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The Difference Between ID and Class

We need ways to describe content in an HTML/XHTML document. The basic elements like h1, p, and ul will often do the job, but our basic set of tags doesn't cover every possible type of page element or layout choice. For this we need ID's and classes.

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Chris Coyier on Jul 9, 2008 (Updated on Jan 25, 2020)

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