https://www.startupcto.com/ 2026-04-16T10:17:47+00:00 https://www.startupcto.com/ https://www.startupcto.com/lib/tpl/scto/images/favicon.ico text/html 2025-09-24T22:09:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/front-end-tech/xhtml/best-practices?rev=1758751796 HTML / XHTML Best Practices HTML vs. XHTML There are pros and cons to both HTML and XHTML. ID vs. Name in Form Fields When creating form fields, you need to give them both a name attribute and an id attribute (which should be the same. Then only use the id for referencing them, using text/html 2025-03-14T16:12:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/front-end-tech/xhtml/home?rev=1741968757 HTML & XHTML xhtml index text/html 2025-10-04T01:37:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/front-end-tech/xhtml/html-vs.-xhtml?rev=1759541848 HTML vs. XHTML - Which One to Choose There is much debate over whether HTML or XHTML is the 'better' way to write code. First some background reading: * Surfin' Safari Blog - Understanding HTML, XML and XHTML * Tangerine Smash - HTML vs XHTML: Choosing the best tool for the job I won't rehash the historical reasoning (see those blog posts), but basically, it comes down to this: text/html 2023-06-27T04:53:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.startupcto.com/front-end-tech/xhtml/id-vs.-name-in-form-fields?rev=1687841593 ID vs. Name in Form Fields When creating a form field, you should give them both an id and a name: <form> <input type='text' id='formField1' name='formField1' /> <input type='text' id='formField2' name='formField2' /> </form> This is because browsers use the