Your opinion on the right element to use.

[HestonJames]

Afternoon Chaps,

Just thought I'd hassle you for your opinions on the best element to use to describe this stuff. I have a bunch of product benefits that I'm looking to display on the page, each one has a heading followed by a short description of what it is, such as:

BENEFIT 1
This allows you to do such and such....

BENEFIT 2
This does something or other for you...

BENEFIT 3
This is cool because it allows you to....

What would you use here? I'm thinking about using a definition list <dl /> is this an appropriate use case for the tag? or should I be using headers and paragraphs? or just a standard <ul />?

I know its probably not really 'important' for any real reason, I'm just interested in your thoughts.

Cheers all,

Heston

 

[traingamer]

It really is a six-of-one vs. half-dozen-of-another kind of question. I'd probably use definition lists, but either way would work fine if styled properly.

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[Foamcow]

I'd probably go with a definition list too. It certainly wouldn't be an unordered list since the benefits are 1,2,3.

You could just use heading and paragraphs, I don't think that would be wrong either.

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[Vragabond]

I'd go with definition list. Seems like the best choice. It's a list and it has definitions and descriptions.

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[ChrisHunt]

A definition list is what I'd use too.

An unordered list would be OK, provided the benefits weren't in any meaningful order. If you're using "BENEFIT 1", "BENEFIT 2" and "BENEFIT 3" as placeholder text in your example above, then a <ul> is fine. If you actually want to convey that benefit 1 is more important than benefit 2, use a <ol> instead.



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[HestonJames]

Hello Guys,

Thank you all for your response, I'm glad to see that I was in the right mindset in thinking that a definition list would suit this use case nicely.

They were indeed just place holders so I don't think an OL is required.

I'll play around with this and see what I can make it do.

Cheers again guys,

Heston