Any point to recoding a mostly static web site from html into xhtml?

[ringtail]

Any point to doing that?
Does that need to be on my to-do list?

 

[mikeymikec]

Any point to doing that?
Does that need to be on my to-do list?

I would wait until there's something that you want to do with the page design that can only be done in xhtml.

Unless you want the practice in coding strict xhtml?

 

[Aluvus]

No.

 

[GregGreen]

Absolutely not.

 

[DaveSimmons]

"Because it's there" ?

Nope, I can't think of any good business or technical reason to do it.

 

[PhatoseAlpha]

Is there any reason whatsoever to write anything in XHTML? It's pretty much a dead end that went nowhere.

 

[krustweb]

You don't have to, if you want to go with XHTML then I assume you basically want the "standards" behind it, the ones that are basically encouraged by W3.

Do what Google does, code your pages the best way possible with less tags, view your pages on multiple browsers (and versions, if possible). If all is well, then no need to switch to XHTML transitional or strict.

Though, the standards it offers is not bad, most websites that comply with the XHTML standards are well coded, well formed and generally has less code for relying on CSS to style everything rather than the usual <b><i><font> and so on.

 

[LokutusofBorg]

If anything, you should be going to HTML5 (and CSS3?). As mentioned, XHTML is pretty much a dead-end at this point.

 

[krustweb]

Fully agreed with Loku, the one thing that drives me mad is IE, and even more mad is that people still actually use that sad excuse of a browser.

HTML5 + CSS3 = sky is the limit, but only for visitors that use the more reliable browsers, and up-to-date ones too!

It all basically depends on your website and the type of visitors you get, it's not a necessity by all means, it's just something out there.