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HTML How to Make a Website Creating HTML Content Use the Navigation Element

Tomasz Sporys
Tomasz Sporys
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Posted by Tomasz Sporys
Tomasz Sporys
11,258 Points

What If I don't use <nav> elements?

Can I create navigation buttons/links without <nav> element? What impact would it have on my website if I didn't use it?

1 Answer

Michael Lauridsen
Michael Lauridsen
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Michael Lauridsen
Michael Lauridsen
10,321 Points

Sure you could, but using nav tags is the semantic way of HTML5. There's no reason not to. Google semantic tags for an explanation :)