[html5] Help Digest, Vol 31, Issue 9

Wed Mar 17 21:12:13 PDT 2010

Totally agree with this one. A wrapper is something that should become a standard element rather than us all defining it as a div.

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> I would like to propose a <page> element. It seems to me to be noticeable by 
> its absence.  The standard list of new simple elements is (typically) quoted 
> as :
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> <!DOCTYPE html><html>  <head>    <title>Standard Blog</title>  </head> 
> <body>    <header>      <h1><a href="#">Standard Blog</a></h1>    </header> 
> <nav>      <ul>        <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>        <li><a 
> href="#">Archives</a></li>        <li><a href="#">About</a></li> 
> <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>      </ul>    </nav>    <section> 
> <article>        <header>          <h1><a href="#">Title</a></h1> 
> </header>          <p>Lorem ipsum...</p>       </article>    </section> 
> <footer>      <p>Copyright ? 2008 All Rights</p>    </footer> 
> </body></html>
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> So, what's missing?  Well, the first thing that a vast number of designers 
> would do is to add a <div id="wrapper"> to that structure, to define the 
> start and end of the 'page' and its characteristics. As web designers, we 
> are concerned with making 'pages', and it seems strange that we don't have 
> an inbuilt tag to which we can assign CSS to describe its appearance. Doesn't 
> it?
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> Bob
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