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Asked: 2026-05-11T14:49:20+00:00

I used to just use p and span elements for this… but I’m always

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I used to just use p and span elements for this… but I’m always pushing to use the right elements, and this is something I haven’t really thought about before with regard to testimonials.

This is what I had in mind…

<div class='testimonial'>  <blockquote>I love your products!</blockquote>  <span>Jim Testimonial-giver</span> </div>

Does that look like the best way to do this? Is there a best practice?

I looked at how the W3C markup testimonials on their site, and they have used…

<blockquote>  <p>   <a id='aptest' name='aptest'>Applied Testin.....</a>   <br />   <span class='QuoteAttr'>-- Shane P. M...</span>  </p> </blockquote>

Should I just copy how the W3C did it, after all shouldn’t they be correct?

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  1. Use the cite tag:

    <div class='testimonial'>  <blockquote>i love your products</blockquote>  <cite>Jim Testimonial-giver</cite> </div>

    Also I would probably do it like this:

    <blockquote class='testimonial'>   i love your products   <cite>Jim Testimonial-giver</cite> </blockquote>

    Just to make it slightly more semantic and clearly tie the citation with the quote. Divs should only be necessary for structural things.

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