When you are reading blog post, on almost all blogs, there is a "sidebar" with similar articles, latest comments, etc. In the layout I'm going to implement, I've got a huge article header (with photo, and trailer) with the 100% width. After that, I've got article body, with described sidebar, and after that, I've got (once again 100% width) author information, and comments.
In that case, I cannot escape with the "sidebar" out of the main article tag. Minimal example:
<article>
<!-- ARTICLE HEADER -->
<header style="width: 100vw; height: 100vh">
<h1>title</h1>
<p>trailer</p>
<time>...</time>
</header>
<!-- ARTICLE BODY -->
<h2>...</h2><p>...</p><ul>...</ul> x few
<!-- SIDEBAR - PROBLEM -->
<div id="sidebar">
<h2>Similar articles</h2><ul>...</ul>
<h2>Latest comments</h2><ul>...</ul>
</div>
<!-- ARTICLE FOOTER -->
<footer id="author" style="width: 100vw; height: 100vh">
<h1>Details</h1>
<section>
<h1>Author</h1>
<address>...</address>
</section>
<section>
<h1>Comments</h1>
<ul>...</ul>
</section>
</footer>
</article>
The problem is with div#sidebar and what kind of element it sohuld be in.
Any help?
I've got a solution using jquery, I can cut the element out of the "flow", and paste it somewhere else, but maybe there is a semantic solution using HTML5 only?
Why not put the article body in <article>
and give it like a 75% width and the related links in an <aside>
with a 25% width and float them both? The <aside>
tag is used for content that is somewhat related, but separate from the content itself. Related links are def. a fit for <aside>
.