Tidy fixes a number of common, and not so common, mistakes in HTML files. It does this by analyzing the markup in a file and comparing it to the HTML 4.01 specification. Depending on the options you specify, Tidy can fixes the problems it finds or it can generate a log detailing the errors.
The range of problems Tidy can fix is impressive. It can add missing or mis-matched end tags, correct tags that are in the wrong order, insert quotes around attributes, and can even add missing > to a tag. One of the few things Tidy can't do is add SUMMARY
This is a well-discussed and very important topic. Personally, presently I write XHTML for my web interface code, but lately I’ve started to stagger in my standpoint. For normal general web page design, what’s the gain? If you don’t extend the code with namespaces, use MathML, have your own DTDs and so on, why would you want to use XHTML?
Many people answer that question with: “It makes me write leaner code, code that has to validate and be more semantic correct”. Martin 0 wrote a post 0 recently why he uses XHTML (unfortunately, it’s in
This is a well-discussed and very important topic. Personally, presently I write XHTML for my web interface code, but lately I’ve started to stagger in my standpoint. For normal general web page design, what’s the gain? If you don’t extend the code with namespaces, use MathML, have your own DTDs and so on, why would you want to use XHTML?
Many people answer that question with: “It makes me write leaner code, code that has to validate and be more semantic correct”. Martin 0 wrote a post 0 recently why he uses XHTML (unfortunately, it’s in
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