This example shows a cooking site built using
new HTML5 elements to describe the structure
of the page (rather than just grouping items
using
<div> elements).
The
header and footer of the page sit inside <header>
and <footer>
elements. The courses are grouped
together inside a <section> element that has a class
attribute whose value is courses (to distinguish
it from other <section> elements on the page).
The
sidebar sits
inside an <aside> element. Each of the courses lives inside an <article> element,
and use the <figure> and <figcaption> elements to contain an image. The headings
for the courses have subheadings, so these are grouped inside an <hgroup> element.
In the sidebar, the recipes and contact details are placed
inside separate <section> elements.
The
page is styled using CSS. The only difference is that our selectors are using
the new HTML5 elements to allow us to create rules that target
those elements. In order for the CSS to work in versions of IE before Internet
Explorer 9, the HTML5 page contains a link to the HTML5 shiv
JavaScript (hosted on Google's servers) inside a conditional
comment.
Example
HTML5
Layout
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML5 Layout</title>
<style type="text/css">
header, section, footer, aside, nav,
article, figure, figcaption {
display: block;}
body {
color: #666666;
background-color: #f9f8f6;
background-image:
url("images/dark-wood.jpg");
background-position: center;
font-family: Georgia, times, serif;
line-height: 1.4em;
margin: 0px;}
.wrapper {
width: 940px;
margin: 20px auto 20px auto;
border: 2px solid #000000;
background-color: #ffffff;}
header {
height: 160px;
background-image: url(images/header.jpg);}
h1 {
text-indent: -9999px;
width: 940px;
height: 130px;
margin: 0px;}
nav, footer {
clear: both;
color: #ffffff;
background-color: #aeaca8;
height: 30px;}
nav ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px 0px 5px 30px;}
nav li {
display: inline;
margin-right: 40px;}
nav li a {
color: #ffffff;}
nav li a:hover, nav li a.current {
color: #000000;}
section.courses {
float: left;
width: 659px;
border-right: 1px solid #eeeeee;}
article {
clear: both;
overflow: auto;
width: 100%;}
hgroup {
margin-top:40px;}
figure {
float: left;
width: 290px;
height: 220px;
padding: 5px;
margin: 20px;
border: 1px solid #eeeeee;}
figcaption {
font-size: 90%;
text-align: left;}
aside {
width: 230px;
float: left;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;}
aside section a {
display: block;
padding: 10px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eeeeee;}
aside section a:hover {
color: #985d6a;
background-color: #efefef;}
a {
color: #de6581;
text-decoration: none;}
h1, h2, h3 {
font-weight: normal;}
h2 {
margin: 10px 0px 5px 0px;
padding: 0px;}
h3 {
margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;
color: #de6581;}
aside h2 {
padding: 30px 0px 10px 0px;
color: #de6581;}
footer {
font-size: 80%;
padding: 7px 0px 0px 20px;}
</style>
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script
src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<div class="wrapper">
<header>
<h1>Yoko's Kitchen</h1>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href=""
class="current">home</a></li>
<li><a href="">classes</a></li>
<li><a href="">catering</a></li>
<li><a href="">about</a></li>
<li><a href="">contact</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<section class="courses">
<article>
<figure>
<img src="images/bok-choi.jpg"
alt="Bok Choi" />
<figcaption>Bok Choi</figcaption>
</figure>
<hgroup>
<h2>Japanese Vegetarian</h2>
<h3>Five week course in London</h3>
</hgroup>
<p>A five week introduction to traditional Japanese vegetarian meals,
teaching you a selection of rice and noodle dishes.</p>
</article>
<article>
<figure>
<img src="images/teriyaki.jpg"
alt="Teriyaki sauce" />
<figcaption>Teriyaki Sauce</figcaption>
</figure>
<hgroup>
<h2>Sauces Masterclass</h2>
<h3>One day workshop</h3>
</hgroup>
<p>An intensive one-day course looking at how to create the most
delicious
sauces for use in a range of Japanese cookery.</p>
</article>
</section>
<aside>
<section class="popular-recipes">
<h2>Popular Recipes</h2>
<a href="">Yakitori (grilled chicken)</a>
<a href="">Tsukune (minced chicken patties)</a>
<a href="">Okonomiyaki (savory pancakes)</a>
<a href="">Mizutaki (chicken stew)</a>
</section>
<section
class="contact-details">
<h2>Contact</h2>
<p>Yoko's Kitchen<br />
27 Redchurch Street<br />
Shoreditch<br />
London E2 7DP</p>
</section>
</aside>
<footer>
© 2011 Yoko's Kitchen
</footer>
</div><!-- .wrapper -->
</body>
</html>
