XHTML

#1

Should I convert my doc to XHML?
I am getting rather confused.
I done it to a doc and then tested it at w3c and had a ton of errors, I had
less errors before I started messing.Is it important to make stuff XHTML
compliant?

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#2

just sum1 wrote:

Quote:

Should I convert my doc to XHML?

That depends. If you want to take advantage of features that XHTML has
but HTML4 has not, then yes. If not, then probably not. The HTML
version is not a fashion statement, after all :-).

Quote:

I am getting rather confused.
I done it to a doc and then tested it at w3c and had a ton of errors, I had
less errors before I started messing.

Dreamweaver MX has quite a nifty feature that converts HTML to XHTML:
File -> Convert -> XHTML. If you started out with a valid HTML4
document, the end result will be a mostly valid XHTML document, and
you'll have very little (if any) hand-coding to do.

Quote:

Is it important to make stuff XHTML
compliant?

If you use XHTML at all, then yes, the document should be compliant. But
like I mentioned above, XHTML is not better or worse than HTML4, it
depends on the features you need.

Matthias

#3

is it important? It depends what you're trying to do, but in general, yes
it's worth doing. How are you attempting to do the conversion?

Bruce Lawson
DMXzone.com

"just sum1" <Anonymous-Remailer (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Should I convert my doc to XHML?
I am getting rather confused.
I done it to a doc and then tested it at w3c and had a ton of errors, I
had
less errors before I started messing.Is it important to make stuff XHTML
compliant?

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#4

Im glad you asked that...I sometimes, when opening a new file, check the box
to bake xhtml compliant, but when I forget to do that, I get an already
built page and go to, file- convert
Be nice if I knew

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"Bruce Lawson" <brucelawsonuk (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

is it important? It depends what you're trying to do, but in general, yes
it's worth doing. How are you attempting to do the conversion?

Bruce Lawson
DMXzone.com

"just sum1" <Anonymous-Remailer (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Should I convert my doc to XHML?
I am getting rather confused.
I done it to a doc and then tested it at w3c and had a ton of errors, I
had
less errors before I started messing.Is it important to make stuff XHTML
compliant?

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#5

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:34:10 +0100, "just sum1"
<Anonymous-Remailer (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Im glad you asked that...I sometimes, when opening a new file, check the box
to bake xhtml compliant, but when I forget to do that, I get an already
built page and go to, file- convert
Be nice if I knew

It should work either way. One thing I would suggest is that, in
either case, you remove the XML prolog that Dreamweaver inserts at the
top of the page:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

That line, because it comes before the DOCTYPE, will trigger quirks
mode in Internet Explorer. The XML prolog is suggested, but not
required by the XHTML specs.

Gary

#6

Quote:

Is it important to make stuff XHTML compliant?

Of course, only if you want your web to be nice viewed on smaller devices.

DREAMWORMS

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#7

and here's the link that I cleverly forgot
http://www.dmxzone.com/showDetail.as...28&NewsId=4951

"Bruce Lawson" <brucelawsonuk (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

There's an article on DMXzone by Molly Holzschlag from the Web Standards
project on how to decide between XHMTL and HTML..
caveat: the article costs $1.99 and I work for the site.

Bruce Lawson
www.DMXzone.com

"just sum1" <Anonymous-Remailer (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Im glad you asked that...I sometimes, when opening a new file, check the
box
to bake xhtml compliant, but when I forget to do that, I get an already
built page and go to, file- convert
Be nice if I knew

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"Bruce Lawson" <brucelawsonuk (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote in message
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is it important? It depends what you're trying to do, but in general,
yes
it's worth doing. How are you attempting to do the conversion?

Bruce Lawson
DMXzone.com

"just sum1" <Anonymous-Remailer (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:bedbd0$krn$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Should I convert my doc to XHML?
I am getting rather confused.
I done it to a doc and then tested it at w3c and had a ton of
errors,
I
had
less errors before I started messing.Is it important to make stuff
XHTML
compliant?

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#8

lol...thanx guyz

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"Bruce Lawson" <brucelawsonuk (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

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and here's the link that I cleverly forgot
http://www.dmxzone.com/showDetail.as...28&NewsId=4951

"Bruce Lawson" <brucelawsonuk (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:beejgk$qmm$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
There's an article on DMXzone by Molly Holzschlag from the Web Standards
project on how to decide between XHMTL and HTML..
caveat: the article costs $1.99 and I work for the site.

Bruce Lawson
www.DMXzone.com

"just sum1" <Anonymous-Remailer (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:beea49$7ls$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Im glad you asked that...I sometimes, when opening a new file, check
the
box
to bake xhtml compliant, but when I forget to do that, I get an
already
built page and go to, file- convert
Be nice if I knew

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"Bruce Lawson" <brucelawsonuk (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote in message
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is it important? It depends what you're trying to do, but in
general,
yes
it's worth doing. How are you attempting to do the conversion?

Bruce Lawson
DMXzone.com

"just sum1" <Anonymous-Remailer (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:bedbd0$krn$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Should I convert my doc to XHML?
I am getting rather confused.
I done it to a doc and then tested it at w3c and had a ton of
errors,
I
had
less errors before I started messing.Is it important to make stuff
XHTML
compliant?

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#9

... or if you want your stuff to be viewable on the next versions of the
major browsers.

"dreamworms" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Is it important to make stuff XHTML compliant?

Of course, only if you want your web to be nice viewed on smaller devices.

DREAMWORMS

dreamworms (AT) lycos (DOT) co.uk
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#10

Bugger damn paypal, I want to get that.
So when I convert a doc into XML or XHTML.. all I have to do is delete the
top bit and im away?

Thanx v much for all your help guyz, You know for asking silly questions on
most news groups I would be laughed out, I want to thank all you guyz for
such quality help :-))))
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"Bruce Lawson" <brucelawsonuk (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

and here's the link that I cleverly forgot
http://www.dmxzone.com/showDetail.as...28&NewsId=4951

"Bruce Lawson" <brucelawsonuk (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:beejgk$qmm$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
There's an article on DMXzone by Molly Holzschlag from the Web Standards
project on how to decide between XHMTL and HTML..
caveat: the article costs $1.99 and I work for the site.

Bruce Lawson
www.DMXzone.com

"just sum1" <Anonymous-Remailer (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:beea49$7ls$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Im glad you asked that...I sometimes, when opening a new file, check
the
box
to bake xhtml compliant, but when I forget to do that, I get an
already
built page and go to, file- convert
Be nice if I knew

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"Bruce Lawson" <brucelawsonuk (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote in message
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is it important? It depends what you're trying to do, but in
general,
yes
it's worth doing. How are you attempting to do the conversion?

Bruce Lawson
DMXzone.com

"just sum1" <Anonymous-Remailer (AT) nowhere (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:bedbd0$krn$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Should I convert my doc to XHML?
I am getting rather confused.
I done it to a doc and then tested it at w3c and had a ton of
errors,
I
had
less errors before I started messing.Is it important to make stuff
XHTML
compliant?

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