[kwills]

I am about to add an address and contact details to a site and was wondering if it was correct to add the contact numbers within the address tags?

If not, what would be more suitable?

Cheers

[wheedwacker]

HTML ADDRESS TAG

From what I understand, you are supposed to use the address tag as long as it encapsulates all of the contact info, not just the postal address.

So yes. Put all of the contact info in there.

[Vince Hilaire]

I use it for address only

[Blackbox]

I style it like this...

<ul>
      <li>
            <address>Mr Dood<br />
            2 Fekem close<br />
            London<br />
            SW1 2BR</address>
      </li>
      <li class="tel">Tel: 012 456 8789</li>
      <li class="fax">Fax: 012 456 8789</li>
      <li class="email">Email: <a href="mailto:hello@dood.com">hello@dood.com</a></li>
</ul>

Probably not 100% accurate but never mind, it allows for easier seperation of the address and other details.

[Bill Posters]

Fwiw, the address element was intended to present contact info for the document's author/admin, rather than contact info for the site's other communications. i.e. it's a technical thing, rather than a commercial or general thing.

However, in practise, it's been adopted as the closest thing to a semantic element for general contact info.

In use, I tend to take a similar approach to Blackbox, though possibly using dl, dt, dd instead of ul, li.

[herkalees]

You could always step over to microformats for your contact-information needs.
Definition: hcard - Microformats
Creator: hCard Creator

[Blackbox]

Originally Posted by Bill Posters

Fwiw, the address element was intended to present contact info for the document's author/admin, rather than contact info for the site's other communications. i.e. it's a technical thing, rather than a commercial or general thing.

The W3C state it shouldn't be used for contact details unless it is used for an address within contact details. I assume it wasn't always like this...?

[xENo]

I've always used it specifically for street addresses. To me, that's where it seems the most semantically valid.

[StumpyXL]

I use it like designed, the address goes in the address tag!

[Bill Posters]

Originally Posted by StumpyXL

I use it like designed, the address goes in the address tag!

…which means you're probably not using it like [it was] designed [to be used].

[StumpyXL]

No, the address goes in the address tag. Any other information I have is usually outside of the address.

[Bill Posters]

Originally Posted by StumpyXL

No, the address goes in the address tag.

Which address?