# More than one instance of the same class?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-than-one-instance-of-the-same-class/265292
**Category:** web dev
**Created:** [July 7, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-than-one-instance-of-the-same-class/265292 "2008-07-07T14:39:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@jpearson311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jpearson311)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-than-one-instance-of-the-same-class/265292/1 "2008-07-07T14:39:47Z")
Is this allowed in CSS? Can you have more than one instance of the same class on a page?
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### Author:  [@actionAction](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/actionAction)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-than-one-instance-of-the-same-class/265292/2 "2008-07-07T16:05:08Z")
Yes, that’s the purpose of a css class. You are not supposed to have multiple elements with the same id though, as an id is supposed to be a unique identifier.
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### Author:  [@jpearson311](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jpearson311)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-than-one-instance-of-the-same-class/265292/3 "2008-07-07T16:26:54Z")
Ok cool. That’s what I thought and that’s the way I’ve always done it, but I do know that I’ve had issues with using multiple divs with the same id before. It works, but is not W3 compliant. I was asked this question in a phone interview the other day and answered it correctly, but I’ve never been asked that so I wanted to make sure. Thanks actionAction!
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### Author:  [@actionAction](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/actionAction)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/more-than-one-instance-of-the-same-class/265292/4 "2008-07-07T16:46:50Z")
No problem, :thumb2: Hope you get the job!
🍺 here’s to guessing during interviews (hopefully I will be doing some of that soon).