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Doing HTML correctly is harder than you'd think. Hell, everyone can do HTML, but doing it the Right Way (TM) is something not even most so-called professional web designers can. I.e. they use some crappy program like DreamWeaver or FrontPage to do it. Tsk. Real hackers use Notepad or some enhanced version of it. As for the link mentioned earlier, it talks about HTML v2, while HTML has now come to version 4.01, so that's kind of outdated. Although the thing has some good points, such as in Chapter one, under "Writing to the norm". I should really write a HTML tutorial myself soon, since I have yet to find one which teaches it properly. Of course, there are many good resources out there, though, such as Dive Into Accessibility and CSS Layout Techniques and Why tables for layout is stupid and there are many more, but I had to look, so you can too.

Oh yes, and let me just mention that you should avoid XHTML unless you really need it, because chances are that you haven't got a clue what it's about.

And finally, let me just post a quote:

Valid markup is always better. It is processed faster and it is processed more reliably. And it is more "future-proof", in that you are not relying on the error handling routines of future browsers being the same as those of today's browsers.

Phew. I'm done now, but I really have a lot more to say. Unfortunately, I guess 96% of you have stopped reading this post by now, so it'd be in vain.