Rules for Coding XHTML

I made a video (8:41 minutes) that explains four of the most important rules for properly coding XHTML. If you follow these rules, you'll avoid about 90 - 95% of the validation errors that student often make at the beginning of the quarter.

These are the rules (but watch the video to get a better understanding of them):

1. Documents must be well formed.
2. All element and attribute names must be written in lower case letters.
3. Attribute values must always be quoted.
4. Elements must be closed including empty elements.
   

IT 111 Podcast #1 for Fall 2007

Welcome to the IT 111 podcasts. I hope you will enjoy listening to them and that they will enrich your experience of this online class. When possible, I'll include a printed transcript so you have the option of either listening to or reading the podcasts.

The image to the left is a screen snapshot of the online orientation for the class. I'll keep it available throughout the quarter in case you want to review any part of it. After the first week I'll place the link to it on the Tips page.

This podcast discusses some of the communication tools I'll be using this quarter (Meebo and Skype) and the three graded assignments that are due on Friday.

Listen to the Week 1 Podcast (3:43 minutes)
Or, read the transcript. PDF

Feel free to leave me a comment, too!