Inline Elements [Aug. 17, 2011, 12:40 a.m.]
HTML uses inline elements to mark data such as citations, computer code, images, and links. Inline elements cannot be placed directly in the <body> but should be nested within a block element, such as <p>.
We have already covered the anchor tag <a>, which is one of the inline elements, in a previous section. There are many other commonly used inline elements. Inline elements can be divided into two general types;
- Phrase elements that act to mark a word or phrase
- Presentation elements that affect the display of the element
Although there are presentation markup elements, it is advisable to use CSS for presentation and rely on HTML specifically for semantic markup.