A web developer should use HTML tags often to display the content and every web developer will know HTML tags. But there are some rare HTML tags which is not used often by developers and webmaster’s.
<ins> and <del> Tag
<ins> tag used to display underline for the content under <ins> tag. Where <del> tag is used to strike the content under <del> tag.
Example
<ins>Testing Ins Tag</ins> <del> Striking content </del>
Demo
Testing Ins Tag Striking content
<base> Tag
<base> tag is used to specify the default address or default target for all links on a page. <base> tag should reside inside <head> tag.
Example
<head>
<base href=”http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm205/karthik775/” />
<base target=”_blank” />
</head>
<body>
<img src=”tothetech-greetings.jpg” />
<a href=”http://www.tothetech.com”>ToTheTech</a>
</body>
<cite> Tag
<cite> tag is similar to italics <i> tag which produces the content in italics style.
Demo
Cite Tag in Italics Style
<address> Tag
<address> tag is similar to <i> italics tag where you can easily identify an address in a content using this <address> tag
Example Code
<address>
ToTheTech Tecnology Services,<br>
Tamil Nadu,<br>
India
</address>
Demo
ToTheTech Tecnology Services,Tamil Nadu,
India
<br clear=”right”> Tag
Developers often use <br> tag to break through nextline. For instance if there is a small picture residing in left corner of the browser, if you give <br> tag which breakes the line and the content will be displayed after the picture. To display the content residing by the picture clear attribute helps to display the text content near by right side of the picture.
Example code
<img src=”small-pic.jpg”>
<br clear=”right”>
<Abbr> and <Acronym> Tags
<abbr> tag is used to define abbreviated tags. <acronym> tag is similar to <abbr> tag which shows a question mark while moving near acronym.
Example Code
<abbr title=”Hypertext Markup Language”>HTML</abbr> <acronym title=”HTML”> Hypertext Markup Language</acronym>
Demo
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
<optgroup>Tag
<optgroup> tag is used to group and differentiate between a group selective’s inside drop down box with label attribute.
Example Code
<select name=”optgroup”>
<optgroup label=”Vegetables”></optgroup>
<option>Brinjal</option>
<option value=”carrot”>Carrot</option>
<option value=”tomato”>Tomato</option>
<optgroup label=”Furnitures”></optgroup>
<option value=”chair”>Chair</option>
<option value=”bed”>Bed</option>
<option value=”window”>Window</option>
</select>
Demo