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HTML HTML Basics Structuring Your Content Grouping Content with <main> and <div>

Posted by Eduardo Yanguas
Eduardo Yanguas
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Why would you use this tags?

I didt get why you want to use the different tags: main, article, and so on..

1 Answer

Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,926 Points

Hey Eduardo Yanguas,

That's a good question. Semantic tags are used to define the purpose of the element. It adds meaning to a webpage rather than just a presentation. Also it is very useful when it comes to accessibility. Each semantic tags has its own meaning. For example <section> tag defines separate section within a webpage:

<section>
  <h1>Section Heading</h1>
  <p>The section tag can contain any elements.</p>
  <img src="image.png" alt="section example">
</section>

To learn more about HTML5 Semantic Tags, check out this link: https://www.bitdegree.org/learn/html5-semantic-tags

Hope this helps!