Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

HTML HTML Basics Structuring Your Content Semantic HTML: <header>, <footer> and <section>

walter fernandez
walter fernandez
4,992 Points
Posted by walter fernandez
walter fernandez
4,992 Points

I did not see any changes on the website when <header> and <section> was used.

what is <header>, <section> for?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

Those are both semantic container elements. Unless you apply CSS styling to them, they don't cause any visible changes by themselves. But they do help search engines, page readers, and other software identify the page contents.

For more details, see the MDN pages on Header and Section.