Currently I have my website coded in XHTML strict. Can it be converted to HTML5 only by changing doctypes? Or are there other changes I need to make?
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Currently I have my website coded in XHTML strict. Can it be converted to HTML5 only by changing doctypes? Or are there other changes I need to make?
A really useful tool for checking if your site is html5 compatible is the W3C Markup Validator. If you update the doctype to
<!DOCTYPE html>and then run the html through the validator, it will show you all instances of where your html is not currently compatible with html5.This will most likely include changing some self closing tags, some properties may have changed and if you truly want to be html5 up to date (rather than just compatible) you should consider using the
<header>, <nav>, <section>, <article>tags, instead of just normal divs.Updating may also make your page look different on non compatible browsers, in this case I recommend using html5shiv so that older versions of IE support the new tags that you’re using.