uh oh..XHTML to HTML

When I started my page I checked the box that asked if I wanted to "make
document XHTML complient". The page is acting differently (things ive done
before arnt working now). Does making it XHTML compliant change anything as
far as that sort of thing goes?

Specificly on an old page I put a "Guest Book" in that was generated by
Bizland. It worked fine. Now, however in this new page that is XHTML
compliant it doesnt work. It appears in the design view, but not in the
browsers.

Can I change my now completed page back to straight HTML? Do I want to do
that?

Thoughts? Thanks

Got a URL?
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Regards

John Waller

A.H.O. said the following:

Anyone?

You may not remember, but I did bring up this issue when you posted your new
rendition of your page :-)
Somewhere in the preferences, you can change it back to html instead of
xhtml and then change the doc type back to what I coded for you originally
http://www.dreamweaverresources.com/aho/

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A.H.O. said the following:

Anyone?

Also, this link may explain the difference in doc types and what you should
consider using.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/doctype/

Nadia

I guess Im still not sure as to which one would be better. Are there pros and
cons to each? It seems like from what Ive been reading that XHTML is the "way
of the future" so to speak. Is this the case?

Where can I find the differences between them, and what it all means?

Where can I find the differences between them,

Enter "html xhtml differences" into Google and you'll get plenty of results.

and what it all means?

Enter "xhtml importance" or "xhtml significance" into Google and you'll get
plenty of results.

Just bear in mind that XHTML is still evolving and is currently around
version 1.x.

In terms of the practical significance of XHTML in web pages today: there's
not much so far.

Is it worth the effort to tweak your code in a few spots (such as closing
all tags i.e. <br /> instead of <br>) to make it XHTML compliant? That's up
to you.

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Regards

John Waller

A.H.O. wrote:

When I started my page I checked the box that asked if I wanted to "make
document XHTML complient". The page is acting differently (things ive done
before arnt working now). Does making it XHTML compliant change anything as
far as that sort of thing goes?

Specificly on an old page I put a "Guest Book" in that was generated by
Bizland. It worked fine. Now, however in this new page that is XHTML
compliant it doesnt work. It appears in the design view, but not in the
browsers.

Can I change my now completed page back to straight HTML? Do I want to do
that?

Thoughts? Thanks

XHTML is a method of coding that will, as it evolves, allow more

accessibility and extensibility. Thus far, it's pretty much a cleaning
up of codes, use of stylesheets or embedded styles, non-use of
deprecated elements. That sort of thing.

Your canned guestbook script may well not be suited to an XHTML page if
it includes non-compliant code itself. As an example, if I try to codify
the code amazon gives me for my link to my affiliate account, it no
longer works.

I still prefer to code in XHTML so my way around this - leaving me not
100% compliant but still in the spirit of the thing - is to go back,
after I have everything coded and shaped, and remove the script section
and replace it with the original generated script.

You might try that and see if it helps.

O.