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13 questions linked to/from Are new HTML5 elements like <section> and <article> pointless?
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Why use an HTML5 semantic tag instead of div? [duplicate]
Why use HTML5 semantic tags like headers, section, nav, and article instead of simply div with the preferred css to it? I created a webpage and used those tags, but they do not make a difference from ...
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Why use HTML5 tags? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Are new HTML5 elements like <section> and <article> pointless? I have decided to, finally, make the move to designing websites in HTML5. I have one question about ...
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HTML5: why should I use section or article instead of div [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: Are new HTML5 elements like <section> and <article> pointless? So, there are a lot of new elements in HTML5. For example section or article. But it's unclear why ...
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Why HTML5 has separate TAG for header,nav,article? [duplicate]
Why exactly HTML 5 has provided separate tag's for header , articles. Is it to give a readable/understandable for programmers or is WEB becoming more suitable to Information retrieval. I mean we have ...
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Semantic markup: Why <header> instead of <div id="header">? [duplicate]
Okay, so I understand the hype about semantic markup: it enhances/ further specifies the meaning of an element or page for search engines, and therefore for humans reading search results. All credits ...
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Why use anything but div? [closed]
In HTML/XHTML, why use anything other than div elements? They are basic blocks that one can use to build entire pages. Sure, they don't add to the semantics of the page, but HTML isn't about ...
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HTML5 tag benefits
I've this simple layout in HTML: <body> <div id="header"> <div id="nav"></div> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="main"></div> <div id=...
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Why use quote tags when quotation marks will do?
I'm new to coding and have a trivial question: Why is it necessary to use the quote tag when it's easier to just write out the quotation marks in the text?
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HTML 5: Using <header> tag or class="header"
With HTML 5 new semantic tags were introduced which includes header and footer. But i am confused what should i use and why? Use header tag directly or give class="header".Which one is better and why?
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How important are the layout specific semantic html elements? [closed]
There are a few tags which don't do anything different than a div element but are 'needed' to create a semantic HTML document. My question is, how important is this? I do agree on the importance of ...
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Is it bad practice to use a div instead of a list?
Currently my code looks like this: <div class="carouselTypo"> <p class="carouselTypo__p" data-target="#active1">A</p> <p ...
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Are there any downsides to using html5 semantic tags over traditional divs? [closed]
The inverse question has been asked multiple times. However I could neither find any cons nor convincing proof of their complete absence. I am all for progress and semantic documents. In fact I have ...
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How to style elements using CSS instead of HTML presentation tags? [duplicate]
For example, That is a <em>car</em>. That <strong>car</strong> doesn't start. In this case can we use CSS instead of HTML tags to give design to it?
