm minutes behind UTC.
- ID
= "Text"
An alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies the tag.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
4.0 and later |
4.0 and later |
Not supported |
Notes:
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Although you can use letters and numbers for the ID, the first character must be a letter.
- LANG
= "Text"
The language used by the tag's attribute values and text content.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
4.0 and later |
4.0 and later |
Not supported |
- STYLE
= "Text"
The style or styles to use with the tag.
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Support:
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HTML Standard | Internet Explorer | Netscape Navigator |
4.0 and later |
4.0 and later |
Not supported |
Notes:
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If you enter multiple style properties, separate each one with a semi-colon (;).
Example:
This text was already here.<BR>
<INS DATETIME="2000-08-23T11:22:33">
This text was inserted.
</INS>
<BR>This text was already here, as well.
How It Looks:
- This text was already here.
This text was inserted.
This text was already here, as well.
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