XHTML Introduction Tutorial: What is XHTML?

To put it simply: HTML is used to make web pages. It's very simple. In the next 1 to 2 minutes, you will follow me to make a simple web page with HTML.

To put it more complex: HTML (the abbreviation of HyperTextMarkupLanguage), that is, the hypertext link markup language. It is the common language for publishing hypertext files (usually called web pages) on the Internet.

To put it simply: X is intimidating, but in fact XHTML is rigorous and accurate HTML. If HTML is Chinese, then XHTML is standard Mandarin. For those who are just starting to learn web design, learning XHTML directly is the best choice.

To put it more complicated: XHTML is an upgraded product of HTML. In fact, it also belongs to the HTML family. Compared with previous versions of HTML, it has stricter writing standards and better cross-platform capabilities. Due to some requirements, XHTML handed over some of the functions that previous versions of HTML could implement to CSS, which means you will need to learn two techniques. But this is indeed the trend of the future development of the Web. X stands for expandable.

Learning XHTML does not require any foundation. On the contrary, XHTML is a necessary basis for learning more other knowledge. Some people may hear that they need to finish learning HTML before they can learn XHTML. This is not the case. The XHTML tutorial of Novice (cainiao8.com) is aimed at web design novices without any foundation. If you have mastered HTML proficiently, you don’t have to read our introductory tutorial. We have prepared from HTML to XHTML for webmasters who are already familiar with HTML.

Reading XHTML tutorials and examples is of course a good way to learn XHTML, but that's definitely not enough. During the learning process, you can find some sites you like to browse before and see how they use XHTML during the actual website design process. You just need to click the View button on the browser toolbar and then select View source file to see the code for the page.

Okay, that’s all for the introduction to XHTML. Let’s start learning XHTML.