Tag: semantics

What is the correct tag for the title of a site?

The title of your site is a fairly important aspect of any site and in most cases appears on every page. But just what is the correct tag to use to display your site’s title? We, of course, have the <title> tag but this doesn’t actually appear in the body of your page, but rather at the top of your window.

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What is ’semantic mark-up’?


se·man·tic adj.

  1. Of or relating to meaning, especially meaning in language.
  2. Of, relating to, or according to the science of semantics.

OK, so semantic has to do with ‘meaning’ but what has that got to do with coding web pages? Well, when referring to semantic mark-up, it means using the correct tag to accurately describe the type of content.

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What is divitis?


‘Divitis’ is a term used to describe an error common amongst newcomers to building CSS-based sites whereby they use too many divs for everything.

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