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 02-28-06 - 11:19 PM 
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Karl wrote:
> While I've read some about DOCTYPE, I can't find anything that gives me
> a listing of the advantages/disadvantages of one over the other. Can
> anyone give me a summary or point to one?
There aren't any advantages or disadvantages. They are simply different
standards.
Having said that, XHTML 1.1 should be used only if you are serving pages
as application/xhtml+xml. Since Internet Explorer doesn't support this,
you should stay away from XHTML 1.1.
XHTML 1.0 is HTML 4.01 rewritten to conform to XML standards, which are
much stricter than HTML. You can find a brief description here:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#xhtml
If it all seems like Greek (or geek) to you, just stick with HTML 4.01
Transitional.
I suspect this thread will generate the usual amount of ranting and hot
air about the "superiority" of one standard over another. Ignore most of
it. The important thing is to understand HTML and CSS, and to write
good, clean code. 99% of the time, Dreamweaver does that for you.
--
David Powers
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "Foundation PHP 5 for Flash" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/
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02-28-06 - 11:20 PM
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No rants here.
--
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"David Powers" <david@example.com> wrote in message news:du1ncq$jvr$1@forums.macromedia.com
..
> Karl wrote:
>
> There aren't any advantages or disadvantages. They are simply different
> standards.
>
> Having said that, XHTML 1.1 should be used only if you are serving pages
> as application/xhtml+xml. Since Internet Explorer doesn't support this,
> you should stay away from XHTML 1.1.
>
> XHTML 1.0 is HTML 4.01 rewritten to conform to XML standards, which are
> much stricter than HTML. You can find a brief description here:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#xhtml
>
> If it all seems like Greek (or geek) to you, just stick with HTML 4.01
> Transitional.
>
> I suspect this thread will generate the usual amount of ranting and hot
> air about the "superiority" of one standard over another. Ignore most of
> it. The important thing is to understand HTML and CSS, and to write
> good, clean code. 99% of the time, Dreamweaver does that for you.
>
> --
> David Powers
> Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
> Author, "Foundation PHP 5 for Flash" (friends of ED)
> http://foundationphp.com/
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