Design

Converting HTML to XHTML

This tutorial will guide you through the steps necessary to convert your existing website into one which meets and/or exceeds XHTML 1.0 compliance rules.

Introduction to XHTML

If you've never heard of XHTML, don't worry, you certainly aren't alone. XHTML stands for eXtensible HyperText Markup Language. You can think of it as applying XML to HTML. In fact, XHTML is HTML defined as an XML application. Over time you will see more of the web moving from HTML to XHTML.

XHTML Compliant Nested Lists

When I first became aware of the XHTML standards, I started migrating my pages to be XHTML compliant. One of the first sticking points I found is that no matter what I tried, my nested lists never seemed to validate. In this tutorial, we'll look at nested lists, and find out how to format them so that they are XHTML compliant.