ADDRESS - Contact Information

Summary

Syntax	<address>...</address>
Attribute Specifications	common attributes
Contents	In HTML 4.0 Strict: inline elements In HTML 4.0 Transitional: inline elements, P
Contained in	APPLET, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CENTER, DD, DEL, DIV, FIELDSET, FORM, IFRAME, INS, LI, MAP, NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT, OBJECT, TD, TH

Details

The ADDRESS element provides contact information for a document or part of a document. Information provided by ADDRESS may include the names of the document's maintainers, links to the maintainers' Web pages, e-mail addresses for feedback, postal addresses, phone numbers, and so on. The ADDRESS element is not appropriate for all postal and e-mail addresses; it should be reserved for providing such information about the contact people for the document.

The following example, most appropriate at the end of a document, gives contact information about the maintainer:

<ADDRESS>
	Maintained by <A href="..//%7Eliam/">Liam Quinn</A>
	<A href="../mailto:liam@htmlhelp.com">liam@htmlhelp.com</A>
</ADDRESS>

ADDRESS can also be used to provide contact information for a portion of a document, typically a form. The next example gives users contact information to use in conjunction with an order form:

<FORM METHOD=post ACTION="/cgi-bin/order.cgi">
	<FIELDSET>
		<LEGEND ACCESSKEY=C>Credit Card Information<BR></LEGEND>
		<P>
			<LABEL ACCESSKEY=V>
				<INPUT TYPE=radio NAME=card VALUE=visa> Visa
			</LABEL>
			<LABEL ACCESSKEY=M>
				<INPUT TYPE=radio NAME=card VALUE=mc> MasterCard
			</LABEL>
			<BR>
			<LABEL ACCESSKEY=N>
				Number: <INPUT TYPE=text NAME=number>
			</LABEL>
			<LABEL ACCESSKEY=E>
				Expiry: <INPUT TYPE=text NAME=expiry>
			</LABEL>
		</P>
	</FIELDSET>
	<P>
		<INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE="Submit order" ACCESSKEY=S>
	</P>
	
	<ADDRESS>
		If you have any questions about ordering, contact us at
		<A href="mailto:orders@example.com">orders@example.com</A>, or phone our offices at 555-5555.
	</ADDRESS>
	
</FORM>

More Information

• ADDRESS in W3C HTML 4.0 Recommendation
• ADDRESS in W3C HTML 3.2 Recommendation
• ADDRESS in HTML 2.0 Standard
• ADDRESS in WDG HTML 3.2 Reference
• ADDRESS in Learning HTML 3.2 by Examples

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