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When writing HTML, what is the industry standard regarding a Container div?
Is it more popular to have a Container id, or use a container class which I add to the divs I wish to inherit the features?
For example:
<body>
<div id="container">
...etc
</div>
</body>
or
<body>
<div id="main" class="container">
...etc
</div>
</body>
I don’t know that there is an industry standard. If it’s a container, you should have only one so an ID makes sense. You can use classes and IDs however you see fit, the bigger challenge is having cleanly-written, well-stacking rules that apply to the design you’re working with.
Edit: Your question just updated — it’d be better to have
id="container"and thenclass="home",class="about", etc. as needed. This would make for a neater stylesheet and would give you the option of simply overwriting #container rules if you need to.