HTML Standard

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HTML Standards

This is a growing list of standards for XHTML markup to keep poMMo's output consistent.

Treat this a a checklist before submitting new code that effects any include output.

• Close all elements

  <input type="text" name="demo" />

  NOT

  <input type="text" name="demo">

• Remove unnecessary spacing

  {t escape=no 1="<strong class=\"required\">" 2="</strong>"}%1Fields%2

  NOT

  {t escape=no 1="<strong class=\"required\">" 2="</strong>"}%1 Fields %2

• Quote all values

  size="12"

  NOT

  size=12

• Use attribute value pairs

  selected="selected" & checked="checked"

  NOT

  selected &' checked

• Validate the page with W3c Validator or the Firefox plugin HTML VALIDATOR