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5 HTML Tags That Almost Nobody Knows

hello everyone, I'm Aya Bouchiha, today, I will talk about 5 HTML tags that almost nobody knows.

<mark>

<mark> is a tag used to highlight or mark a part of a text. This tag supports all HTML global attributes, the default color is black with a yellow background color.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head> </head>
    <body>
        <p>
            in this paragraph, there is a text
            <!-- 
                by default => (
                    color: black;                
                    background-color: yellow;
                )
             -->
            <mark>highlighted</mark>
        </p>
    </body>
</html>
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mark HTML tag Aya Bouchiha

You can change the yellow color like this:

<mark style="background-color:green">highlighted</mark>
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Output:

mark HTML tag Aya Bouchiha

<address>

<address> is a tag that displays the contact information like email and phone number of the author of a document or an article, additionally, it supports all Html global attributes.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head> </head>
    <body>
        <address>
            Posted by
            <a href="https://t.me/AyaBouchiha"> Aya Bouchiha </a>
            <br />
            Email Address:
            <a href="mailto:developer.aya.b@gmail.com">
                developer.aya.b@gmail.com
            </a>
            <br />
            Phone Number:
            <a href="tel:+212600000000">+212600000000 </a>
            <br />
            Morocco, Azemmour
        </address>
    </body>
</html>
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Aya Bouchiha html tags address

<noscript>

<noscript>: this tag can be inside a head or body tag, it displays alternate HTML content if the script type is not supported or if the browser has scripting disabled. if not the tag will not display the alternate HTML. But you have to be careful, <noscript> tag sometimes impacts the SEO due to writing the same sentence on every page of your website... solutions & more details.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <body>
        <script>
            alert("javascript is supported in your browser :)");
        </script>
        <noscript> Javascript is not supported in your browser :( </noscript>
    </body>
</html>
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noscript HTML tag Aya Bouchiha

<time>

<time>: represents a specific period in time. It may include the datetime attribute to translate dates into a machine-readable format, allowing for better search engine results or custom features such as reminders. (supports all global HTML attributes) more details...

<html>
    <head></head>
    <body>
        <p>
            The next meeting will be held on 
            <time datetime="2021-11-25">
                Nov 25
            </time>
            in Rabat
        </p>
    </body>
</html>
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time HTML tag Aya Bouchiha

<var>

<var>: supports all HTML global attributes and indicates the name of mathematical variables such as x and y, by default its text content is italic.

<html>
    <head></head>
    <body>
        <div>
            <!--
                by default (
                    var {
                        font-style: italic;
                    }
                )
            -->
            <p>Ex:1 solve this equation:</p>
            <var>4x</var> + <var>2y</var> = 12
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

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var HTML tag Aya Bouchiha

Summary

<mark>: for highlighting text.

<address>: for showing contact informtation.

<noscript>: for displaying alternate HTML content if the browser does not support scripting.

<time>: representing a specific period in time.

<var>: for indicating mathematical variables like x & y.

Happy coding!
#day_32

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Mario Golik

Never heard about "var" in html ! Nice curiosity ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ‘

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Aya Bouchiha

Thank you a lot @mariog8 ๐Ÿ™โœจ

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Mario Golik

Not at all ! Aya ๐Ÿ˜ŽIt is my pleasure.

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Aya Bouchiha

Have a great day!

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Elena
  • I would also add to that data which can store values with <data value="5">five</data>.
  • There's also details + summary
  • The progress which you can also use a loader
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Aya Bouchiha

Thank you so much for the information, Probably, I will create a new post with the same idea as this one.

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Alex Standiford

One that I use all the time that doesn't get enough love - The definition list

These things don't seem to ever get any love, and there's so many circumstances in-which they are the best syntax for the job.

Ironically enough - the Summary section of this post is a perfect opportunity to use it!

<dl>
    <dh>Summary</dh>
    <dt>&lt;mark&gt;</dt>
    <dd>for highlighting text.</dd>
    <dt>&lt;address&gt;</dt>
    <dd>for showing contact information.</dd>
    <dt>&lt;noscript&gt;</dt>
    <dd>for displaying alternate HTML content if the browser does not support scripting.</dd>
    <dt>&lt;time&gt;</dt>
    <dd>representing a specific period in time.</dd>
    <dt>&lt;var&gt;</dt>
    <dd>for indicating mathematical variables like x & y.</dd>
</dl>
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Aya Bouchiha

Thank you so much for the information, perhaps, I will create another post with the same idea as this post. I will not forget to add the definition list in the next one!
Have an amazing day!

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DB • Edited

Well, if today's web developers don't know the <noscript> tag, things are worse than I thought.

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Luke Inglis

'Almost nobody' might be an exaggeration but it's nice to see this type of post featuring tags that are actually not very well known.

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Aya Bouchiha • Edited

I appreciate your feedback @ludamillion ๐Ÿ™
I will try to write better titles.
Have a great day

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Luke Inglis

I'm not trying to be critical. There are just an awful lot of rather click bait titles on Dev these days. I almost didn't click on yours. The content is spot on thought. noscript is an important one to know about and the time, address, and mark are definitely underused. mark is my go-to for highlighting things like search results.

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Aya Bouchiha • Edited

thanks for the feedback, just I share what I learned, and I liked the idea of using them instead of repeating the div tag every time.
Thank you a lot for your feedback, I will try to post better content.
Have a nice day!

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Adam Crockett ๐ŸŒ€

mark, that's a new one for me

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Aya Bouchiha

Happy to hear that you learned a new thing๐Ÿ˜Š

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Mohammed Nadeem Shareef

Var tag was new to me.

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Aya Bouchiha

Me too, I have just read about it yesterday.

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Nicholas Stimpson

In some ways it's odd that it's so little known as it's one of the oldest tags in HTML. It's at least 28 years old. (see page 26)

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Aya Bouchiha

๐Ÿ˜ฏ๐Ÿ˜ฏ๐Ÿ˜ฏ๐Ÿ˜ฏ
Thank you for the information!
๐Ÿ˜ฏ๐Ÿ˜ฏ๐Ÿ˜ฏ๐Ÿ˜ฏ

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Posandu

Nice P O S T.
There is a new tag called <thank-you>, see the example below.

<thank-you message="Nice Post" />
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๐Ÿคฃ

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Aya Bouchiha
<comment content="thank you a lot" />
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Rahul kumar

Thanks god!
I already know all of them!

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Aya Bouchiha

๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

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Edi Septriyanto

Mark and var is my first time know about it.. Thanks

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Aya Bouchiha

My pleasure ๐Ÿ˜