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HTML

Posted by Luke Sikuade
Luke Sikuade
153 Points

Using "tag x" instead of just "x" for HTML->CSS?

So perhaps its just a matter of personal preference. I was wondering why, in the Introduction to HTML and CSS course, we bother using "tag" and then the name designation for the attribute, instead of just giving it a name. I don't see this practice repeated in W3, is it just a way to better help new users visualise the relationship between CSS and HTML, or does it serve some other purpose?

EDIT: As a follow-up question, looking at the CSS, why is the header rule repeated twice? e.g. 

header {
    text-align: center;
    background: url('images/portland.jpg') no-repeat top center ;
    background-size: cover;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding-top: 60px;
}
header {
    line-height: 1.5;
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

I'd guess that the word "tag" is just used to represent where an actual tag name might go in a generic HTML start tag, and not that the word "tag" itself would ever be used. If you believe it was something else, can you provide a link and a video time reference for where you saw it?

And repeating the rule isn't necessary. You could place the new property and value in the original rule and it would do the same thing.