Whats the difference between...

[clankman]

Whats the difference between XHTML and DHTML? Is there a difference in the way you code it?

[John]

One begins with an D and the other begins with a X, duh...

XHTML is HTML that conforms to XML standards. DHTML creates a semi-dynamic html document using static languages such as html, css, and js.

[TcM]

Originally Posted by Sidewinder

One begins with an D and the other begins with a X, duh...

XHTML is HTML that conforms to XML standards. DHTML creates a semi-dynamic html document using static languages such as html, css, and js.

And yes, there is a difference when you come to code them.

[:-[yc]-:]

I went to w3schools to check it out and I realized there is really a lot to learn from just creating html page. I always think html is easy but now I may not think so. I want to learn more on web design so I can start with html. By the way, can we use xhtml and dhtml together? or we can only use one at a time?

[TcM]

Well just something to say... Web Design doesn't consist of html only, most websites use PHP, CSS and more languages.. so with HTML, you will not actually be called web designer. Web Design even includes graphics,logos etc.. it's not that simple.

[:-[yc]-:]

ya.. I know it's not simple. I need to learn a lot like photoshop, flash, etc and those that you mentioned. But html is the most basic of all the others right? I could start my learning by using css and javascript to create a html webpage, then I can proceed by learning php, etc..

[TcM]

Yesh, HTML is the very basic. But without it you can't make a complete website

[John]

Yes you can use XHTML and DHTML can be used together. XHTML is pretty much a new standard of HTML. Rather that using

<br>

you use

<br />

And you can be a great web designer without PHP or JavaScript. The majority of templates are just designed in PhotoShop, cut in photoshop and exported. Photoshop exports all the images and creates a HTML file with all its tables ect... Minor changes to the generated HTML file are needed, and the text color/other general layout is done using CSS. Unless of course you want to design skins/themes for CMS's and even so you dont need a vast knowledge of PHP, just to be familiar with the theme structure.

[v0id]

Originally Posted by TheComputerMaster

But without it you can't make a complete website

That's not all true.

You can always use some kind of framework to do it all for you, of course the output will be (X)HTML in the end, but the user don't have to know (X)HTML really. When I'm talking about this, it's frameworks like mod_python, CherryPy, and also for other languages.

I'll still suggest to learn XHTML, because it's so easy, you don't need a framework with it. But frameworks also comes with other functionality, like the Python frameworks, I was talking about before.

[awesty]

Originally Posted by TheComputerMaster

Yesh, HTML is the very basic. But without it you can't make a complete website

Not if you use flash (and dreamweaver to embed the flash).