diff --git a/html/element.go b/html/element.go
index c4037b1..be69418 100644
--- a/html/element.go
+++ b/html/element.go
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ func (e *Element) Style(style string) *Element {
 	return e.Attribute("style", style)
 }
 
+func (e *Element) Title(title string) *Element {
+	return e.Attribute("title", title)
+}
+
 func content(v any) HTML {
 	switch v := v.(type) {
 	case nil:
@@ -55,6 +59,14 @@ func (e *Element) Content(v any) *Element {
 	return e
 }
 
+func (e *Element) Contentf(format string, a ...any) *Element {
+	return e.Content(fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
+}
+
+func (e *Element) HTMLContent(html string) *Element {
+	return e.Content(HTML(html))
+}
+
 func (e *Element) AppendContent(v any) *Element {
 	e.content += content(v)
 	return e
@@ -64,6 +76,10 @@ func (e *Element) AppendChild(child *Element) *Element {
 	return e.AppendContent(child)
 }
 
+func (e *Element) AppendHTML(html string) *Element {
+	return e.AppendContent(HTML(html))
+}
+
 // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Void_element
 func (e Element) isVoidElement() bool {
 	return slices.Contains([]string{
@@ -100,19 +116,27 @@ func (e Element) printAttrs() string {
 	return strings.Join(s, " ")
 }
 
-func (e *Element) HTML() HTML {
+func (e *Element) String() string {
 	var b strings.Builder
-	fmt.Fprint(&b, "<", e.tag)
-	if attrs := e.printAttrs(); attrs != "" {
-		fmt.Fprint(&b, " ", attrs)
+	if e.tag != "" {
+		fmt.Fprint(&b, "<", e.tag)
+		if attrs := e.printAttrs(); attrs != "" {
+			fmt.Fprint(&b, " ", attrs)
+		}
 	}
-	if e.isVoidElement() {
+	if e.tag == "" {
+		fmt.Fprint(&b, e.content)
+	} else if e.isVoidElement() {
 		fmt.Fprint(&b, ">")
 	} else {
 		fmt.Fprint(&b, ">", e.content)
 		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "</%s>", e.tag)
 	}
-	return HTML(b.String())
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+func (e *Element) HTML() HTML {
+	return HTML(e.String())
 }
 
 func NewElement(tag string) *Element {
diff --git a/html/element_test.go b/html/element_test.go
index 459800a..2bea657 100644
--- a/html/element_test.go
+++ b/html/element_test.go
@@ -23,22 +23,37 @@ func TestElement(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("expected %q; got %q", tc.html, res)
 		}
 	}
-	if div, expect := Div().Content(Br()).HTML(), "<div><br></div>"; expect != string(div) {
+	if div, expect := Div().Content(Br()).String(), "<div><br></div>"; expect != div {
 		t.Errorf("expected %q; got %q", expect, div)
 	}
 }
 
 func TestAppend(t *testing.T) {
 	e := Div()
-	if expect := "<div></div>"; expect != string(e.HTML()) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %q; got %q", expect, e.HTML())
+	if expect := "<div></div>"; expect != e.String() {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q; got %q", expect, e.String())
 	}
 	e.AppendContent("test")
-	if expect := "<div>test</div>"; expect != string(e.HTML()) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %q; got %q", expect, e.HTML())
+	if expect := "<div>test</div>"; expect != e.String() {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q; got %q", expect, e.String())
 	}
 	e.AppendChild(Img().Src("test"))
-	if expect := `<div>test<img src="test"></div>`; expect != string(e.HTML()) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %q; got %q", expect, e.HTML())
+	if expect := `<div>test<img src="test"></div>`; expect != e.String() {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q; got %q", expect, e.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBackground(t *testing.T) {
+	e := Background()
+	if expect := ""; expect != e.String() {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q; got %q", expect, e.String())
+	}
+	e.AppendContent("test")
+	if expect := "test"; expect != e.String() {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q; got %q", expect, e.String())
+	}
+	e.AppendChild(Img().Src("test"))
+	if expect := `test<img src="test">`; expect != e.String() {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q; got %q", expect, e.String())
 	}
 }
diff --git a/html/html.go b/html/html.go
index b00869a..6e1ea7c 100644
--- a/html/html.go
+++ b/html/html.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ type HTMLer interface {
 	HTML() HTML
 }
 
+func Background() *Element { return NewElement("") }
+
 func A() *Element     { return NewElement("a") }
 func B() *Element     { return NewElement("b") }
 func Br() *Element    { return NewElement("br") }