How come my table doesn't have lines around the rows and colums?

Question

I'm very new to HTML so please excuse me if this question is very simple.

I created a table using . When I look at my table there are no lines anyplace. Is there I can make lines appear around the cells?

Answer 1

A basic table implementation would be:

<table border=1>
 <thead><tr><td>#</td><td>Name</td></tr></thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr><td>1</td><td>One</td></tr>
  <tr><td>2</td><td>Two</td></tr>
  <tr><td>3</td><td>Three</td></tr>
  <tr><td>4</td><td>Four</td></tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

however, through CSS styling you can do more sleek borders like:

<table cellspacing=0 style="border:1px solid #ccc;">
 <thead><tr><td>#</td><td>Name</td></tr></thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr><td>1</td><td>One</td></tr>
  <tr><td>2</td><td>Two</td></tr>
  <tr><td>3</td><td>Three</td></tr>
  <tr><td>4</td><td>Four</td></tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

Answer 2

With the CSS border property

Opera have a web standards tutorial that includes a large section on CSS if you need it.