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Should I setup DW8 doc to HTML or XHTML?

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bupkus

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Hi, all.

I just reinstalled Dreamweaver 8 after years of inactivity (I never did learn how to use it) and I'm setting up my first basic "starter page."
I'm given 6 different DTD's with XHTML 1.0 Transitional as the initial default. Looking around, it's now 2009 so I don't know which to use now in an IE8/FF3 world.
Options:
1) none
2) HTML 4.01 Transitional
3) HTML 4.01 Strict
4) XHTML 1.0 Transitional
5) XHTML 1.0 Strict
6) XHTML 1.1

This is of course just a list of options developed back when DW8 was finished. So what is happening today?

Thanks in advance.
 
My personal vote is HTML 4.01 Strict. It's important to note that the option you select will affect how browsers render your page. For instance, selecting a Strict DOCTYPE will force IE into "Standards Mode", while no DOCTYPE or a Transitional DOCTYPE will force IE into "Quirks Mode". You will probably get more consistent rendering results using a strict DOCTYPE and validating your HTML.

I'm not really a fan of XHTML in general.
 
In practice it really doesn't matter that much whether you pick an XHTML or HTML standard, but in theory if you are writing XHTML you have to use a web server that can host the content as XML files and not HTML files.
 
Originally posted by: bupkus
I should have picked up that book on xml when I was at the library.
Click to expand...

Honestly, there isn't a reason to use an XHTML standard unless you have specific requirements to. Stick with a strict HTML like MrChad suggested.
 
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