Tag, Html, CSS Questions, some things confuse me |
 Jul 30 2009, 04:20 PM
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 kthxbai  Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203  |
ok.. I've always been taught to use
CODE <BR> but ever since I started making Xanga layouts, I've seen some people use CODE <BR /> Wthell is the point in that? Why not just use the first one? Also, I was reading this: http://line25.com/articles/10-html-tag-cri...shouldnt-commit and I have some questions. ........ on all of them actually  except the last one. That one is obvious. 
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Jul 30 2009, 05:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,237 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 648,123 |
Validation is technically a guideline. If a site works, it works. You might have some custom tags that won't pass W3C validation, but they'll work because you defined them on your own. Take a look at Myspace, for example. The site works, even with an average of over 100 errors on every page, some going beyond 300 errors.
The big thing to note on the difference between HTML and XHTML is the case-level. HTML tags can be either uppercase (<HTML>) or lowercase (<html>), but XHTML must always be lowercase. The slash in <br /> is because it's an empty element, like <img /> or <link /> or <input />. Without the slash, it's like using <div> but never using </div>. That said, you can also use <br></br> or <img></img> and it will still validate. |
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emberfly Tag, Html, CSS Questions Jul 30 2009, 04:20 PM
tcunningham He explained each one, in pretty good detail below... Jul 30 2009, 04:23 PM emberfly Oh. Yes, I know he wrote stuff under each one, but... Jul 30 2009, 04:24 PM tcunningham summary: there's a time and place for everythi... Jul 30 2009, 04:29 PM emberfly What is this "validation" you speak of? Jul 30 2009, 04:30 PM tcunningham http://validator.w3.org/ Jul 30 2009, 04:41 PM emberfly Thank you, Thomas. Jul 30 2009, 04:42 PM emberfly I never knew you had to close <br> tags O_o ... Jul 30 2009, 05:17 PM emberfly yes Jul 30 2009, 05:49 PM
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