ISO: free XHTML 1.0 forum software

Hello there,

I’m about to dive into a very interesting project. My client has requested a forum, and since I intend to build the site using XHTML 1.0 strict + CSS, I’d prefer if the forums followed suit.
What do you recommend?

edit: having a look at SMF RC2. Do you think this would be a wise choice?

SMF is XHTML transitional compliant. Are you sure you absolutely need XHTML strict?

I’d really prefer it. I’m not quite sure why people are using XHTML transitional at all since -- as far as I understand it -- the main difference is tags that no web developer with pride has used since the dawn of CSS.

You may want to check out this article on html vs. xhtml:

http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=3&issue=107#4

Just food for thought.

Food is good.

The main reason for adapting XHTML (ignoring MIME types) is that its syntax, simply put, is nicer than HTML. That IE6 doesn’t accept the text/xhtml+xml MIME-type is unfortunate but the document can then be served as text/html too -- but maybe this yields a DOCTYPE conflict?
When IE6 is finally reduced to the bad memory status it deserves, I’ll cork up a bottle of champagne instead of rewriting my HTML files

XHTML transitional is XHTML.

Quote from: rthrash at Feb 18, 2009, 09:01 PM

XHTML transitional is XHTML.

And I think IE7, in addition to IE6, treats both strict and transitional as HTML so for a huge chunk of users, you’re still using HTML.

I try not to lose any sleep over doctypes as long as the pages look good in almost all browsers.

The main reason to avoid XHTML transitional is that it allows for behavioral attributes that have been deprecated from the strict doctype. If you build a site using a transitional doctype and later decide to update it and change it to a strict doctype then you’ll have to remove any links with a "target" attribute and other things like that. Better to stick with a strict doctype to ensure that your code is adhering to standards of markup as much as possible. Plus, it’ll help you alleviate some bad habits.