quoted (but they could be), in the XHTML (XML compliant HTML) specification
they do.
Many WYSIWYG editors follow the old style, some follow whatever DOCTYPE you
choose - see if try to use an XHTML doc type if they still don't quote.
There are other differences in XHTML as well. It's case sensitive (tags and
attributes should be lowercase), you cannot minimize attributes (for example
<td nowrap> is illegal as "nowrap" is minimized, you must use <td
nowrap="nowrap">), no tags can be "endless" (in in "<br>" - you must use
"<br />") and so forth.
Doing all of this (and a few other things) is what people when they call XML
documents "well formed" - it means (basically) that there are no loose ends,
no surprises, nothing unexpected.
So there really is no "best" method - if you want to be XHTML compliant then
you should quote (but doing ONLY this doesn't mean your document is
compliant). For HTML compatability (versions 1-4) you can not quote
integers if you wish and the document will still be completely legal for
those DOCTYPES.
Personally I quote them out of habit.
Jim Davis
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From: Erika L Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 10:10 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: To Quote or not to Quote ... The Friday topic
OK. Tired of all the different opinions out there.
I want the DIFINITVE answer from you, the CF community.
Which is the ABSOLUTE BEST method?
<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">
OR
<table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
I've been religiously using the first method for years as I've always
thought that was XHTML compliant and correct.
But these freaking WYSIWYG editors (current ones I might add) I run
across that clients use, don't use quotes.
So what's the deal?
Oh yeah, and happy Friday!
Cheers,
Erika
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