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Master HTML & CSS Basics with Visual Mind Maps and a Cute Penguin Demo

This guide revisits essential HTML structure, common tags, CSS selectors and properties, and demonstrates practical techniques like creating tables, forms, floats, positioning, overflow, and a charming border‑radius penguin illustration, using clear mind‑map images to help beginners quickly refresh and deepen their front‑end fundamentals.

Tencent IMWeb Frontend Team
Tencent IMWeb Frontend Team
Tencent IMWeb Frontend Team
Master HTML & CSS Basics with Visual Mind Maps and a Cute Penguin Demo

The author revisited previously compiled HTML and CSS knowledge, refreshed the concepts, and organized them into a visual guide for beginners.

Mind Map Overview

1. HTML Basic Structure and CSS Selectors

2. Common HTML Tags

3. Common CSS Properties

4. Tables and Forms

5. Float, Positioning, Overflow

6. Additional Tips

Creating a Small Penguin with Border‑Radius

The article explains the use of the CSS

border-radius

property, noting that up to eight values can be set to control each corner, and demonstrates the technique by drawing a cute penguin.

Final rendered penguin:

1. HTML Markup

2. CSS Styles

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