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I don't understand what the difference is in HTML, XHTML, DHTML and any other HTMLs there is. Can someone explain?
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Posted 04 July 2006 - 11:11 AM
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I've read the post, but I'm still confused on some things. It says that no one can tell the difference between HTML and XHTML, so, what's the point of using XHTML?
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 03:55 PM
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I personally wouldn't be overly bothered, "xhtml" is just neater when validated.
If you are going for a professional image, it is worth the extra time - but a html/css template will most likely be just as good as one that is xhtml - it is just about standards.
If you are going for a professional image, it is worth the extra time - but a html/css template will most likely be just as good as one that is xhtml - it is just about standards.
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Posted 08 July 2006 - 08:09 AM
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So the XHMTL code doesn't look much different. It's not exactly the same, right? That wouldn't work out...
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Posted 08 August 2006 - 06:36 AM
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I heard something called SHTML. What is that?
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Posted 07 October 2006 - 10:22 PM
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XHTML is just a very "clean" HTML. I personally use it (most of the time) but that's because I'm anal about my code.
I suggest using it but not obcessing over it. The reason it was created is for standards-compliance between browsers (meaning IE is really bad at rendering things correctly,) so that way if you are using valid XHTML, you can (usually) be assured that all browsers are seeing the site the same way.
Go to w3schools.com for more information on it, it does a pretty good job at explaining things.
I suggest using it but not obcessing over it. The reason it was created is for standards-compliance between browsers (meaning IE is really bad at rendering things correctly,) so that way if you are using valid XHTML, you can (usually) be assured that all browsers are seeing the site the same way.
Go to w3schools.com for more information on it, it does a pretty good job at explaining things.
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Posted 08 October 2006 - 09:19 PM
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egon said:
XHTML is just a very "clean" HTML. I personally use it (most of the time) but that's because I'm anal about my code.
I think what egon is trying to say is that most browsers are written to render bad HTML correctly, XHTML forces you to code properly
XHTML is XML built to behave like HTML 4.01. Right now if you're just making static webpages, there isn't too much of a difference. However if you're using other XML languages and tools, like say XForms, it's a whole new world :)
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 08:04 AM
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SHTML is HTML using SSI (Server Side Include). Similar to PHTML, but using SSI instead of PHP.
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Posted 09 October 2006 - 08:11 AM
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Here is an awesome article explaing the difference between HTML, XHTML, and XML. It's an excellent read! From the article:
http://webkit.org/blog/?p=68
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...the vast majority of supposedly XHTML documents on the internet are served as text/html. Which means they are not XHTML at all, but actually invalid HTML that’s getting by on the error handling of HTML parsers. All those “Valid XHTML 1.0!” links on the web are really saying “Invalid HTML 4.01!”.
http://webkit.org/blog/?p=68
