HTML Writers Guild Newsletter Volume 6 Number 10, 20 May 2000 http://www.hwg.org/ mailto:editor@hwg.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Newsletter Sponsors: Searchbutton.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents 1. Member-Submitted Tips: XHTML Transition Tips (Next Issue's Topic: Member Tips Categories ) 2. Resources Volunteer, Please Raise Your Hand! 3. May Town Hall: Thursday, May 25th 4. Upcoming Online Classes: Take an online class! 5. HWG Events in Your Future: Vbits, XML Europe 2000 6. Why Did I Get This Email? And Other HWG-News FAQs (How to change your email address, how to unsubscribe, and more.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This issue of HWG-News is sponsored by: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searchbutton.com http://www.searchbutton.com/hwg Get FREE Web site search and reporting today! Improve your sites' navigability and usability with site search and reporting solutions from Searchbutton.com. There's no hardware, software, or implementation downtime. Your site visitors will gain instant access to the information they want and you find out a lot about your visitors. Premium service options available. Sign-up is quick and easy; plus a special offer for HWG members! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Member-Submitted Tips: XHTML Transition Tips (Marshall Jansen, HWG-News Editor, hwg-news-tips@hwg.org) The Guild's foundation is members helping members, sharing our expertise and knowledge to improve our skills in the craft of web design. Everyone has something to teach, and something to learn! In keeping with that spirit, the HWG-News Newsletter HWG-News features member-submitted "tips" in each issue, in the space between articles and announcements. What happens if your tip is selected? Each issue, the first-place winner will receive a free HWG t-shirt. Runner-up tips will be also listed in the HWG-News newsletter as space permits, and submissions will be posted on the HWG web site. The topic for this issue, as announced last issue, is: XHTML Transition Tips XHTML is here! What are some tips to help web developers transition their sites from HTML 4.0 to XHTML 1.0? A full list of all tips submitted can be found online at: http://www.hwg.org/opcenter/newsletter/tips/ Complete rules and information (including size limits) are also listed at the URL above -- please read it! This issue's winner was sent in by Terry Felke! [HWG-News Tip: XHTML Transition Tips --------------------------------] Ease the transition to XHTML 1.0 by using the following conventions when writing web pages: 1. Use lowercase for all tags 2. Place quotes around all attribute values For example: Use
where the closing tag is optional.
Even if you are not ready to move to XHTML, closing all tags will make
it easier to transition when you do. And leaving out closing tags can
cause CSS problems in some browsers.
[------------------------- Submitted by Sheila S. Ruth