Comments on: Guide to Semantic Use of HTML Elements

By: Rita

Rita — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:42:29 +0000

Finally, a site that gives an understandable definition of semantic in relation to HTML. Thank you for clearing up the question in my mind.

By: Jason Grant

Jason Grant — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:51:43 +0000

Oh and I also like the semantic graph tool. Would be nice if it could output in a JPG or something like that.

By: Jason Grant

Jason Grant — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:50:18 +0000

Nice quick overview of the elements. I am aiming at providing a little more detailed insight into best practices and will be covering each tag and what I have seen people do and not do with it.

Semantic User Interfaces - The Best Practices

By: dani

dani — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:49:14 +0000

That pragmatism, sometimes simple is not easier. Thanks, Joe.

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:17:17 +0000

In normal language, that means that the page contains no content which is a child of only that div. On this page it’s the div with the id “outer.”

This div is there purely for visual purposes, and as such is non-semantic. However, within the limitations of HTML and CSS, sometimes that’s a valid choice. The challenge is over how many extra nested elements continue to be reasonable and valid. One is really just fine, in my view — a simple page structure is pretty effectively retained using the odd extra element for formatting.

The resolution is simply a matter of accepting a pragmatic perspective on semantic use of elements - sometimes there are design choices which are not available to you without introducing some degree of extra markup. The balance between pragmatism versus semantics is personal choice.

By: dani

dani — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:44:57 +0000

Joe,
based on W3C semantic data extractor, this page/post has: 1

with no additional content to their unique child
which div is it? do you need to fix it? how to resolve it?

By: Computer Guy

Computer Guy — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:29:32 +0000

Nice guide to Semantic use of HTML elements. I am a big fan of clean HTML practices. I like to see websites that are well written using basic HTML and CSS. Since the invention of the blog and PHP things have gotten a little messy on the average site.

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:59:02 +0000

And people dealing with accessibility tend to use an even greater variety. SEO-focused developers tend to use elements which may be treated as having additional value by search engines; accessible web site developers are concentrating on adding anything which might be able to provide greater meaning or added value for the disabled.

Similar, but different.

By: Paris

Paris — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:21:35 +0000

its amazing how many people only use a mere 20% of all these tags. i mean many times its easier to format a div element than using an h1 element. People dealing with seo thought tend to use more and more a variety of tags since se translate them diferently

By: Jason Marsh

Jason Marsh — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:26:43 +0000

Great reference, great article, thanks