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HTML HTML Basics Structuring Your Content Sectioning Content with <article>, <nav> and <aside>

Posted by Jack Spilman
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Jack Spilman
Web Development Techdegree Student 374 Points

What is the purpose of <nav>, is it noticeable?

Upon completing the workshop and adding the <nav> tags, when I refresh the website built, it does not seem to be altered. Wondering if I either did it wrong or if it is essentially invisible. Thanks!

1 Answer

Rick Gleitz
Rick Gleitz
47,197 Points
Rick Gleitz
Rick Gleitz
47,197 Points

Hi Jack,

The purpose of <nav> tags id to aid later developers when adjusting your HTML (makes it easier to locate and understand what's going on. Look up the term 'Semantic Markup'). It lets people who have difficulty reading a webpage and use screen readers navigate through the page (Look up the term 'Accessibility' as it pertains to website creation). There are also printers who, by default, leave out nav content when printing. The above reasons are not a comprehensive list, nor are they listed by order of importance, just the way they occurred to me.

The tags themselves are not visible on the page. The content you put in them will be.

Hope this helps!