Head content

<head>
<meta name="keywords" content="XHTML, HTML, XML, SGML, markup language, web design, web publishing, information architecture" />
<meta name="description" content="Use of XHTML and other markup languages for the production of electronic documents" />
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="Fri, 20 Nov 2010 08:00:00 GMT" />
<title>Document title</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../styles.css" type="text/css" />
<script language="JavaScript">

</script>
</head>

You can also make your own meta names:
<meta name="copyright" content="HiO" />

Tables

tabell med css

<table>
<caption>Enkel tabell</caption>
<tr>
     <th>Overskriftcelle</th> <th>Overskriftcelle</th> <th>Overskriftcelle</th>
</tr>
<tr> <td>Datacelle for vanlig innhold</td> <td>Datacelle for vanlig innhold</td>      <td>Datacelle for vanlig innhold</td>
</tr>
<tr>
     <td>Datacelle for vanlig innhold</td> <td>Datacelle for vanlig innhold</td>      <td>Datacelle for vanlig innhold</td>
</tr>
</table>

A little CSS styling has been added to the table:

table {
border-collapse: collapse;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
th, td {
border: black solid thin;
padding: 0.4em;
}
th {
text-align: left; color: red;
background-color: #FEF8DC;
}
caption {
font-size: 120%; padding-bottom: 0.4em;
}

Merging cells

<tr><td colspan="3">Cell spans 3 columns</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="2">Cell spans 2 rows</td></tr>

Validation

Use W3C's validation service and see if your pages have correct XHTML. copy and paste your markup in the Validate by Direct Input option or paste the URL to your page on the net. http://validator.w3.org/

Curriculum literature

Castro, E. (2007). HTML, XHTML & CSS: visual quickstart guide (6th ed.). Berkley: Peachpit Press (Visual quickstart guide). ISBN: 0-321-43084-0. 456 pages

More info

Course web in Norwegian (http://www.buntz.no) click HTML
Castro: http://www.elizabethcastro.com/html6ed/extras/
Castro: http://www.elizabethcastro.com/html6ed/examples/
W3Schools - courses: http://www.w3schools.com/ click XML etc
W3Schools - tag lists: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp
Curriculum library studies HiO (inks not always active) in Norwegian:
http://www.hio.no/content/view/full/48576
http://www.jbi.hio.no/bibin/KoG1vev/ressurser/designhjelp.html