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Lorac50

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    HTML/CSS
    « on: February 14, 2009, 09:25:22 PM »
    Hello everyone,

    I went to the library and booked out 4 books on HTML.  My question is I've been seeing XHTML in some of the books but not in the others, what should I use.
    Also do I have to put this
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

    at the top of my page, before I write HTML and why?

    Thanks a bunch
    Lorac :)
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    Re: HTML/CSS
    « Reply #1 on: February 14, 2009, 09:38:43 PM »
    HTML is based on "SGML", XHTML is based on XML which is itself based on SGML.

    For standard HTML a header is not 100% necessary, but with XHTML I believe it is a requirement.
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      Re: HTML/CSS
      « Reply #2 on: February 14, 2009, 09:40:19 PM »
      Hi BC

      Thank you very much for such a prompt reply.

      Have a great night
      Lorac
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      Re: HTML/CSS
      « Reply #3 on: February 14, 2009, 09:49:24 PM »
      Any more questions just ask :)
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      Re: HTML/CSS
      « Reply #4 on: February 15, 2009, 05:12:46 AM »
      Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language is an upgrade to Hyper Text Markup Language and is also future standards compliant.

      XHTML is stricter than HTML, so you have to watch how you code your site. As XHTML is future proof though, it would be better to use it over HTML.

      Did you ever see a    icon on some sites? This means they are XHTML compliant. You'll see it mainly on forums, content management systems and portals.

      Hopefully that answered your questions. ;)
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