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

Isaac Lau
Isaac Lau
3,767 Points
Posted by Isaac Lau
Isaac Lau
3,767 Points

Semantic HTML grouping?

The video said that using somthing like <header></header> , <footer></footer> to group the web page content. I was trying on workspace, but looks like nothing changed.

So this function are only for grouping like we add command on the script file for remember?

3 Answers

James Arroyo
James Arroyo
645 Points

Those tags themselves don't do anything, it's just a way of dividing your HTML content up and making it more readable :). To see any changes you'll have to add some custom CSS to both the footer and header.

Daniel Valles
Daniel Valles
8,157 Points
Daniel Valles
Daniel Valles
8,157 Points

You don't see anything in the footer because you haven't placed anything their yet. Type something in between your footer tags and it will appear. Don't forget to save it.

Isaac Lau
Isaac Lau
3,767 Points
Isaac Lau
Isaac Lau
3,767 Points

Thank You both James Arroyo and Daniel Valles. :)