html-syntax

05-02-2005

This code seems to work quite OK:
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
<FORM ACTION=goodLogin.jsp METHOD=POST>
<BR>User Name:<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=username>
<BR>Password: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=password>
<BR><INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE=Submit>
</FORM>
</BODY></HTML>

but I thought it should be written like this:
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
<FORM ACTION="goodLogin.jsp" METHOD="POST">
<BR>User Name:<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="username">
<BR>Password: <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="password">
<BR><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>
</BODY></HTML>

Is the one way with the "..." more recommended than the other way without ?

Regards
Rune

05-02-2005

Rune Runnestø wrote:
> This code seems to work quite OK:
> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
> <FORM ACTION=goodLogin.jsp METHOD=POST>
> <BR>User Name:<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=username>
> <BR>Password: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=password>
> <BR><INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE=Submit>
> </FORM>
> </BODY></HTML>
>
> but I thought it should be written like this:
> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
> <FORM ACTION="goodLogin.jsp" METHOD="POST">
> <BR>User Name:<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="username">
> <BR>Password: <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="password">
> <BR><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Submit">
> </FORM>
> </BODY></HTML>
>
> Is the one way with the "..." more recommended than the other way without ?
>

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.2

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Oli

05-02-2005

On Mon, 2 May 2005 15:48:18 +0200, "Rune Runnestø" <>
wrote:

>Is the one way with the "..." more recommended than the other way without ?

Yes.

You don't always need the quotes. But it's never bad to use them, and
sometimes you _must_ use them (depending on the content inside them).
For XML or XHTML work, they're always needed, so putting them in is a
good habit to get into anyway.

I suggest you take a read of the W3C website and the original HTML
specifications.