In this chapter we will go through the
<blockquote>
,<q>
, <abbr>
,
<address>
,
<cite>
, and
<bdo>
HTML elements.
Here is a quote from WWF's website:
For nearly 60 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature. The world's leading conservation organization, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by more than one million members in the United States and close to five million globally.
The HTML <blockquote>
element
defines a section that is quoted from another source.
Browsers usually indent
<blockquote>
elements.
<p>Here is a quote from WWF's website:</p>
<blockquote
cite="http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/index.html">
For 50 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature.
The
world's leading conservation organization,
WWF works in 100
countries and is supported by
1.2 million members in the United
States and
close to 5 million globally.
</blockquote>
The HTML <q>
tag defines a short
quotation.
Browsers normally insert quotation marks around the quotation.
<p>WWF's goal is to:
<q>Build a future where people live in harmony with nature.</q></p>
WWF's goal is to:
Build a future where people live in harmony with nature.
The HTML <abbr>
tag defines an
abbreviation or an acronym, like "HTML", "CSS", "Mr.", "Dr.", "ASAP",
"ATM".
Marking abbreviations can give useful information to browsers, translation systems and search-engines.
Tip: Use the global title attribute to show the description for the abbreviation/acronym when you mouse over the element.
<p>The
<abbr
title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr>
was founded in 1948.</p>
The WHO was founded in
1948.
The HTML <address>
tag defines the
contact information for the author/owner of a document or an article.
The contact information can be an email address, URL, physical address, phone number, social media handle, etc.
The text in the
<address>
element usually renders
in italic, and browsers will always add a line break before and
after the <address>
element.
<address>
Written by John Doe.<br>
Visit us at:<br>
Example.com<br>
Box 564, Disneyland<br>
USA
</address>
Written by John Doe.
Visit us at:
Example.com
Box 564, Disneyland
USA
The HTML <cite>
tag defines the
title of a creative work (e.g. a book, a poem, a song, a movie, a
painting, a sculpture, etc.).
Note: A person's name is not the title of a work.
The text in the
<cite>
element usually renders in
italic.
<p><cite>The Scream</cite>
by Edvard Munch. Painted in 1893.</p>
The Scream by Edvard Munch. Painted in 1893.
BDO stands for Bi-Directional Override.
The HTML <bdo>
tag is used to
override the current text direction:
<bdo
dir="rtl">This text will be written from right to left</bdo>
This text will be written from right to left
Tag | Description |
---|---|
<abbr> | Defines an abbreviation or acronym |
<address> | Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document |
<bdo> | Defines the text direction |
<blockquote> | Defines a section that is quoted from another source |
<cite> | Defines the title of a work |
<q> | Defines a short inline quotation |
For a complete list of all available HTML tags, visit our HTML Tag Reference.