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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Create the Content Containers

Adam Maley
Adam Maley
5,946 Points
Posted by Adam Maley
Adam Maley
5,946 Points

What is section element?

Isn't <div> what is used today instead of section?

3 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

It's just like a div element only it has a name which gives it semantic meaning. In all other ways it is essentially a HTML div element. :)

Rasbin Rijal
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Rasbin Rijal
Courses Plus Student 10,864 Points
Rasbin Rijal
Rasbin Rijal
Courses Plus Student 10,864 Points

Hi Adam, the <section> tag defines sections in a document, such as chapters, headers, footers, or any other sections of the document.