[uf-discuss] Semantic naming of HTML document layout elements

[Stephen Paul Weber]

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Somebody claiming to be Robin Winslow wrote:
>I know HTML5 defines <header>, <footer>, <nav> and <article>, and
>that's very helpful. But also many websites have a <div
>class="container"> that encloses everything, to squeeze the content
>into the middle of the page

The correct solution is not not have such a hackish element in your markup.  
I never do.  CSS is powerful enough that you don't need it, it just wastes 
space.

><nav> inside the <header> or after it

Is the nav part of the header (in your concept of the page) or not?  There's 
your answer.

>and how should left and right
>columns be marked-up? Should they be within the <article> element? Or
>not?

Almost certainly not.  Sidebars are often <aside> (if they are content that 
is tangential to the main content, as they often are) and are also often 
<nav>.  Sometimes they are neither.

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