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HTML How to Make a Website Creating HTML Content Add Image Gallery Content

Nicholas Akright
Nicholas Akright
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Posted by Nicholas Akright
Nicholas Akright
2,039 Points

You used the <p> element to include a caption for images. Why not use <figcaption> in conjunction with <figure>?

Is the <figure> element not supported by most browsers yet or does using it pose some problem?

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mikes02
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mikes02
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mikes02
mikes02
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Semantically speaking using figure along with figcaption would likely be the best course of action moving forward, for more information on its use I highly recommend this detailed article: http://html5doctor.com/the-figure-figcaption-elements/

Nicholas Akright
Nicholas Akright
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Nicholas Akright
Nicholas Akright
2,039 Points

Thank you for the information.

Benjamin Hedgepeth
Benjamin Hedgepeth
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Benjamin Hedgepeth
Benjamin Hedgepeth
5,672 Points

This is the way I see it. "figure" is used for visual or auditory content that is significant to the content found on the page. An example would be an image or diagram that is used to supplement a concept in a school textbook to better understand it.

In the context of our web page, are the images essential to the point where a description is needed to explain what was done to each image? On the Portfolio page I would like to believe so.

Here's an article I found: http://blog.digitaltutors.com/whats-difference-image-figure-tags-html5/