Website Design Resources Pg1 » HTML / XML / XHTML
We have collated the following resources from across the internet to provide our visitors with a comprehensive collection of design tools. We will be constantly updating these pages.
- HyperText Markup Language / eXtensible Markup Language ( HTML/XML )
- Cascading Style Sheets ( CSS )
- Javascript / DHTML
- Really Simple Syndication ( RSS )
- Weblog
- Google Sitemaps
- Common Gateway Interface ( CGI )
- Active Server Pages ( ASP )
- Multiple IE Versions
- Accessible Web Design
HyperText Markup Language ( HTML ):
HTML is the language used to create web documents. It defines the syntax that makes up the structure of the web document. The HTML standard and all other Web related standards are developed by the World Wide Web Consortium ( W3C ). Standards, specifications and drafts for new proposals can be found at W3C. There are 3 document type definitions ( DTD ) for HTML: Strict, Transitional and Frameset.
eXtensible Markup Language ( XML ):
XHTML is the same HTML specification but rewritten using new rules of XML. XHTML uses the same HTML 4.01 tags but enforces a set of rules (such as closing all tags, putting attribute values in quotation marks, and keeping all tags in lower case).
The Future of HTML
For some time the W3C had been saying that HTML 4.01 was the end of the line for HTML as we know it. However as of October 2006 the new W3C HTML Working Group has voted to adopt the HTML 5 draft specification (Web Applications 1.0 and Web Forms 2.0) developed by the major browser companies (Mozilla, Apple, Opera) under the umbrella of the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group ( WHAT-WG ).
HTML 5 represents a new version of HTML4 and XHTML1, along with a new version of the associated DOM2 HTML API.
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) Validator
Once you have written your web page you can validate your code below.
Please note: The validators' reporting of errors can sometimes be confusing. There are occassions when an error in one part of the markup gets reported as an error further down. Look for reported errors such as "<start tag> is here" to pinpoint where the markup error begins and ends.
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