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HTML How to Make a Website Adding Pages to a Website Build the Contact Page

disheng wang
disheng wang
5,422 Points
Posted by disheng wang
disheng wang
5,422 Points

Section

Why do we need two section in contact.html? i dont really understand it. In the video he said two column, but in the result it actullay show in two row. lol

2 Answers

Mark Tripney
Mark Tripney
6,211 Points

Hi Disheng,

My understanding is that <section> is used to define a section of your page which can't be given a more appropriate semantic element.

MDN gives the example of <nav>, which, of course, should contain navigation-related content. On the other hand, a list of search results, for example, has no corresponding equivalent. So, <section> might be used. It differs from <div> in that it should contain actual content, and not just a distinctly-styled aspect of the page (like a 'wrapper').

Rouillie Wilkerson
Rouillie Wilkerson
10,419 Points
Rouillie Wilkerson
Rouillie Wilkerson
10,419 Points

I see your point, but we've not finished yet. Patience! :)