HTML

HTML

Minimal Requirements

Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional1)
Code must be commented to distinguish specific areas of a page (menu, header, footer, main content, etc.).
Comments should be used to mark the closing div tag for large divs

Preferred Requirements

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict2)
Code must be commented to distinguish specific areas of a page (menu, header, footer, main content, etc.).
Comments should be used to mark the closing div tag for large divs

Under Review

The following list contains those issues still needing to be discussed (note: accessability issues here):

Use of tables
Use of images and image maps
Use of frames
Use of iframes
Use of embedded media (sound, video, etc.)
Use of tags for structure rather than display
- Use of header tags
- Use of logical tags
Use of pop-up windows - Discussion
Specification for title tags - Discussion

Example HTML Document

  <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en" >
  <head>
     <title>Webpage Name - UA Library</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/mainStyle.css" />
     <script type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/standard.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
     <!-- Begin Header -->
     <div id="header">
        <img src="images/logo.gif" alt="The University of Arizona Libraries" />
     </div>
     <!-- End Header -->
     <!-- Begin Main Menu -->
     <div id="mainMenu">
        <a href="index.html">Home</a>
        <a href="aboutUs.html">About Us</a>
        <a href="books.html">Books</a>
        <a href="articles.html">Articles</a>
     </div>
     <!-- End Main Menu -->
     <!-- Begin Main Content -->
     <div id="mainContent">
        [500 lines of stuff]
     </div>
     <!-- End Main Content -->
     <!-- Begin Footer -->
     <div id="footer">
          Last updated [date]
     </div>
     <!-- End Footer -->
  </body>
  </html>

Helpful Tools

W3C Markup Validation Service

1) The full specification for HTML 4.01 Transitional is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/

2) The full specification for XHTML 1.0 Strict is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/