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Posted by nicholas maddren
nicholas maddren
12,793 Points

Converting HTML5 into XHTML

I want to convert my html5 site into xhtml however if I validate my current site as a xhtml I get 130 errors found compared to about 12 when I validate it as HTML5 any idea why so many errors occur?

Here is the validation: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dealerbyte.co.uk%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=XHTML+1.1&group=0&user-agent=W3C_Validator%2F1.3+http%3A%2F%2Fvalidator.w3.org%2Fservices

1 Answer

Nicholas Klunder
Nicholas Klunder
8,144 Points
Nicholas Klunder
Nicholas Klunder
8,144 Points

XHMTL syntax is more strict than HTML5. Most of your errors seem to be simple fixes, like including the "/>" at the end of self-closing tags.

Just out of curiosity, why are you wanting to convert from HTML5 to XHTML?

Nicholas Olsen
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Nicholas Olsen
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,342 Points

I'm also curious

nicholas maddren
nicholas maddren
12,793 Points

Because a work placement has told me that I will be working in XHTML so I want to get the hang of it so I thought I'd validate my own work to see what changes I will need to make when working in XHTML. Btw random fact we are all called Nicholas