Tip: Convert from HTML to XML with HTML Tidy

By Benoit Marchal
2003-12-16

Listing 1. index.html (an excerpt)

<HTML>

  <HEAD>

    <TITLE>Journey to Windsor</TITLE>

  </HEAD>

<BODY>

<TABLE>

  <TR>

    <TD width=15></TD>

    <TD><FONT size="3"face="Helvetica">

      Journey to Windsor<BR>

      Beno&icirc;t Marchal<BR>

      July 2003<BR>

      <BR>

      <A href="mailto:bmarchal@pineapplesoft.com">

         bmarchal@pineapplesoft.com</A> 

    </FONT></TD>

  </TR>

</TABLE>

<CENTER><TABLE border=3>

  <TR><TD>

    <A href="pages/dscn0824.html">

      <IMG src="thumbnails/dscn0824.jpg" border="0" alt="dscn0824">

    </A><br>

    <FONT size="3" face="Helvetica">

    dscn0824.jpg<br>

    A bright, red mailbox inside the castle. It seems oddly familiar

    in an historic setting.<br>

    Windsor Castle <br>

    &copy; 2003, Beno&icirc;t Marchal

    </FONT>

 </TD></TR>

</TABLE></CENTER>

</BODY>

</HTML>

Tutorial Pages:
» Preserve Legacy Web Sites With This Handy Utility
» Tool Of The Trade
» Listing 1. index.html (an excerpt)
» Tidying Up
» Listing 2. index.xml (an excerpt)
» Further Processing
» Listing 3. index-transform.xml (an excerpt)
» Listing 4. cleanup.xsl
» Conclusion

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