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By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com

<noscript> Description:

The <noscript> element defines the content that is displayed when a browser agent cannot render the preceding script.

<noscript> Web Browser Support:
<noscript> Attributes:
<noscript> End Tag: </noscript> REQUIRED
<noscript> Contents:

text and HTML. The following tags are valid within the <noscript> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, blockquote, br, button, center, cite, code, dfn, dir, div, dl, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, iframe, img, input isindex, kbd, label, map,menu, noframes, noscript, object, ol, p, pre, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, textarea, tt, u, ul, var

<noscript> Valid Context:

The <noscript></noscript> tag is valid within the following tags:
blockquote, body, button, center, dd, div, fieldset, form, iframe, li, noframes, noscript, object, td, th

<noscript> Usage:
  • standard noscript tag
    <script src="javascript" language="JavaScript">
    </script>
    <noscript>
    Display this text only if JavaScript is not available
    </noscript>
<noscript> Special Notes:
  • Use this tag with every script to ensure accessibility.
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