The way the page is being rendered, is slighty related to its markup, but it also depends on the browser. This is way the web designers work is always a big problem, since many pages render diferent depending on the browsers. XML is a markup language just like HTML, so, it has no way to prevent a page from being rendered wrong or such things.
As far as i know, xHTML is a variant of HTML that was created to use XML markup. Please, take some time, and read the specifications: HTML 4.01 spec. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/ XHTML 1.0 spec. http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/ It is due to you, to choose what one to use. I commonly use xHTML 1.0 cause i use a php framework that generates xHTML markup, and also because i preffer it's syntax. But i was warned several times to use HTML 4.01 Strict, because it's most widely portable and, due to this, better "understood" for every browser. PS.: forgive my poor english... On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 4:15 AM, Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm very new to XHTML, have been incorrectly using HTML for years and > am finally taking a class to write html/xhtml files with some sort of > logic. However, I have a question that is irritating the hell out of > me. The book I'm reading from, "HTML and XHTML" by Patrick Carey, > says (or my understanding of what it says) that I write an XHTML > document, place it on the server, then when it is accessed by a user, > an XML parser checks its syntax, and if it it is well formed and > valied, it is passed by the parser and displayed by the browser. So > if I put this page together: > > <code> > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> > > <head> > > </head> > > <body> > Test body > > <span> > > </body> > > </html> > > </code> > > Now obviously this is not a well formed document, yet, it successfully > opens in both Opera and IE7, when, in my opninion, the page should not > have been rendered due to the errors in the pages content. Which > brings me to my question of, what the hell is the point of using > XHTML? It seems to have everything clean and proper, yet there is no > enforcement? > > Thank you ahead of time for any enlightenment... > > > > -- Paulo Diovani [EMAIL PROTECTED] +55 51 8146 5413 ___________________ http://www.diovani.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ -- You received this because you are subscribed to the "Design the Web with CSS" at Google groups. To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
