There are times when we want a specific style or stylesheet or a javascript to be rendered only in IE and not other browsers such as FireFox. If this is so, then you can do so by adding following if and endif declarations in the HTML.
Majority of the web page layout require side navigation column and the content column to expand vertically equal. This can be a challenge when we prefer to use div rather than tables for layout. I explained one of the most useful hacks that create an appearance of two columnar div’s expanding vertically equal to each other. However, there are times when we actually want both the columns to have equal height.
Refer http://www.starr.net/is/type/htmlcodes.html for HTML codes for foreign language accents.
W3C is preparing for the official release of XHTML 2.0. Right now, no browsers support it. So, we are not yet ready to implement it even if it’s released. Especially Internet Explorer (IE) needs to support XHTML 2.0 completely as it is still one of the most popular browser.
Validating HTML/XHTML implies checking HTML/XHTML file for conformance to W3C recommendations and standards. One can use W3C Markup Validation Service for free. I highly recommend using W3C Markup Validation Service to validate HTML and XHTML as it really helps us to eliminate code errors. However, in my opinion, validating HTML/XHTML is not as important as using this service to remove code errors. Here are few tips that will help you to validate HTML/XHTML file when needed.
If your HTML/XHTML and CSS is still not standards compliant and are still struggling to decide whether it’s worth it or not then “Designing with Web Standards” by Jeffrey Zeldman is an essential reading.