difference between html and xhtml?

Tender Muffin · 08-18-2008, 12:48 PM

can they be used together? because i think i made half a website in html and the other in xhtml?

Regina S · 08-18-2008, 12:48 PM

The most important difference between the two markup languages is that HyperText Markup Language, or HTML, is an application of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language),1 and allows an author to omit certain tags and use attribute minimization.2 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language, or XHTML, is an application of XML (Extensible Markup Language).3 It doesn’t permit the omission of any tags or the use of attribute minimization.
However, it provides a shorthand notation for empty elements—for example, we could use <br/> instead of <br></br>—which HTML does not.

go there..... http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/htmlxhtml

Kristin123 · 10-16-2008, 11:47 AM

HTML is a Hyper Text Markup Language which is used to display the internet website contents on the internet browsers. This is the common language to develop the web site pages.
Dynamic HTML is a combination of technologies to make Web pages dynamic. To most people, Dynamic HTML means a combination of HTML 4.0, Style Sheets and JavaScript.

XHTML is similar to the HTML but follows the rules of XML. XHTML is used to be compatible with XML programming. Following the rules now would make it possible to include XML programming in the future. It is not difficult to change HTML pages to XHTML, but it can be time-consuming. Finding all line breaks and images to include closing tags, converting any uppercase to lowercase and any other incompatibility can be a nuisance. Using a find and replace program can allow you to edit your code faster, but you still have to reupload all those changes. It is recommended that programmers try to remember these rules to comply with W3C recommendations, so the web pages appear correctly in most browsers. The main differences between HTML and XHTML is the case-sensitivity, the need to use closing tags for all tags, the need to use quotes around all attribute values and that all attributes must be in lowercase as XML requires.

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08-18-2008, 12:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
Regina S Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1	The most important difference between the two markup languages is that HyperText Markup Language, or HTML, is an application of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language),1 and allows an author to omit certain tags and use attribute minimization.2 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language, or XHTML, is an application of XML (Extensible Markup Language).3 It doesn’t permit the omission of any tags or the use of attribute minimization. However, it provides a shorthand notation for empty elements—for example, we could use <br/> instead of <br></br>—which HTML does not. go there..... http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/htmlxhtml

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Kristin123 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 16	HTML is a Hyper Text Markup Language which is used to display the internet website contents on the internet browsers. This is the common language to develop the web site pages. Dynamic HTML is a combination of technologies to make Web pages dynamic. To most people, Dynamic HTML means a combination of HTML 4.0, Style Sheets and JavaScript. XHTML is similar to the HTML but follows the rules of XML. XHTML is used to be compatible with XML programming. Following the rules now would make it possible to include XML programming in the future. It is not difficult to change HTML pages to XHTML, but it can be time-consuming. Finding all line breaks and images to include closing tags, converting any uppercase to lowercase and any other incompatibility can be a nuisance. Using a find and replace program can allow you to edit your code faster, but you still have to reupload all those changes. It is recommended that programmers try to remember these rules to comply with W3C recommendations, so the web pages appear correctly in most browsers. The main differences between HTML and XHTML is the case-sensitivity, the need to use closing tags for all tags, the need to use quotes around all attribute values and that all attributes must be in lowercase as XML requires.