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HTML

Posted by Matt Bloomer
Matt Bloomer
10,608 Points

Adding table

I am having trouble putting everything that I have learned together. I am endeavoring to add a table to a page after the header, and it is not working. What do I need to do to fix this? What are some good ways to put everything together?

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
      <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Matt Bloomer| Designer</title>
      </head>
      <body>
        <header>

      <h1>Matt Bloomer</h1>  
      <h2>A great person! </h2>
        </a>
      <nav>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="index.html">intelligence</a></li>
        <li><a href="about.html">kind</a></li>
        <li><a href="hooka.html">funny</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
        <section>
        <p>This is my first website; I hope you like it.
          </p>
        </section>
      <table>
        <caption>My Life</caption>
        <thead>
      <tr>
        <th scope="col">Year</th>
        <th scope="col">Location</th>
        <th scope="col">Girlfriend</th>
        <th scope="col">Scool/Job</th>
        </tr>

      </thead>
        <tfoot>
          <tr>
          <td colspan="3">Strikes and gutters.</td>
          </tr>
        </tfoot>


      </table> 
     </body>
    <footer>
      <p>&copy; 2015 Matt Bloomer.</p>
        </footer>
      </html>
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
15,419 Points

Hi Matt, I've wrapped your HTML in a code block so that folks can read your question more easily.

1 Answer

Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
15,419 Points
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
15,419 Points

Before we get to the table, it is important to properly nest your HTML (and provide opening and closing tags where necessary). You've got an extra closing a tag and your footer is outside of the body.

          <h1>Matt Bloomer</h1>  
          <h2>A great person! </h2>
    </a><!-- you've got a closing a tag, but no opening tag. You might as well get rid of this -->

      </body>
      <footer>
        <p>&copy; 2015 Matt Bloomer.</p>
      </footer>
    </html>

With those corrections, your HTML should look something like this:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
      <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <title>Matt Bloomer| Designer</title>
      </head>
      <body>
        <header>
          <h1>Matt Bloomer</h1>  
          <h2>A great person! </h2>
          <nav>
            <ul>
              <li><a href="index.html">intelligence</a></li>
              <li><a href="about.html">kind</a></li>
              <li><a href="hooka.html">funny</a></li>
            </ul>
          </nav>
        </header>

        <section>
          <p>This is my first website; I hope you like it.
          </p>
        </section>

        <table>
          <caption>My Life</caption>
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th scope="col">Year</th>
              <th scope="col">Location</th>
              <th scope="col">Girlfriend</th>
              <th scope="col">Scool/Job</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tfoot>
            <tr>
              <td colspan="3">Strikes and gutters.</td>
            </tr>
          </tfoot>
        </table> 

        <footer>
          <p>&copy; 2015 Matt Bloomer.</p>
        </footer>
      </body>
    </html>

If you want to place the table right after the header with pure HTML, you'll need to add the table right after the header tags:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
      <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <title>Matt Bloomer| Designer</title>
      </head>
      <body>

        <header>
          <h1>Matt Bloomer</h1>  
          <h2>A great person! </h2>
          <nav>
            <ul>
              <li><a href="index.html">intelligence</a></li>
              <li><a href="about.html">kind</a></li>
              <li><a href="hooka.html">funny</a></li>
            </ul>
          </nav>
        </header>

        <table>
          <caption>My Life</caption>
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th scope="col">Year</th>
              <th scope="col">Location</th>
              <th scope="col">Girlfriend</th>
              <th scope="col">Scool/Job</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tfoot>
            <tr>
              <td colspan="3">Strikes and gutters.</td>
            </tr>
          </tfoot>
        </table> 

        <section>
          <p>This is my first website; I hope you like it.
          </p>
        </section>

        <footer>
          <p>&copy; 2015 Matt Bloomer.</p>
        </footer>

      </body>
    </html>

You can see a working copy of this at codepen.