What exactly is the deal with XHTML?

Started by Allstories July 5th, 2005 6:02 PM
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I learned HTML when I was 9, like 6 years ago, from sites like Lissaexplains.com and books I ordered at school. Now I keep hearing about all this XHTML stuff. I'd like to know out of curiosity how important learning XHTML would be, and how hard it would be and how different it is from traditional HTML. I don't know which 'version' of HTML I know, but I haven't drastically expanded my knowledge in the 6 years I've known it. Also, I've read stuff about XHTML 2.0 being a whole new language beyond a mere update, so I'd also like to know if NOW is the time to be relearning stuff.

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Well, there's stuff like that you must type tags in all lowercase and tags that don't have a closing tag have to be closed with /> at the end, like <img src="blah" alt="Oh, and the alt attribute is required for all images" /> or <br />. (Don't forget that space.) Don't really remember any other main differences; it's not hard to switch at the very least.
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XHTML is a bridge between standard HTML and XML. At the moment, all browsers still read HTML, so you don't need to worry much about XHTML. However, in the future, XHTML will be the standard. XHTML is more strict than regular HTML, but if you want to keep webmastering you'd do well to learn how to code in it, or at least set Dreamweaver to make your pages XHTML-compliant.


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