Xhtml

[sroses]

HELLO!

Since the sub forum is here i can freely ask some genius question coming from a noob and a lil challenge from experts.

First I wanna reason out why I'm asking such... well if i ask this from my web designer teacher she might get me to study the history of web and design again so i hope i get my answers XD So DEMANDING! xD well here goes...

what's XHTML? i don't want those wikipedia answers... it gives me pain understanding its real meaning... Can it help me in designing my site? What's it's advantage? OK 3 question overall! XD

This is sroses asking about XHTML

[LeadMagnet]

I'm assuming you know what HTML is, XHTML is very similar.

A) Differences between HTML and XHTML
XHTML vs HTML
The Most Important Differences:

* XHTML elements must be properly nested
* XHTML elements must always be closed
* XHTML elements must be in lowercase
* XHTML documents must have one root element

B) It helps keep your code clean and easily understood. Similarly, if you're reading XHTML written by other people, it should also be more easily understood than messy HTML.
It won't help you design anything, just keep it organised.

C) Following XHTML guidelines will keep your code clean and in theory make it more compatible with the majority of browsers.

[sroses]

WOW ITS AWESOME!! I would love to learn it this christmass break! issit almost the same with HTML? i mean the codes? Im really interested i need to learn it soon! ><

[Mack]

XHTML and HTML is the same code. However, XHTML requires you to be write clean well formatted code.

All you need to do is pick up the basic principles as leadmagnet already pointed out, and youll be well on your way.

[rossable]

XHTML is an attempt to get back to the roots of HTML which is based on GML
it is simplified code back to only what is necessary for the page to render correctly.

XHTML also allows for XML data access without the use of any other scripting (like JavaScript or PHP)

it's main advantages are directly related to web standards and cross-browser development.

[sroses]

ohREAALY? without the use of java and php... wow its handy but i can smell brain beating up again from coding >< i wanna learn... is there some site which really teach me basics? i only know html and css for web and im just starting to learn asp and php >> so may be i could study xhtml instead of php ><

[LeadMagnet]

I don't think you understand. XHTML is HTML, it's just more strict and doesn't allow for bad code.

PHP and XHTML are not the same at all.

[rossable]

Originally Posted by LeadMagnet

I don't think you understand. XHTML is HTML, it's just more strict and doesn't allow for bad code.

PHP and XHTML are not the same at all.

right!