How to Convert HTML to XHTML in Microsoft FrontPage

By default, Microsoft FrontPage uses HTML standard to create webpages within the editor. With a few quick changes to your page option settings in Microsoft FrontPage, you can convert your HTML code pages to the more up to date version of HTML--XHTML. These changes will make sure that your website is compliant with the most recent browser updates.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Microsoft FrontPage 2003

1. Open Microsoft FrontPage 2003 and select "Page Options" from the "Tools" menu at the top of your screen.

2. Click the fourth tab in the bottom row, "Code Formatting," in the "Page Options" dialog box that is now open.

3. Click the box before the title "Tag names are lowercase" until you see a checkbox in the box.

4. Click the box before the title "Attribute names are lowercase" until you see a checkbox in the box.

5. Uncheck the "Omit end tags" check box if needed. If this option is unavailable for you, that means Microsoft FrontPage is already set to not omit end tags.

6. Click "OK" on your "Page Options" dialog box to save your changes and close the dialog box.

7. Enter your XHTML code into your pages. Operate Microsoft FrontPage as normal.

Tips & Warnings

• HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
• Many experts suggest that XHTML will replace HTML in the near future.
• Visit the Microsoft FrontPage 2003 website for more information on using XHTML with Microsoft FrontPage 2003.
• XHTML stands for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language.
• XHTML requires all tags and attributes to be written in lowercase characters.
• End tags are required with XHTML.

Resources

• Microsoft FrontPage official website