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13 Cards in this Set
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Which HTML stansard is the most widely supported by nbrowsers...
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HTML 4.01
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Who are the standards organization that defines the "HTML standard"...
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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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What are the two "modes" that browsers have for displaying HTML...
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1) the "quirks" node for old HTML, and
2) standards mode for HTML 4.01 |
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Why should you tell the browser which version of HTML you are using...
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failure to do so could cause the browser to switch into "quirks" mode
this could cause inconsistent page display across browsers |
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How do you tell the browser which version of HTML your Web page is written in...
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You use the document type definition (DOCTYPE)
which should be the first entry in the page, i.e. even before the <html> element |
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What parameter should you provide to the browser to let it know you are writing fully compliant HTML...
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you would provide the parameter, strict.dtd
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When and how would you let the browser know that you were using transitioning HTML...
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you would use transitioning HTML when you still display-oriented elements and attributes
you would provide the parameter, loose.dtd |
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How would you tell the browser more information about a Web page, such as the content type and character encoding...
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you would provide the <meta> tag as the first entry in the <head> element
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What does "character encoding" tell the browser...
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which specific character set the Web page should be displayed using
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What character encoding can most Western-European languages be represented by on computers today...
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the ISO-8859-1 character encoding
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How could you check your pages for compliance and standards...
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the W3C provide a free online validator to check your Web pages with
http://validator.w3.org/ |
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If your Web page is said to be compliant, what does this mean...
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it can mean two things:
1) your HTML is well formed 2) your elements and attributes meet the standards |
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What benefits can you gain by adhering to standards...
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your pages will:
1) display more quickly 2) have fewer display differences between browsers |