Making pages XHTML-compliant

When you create a new page, you can make it XHTML-compliant. You can also make an existing HTML document XHTML-compliant.

To create a new, XHTML-compliant document:

1. Select File > New.

   The New Document dialog box appears.

2. Select a category and type of page to create.
3. Select one of the XHTML document type definitions (DTD) from the Document Type (DTD) pop-up menu.

   For example, you can make an HTML document XHTML-compliant by selecting XHTML 1.0 Transitional or XHTML 1.0 Strict from the pop-up menu.

   NOTE

   Not all document types can be made XHTML-compliant.

4. Click OK.

To create XHTML-compliant documents by default:

1. Select Edit > Preferences or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Mac OS X) and select the New Document category.
2. In the New Document category, select a default document and select one of the XHTML document type definitions (DTD) from the Default Document Type (DTD) pop-up menu.

   For example, you can make an HTML document XHTML-compliant by selecting XHTML 1.0 Transitional or XHTML 1.0 Strict from the pop-up menu.

3. Click OK.

To make an existing HTML document XHTML-compliant:

• Open a document, then do one of the following:
  • For a document without frames, select File > Convert, and then select one of the XHTML document type definitions.

    For example, you can make an HTML document XHTML-compliant by selecting XHTML 1.0 Transitional or XHTML 1.0 Strict from the pop-up menu.

  • For a document with frames, select a frame and select File > Convert, and then select one of the XHTML document type definitions.

    To convert the whole document, repeat this step for every frame and the frameset document.

    NOTE

    You can’t convert an instance of a template, because it must be in the same language as the template on which it’s based. For example, a document based on an XHTML template will always be in XHTML, and a document based on a non-XHTML-compliant HTML template will always be HTML and can’t be converted to XHTML or any other language.

Related topics

• About the XHTML code generated by Dreamweaver