Closing elements > or />

[davidb52]

Hello,I'm wondering if this is allowed, and for so far I can't find the answer.For elements likemetaimgHow do you close it? Because you only need "1" element (<img src="">) not 2 like (<a href=""></a>)So:<meta charset="utf-8"><img src="images/layout/logo.png" width="266" height="100" alt="Logo"> or<meta charset="utf-8" /><img src="images/layout/logo.png" width="266" height="100" alt="Logo" /> notice the / Thanks,David

[niche]

Just follow the tutorials and pay attention to validation errors. For example, see: Differences Between HTML and XHTML at http://Differences Between HTML and XHTML If coding was incredibly easy, everyone would be doing it. I would use validation errors as the acid test.

Edited August 26, 2012 by niche

[davidb52]

MM, link doesn't work.But I'm using html5. http://dev.w3.org/html5/html-author/doesn't tell anything about what to use... http://www.w3schools.com/html5/tag_meta.aspin the example that you can try, they use />. While later they use "HTML5: <meta charset="UTF-8">" So what is the best way?The validator doesn't say anything about it...

[niche]

Here's the link: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_img.asp Run some code through the validator and and you'll probably get more than you bargened for especially if it's your first time using it.

[ShadowMage]

It depends on which DTD you're using on your page. HTML DTDs will only accept the >, as in <img ... > while XHTML DTDs will only accept the />, as in <img ... /> HTML 5 is the exception which will support either > or /> so neither one is more correct, though some would recommend using > just because it is an HTML DTD.