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HTML

Posted by mryoung
mryoung
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Do HTML5 tags get styled?

So, let’s say I have an article section on my blog and I want just that area to have a background color of purple.

Is it bad to give a section tag a class name (or ID) and change the color with it, or is it better to make a container div inside that section and use that instead?

1 Answer

Jamie Reardon
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Jamie Reardon
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Jamie Reardon
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Jamie Reardon
Treehouse Project Reviewer

The HTML5 tags add semantic meaning to your page. The division or div element is just a generic container that has no semantic meaning at all. It is not bad practice to give a section a class or an id attribute. You will find that this is a method to use. Think of using section over div as the same thing, except your adding semantic markup to your page. Therefore, they are both elements that can group content. Use div elements sparingly when there is no other appropriate tag to use.

You can add an id or class attribute to that specific article to give it the background color property you desire.