I am often asked, "What are newer constructs for such and such?", since Visual Studio does HTML validation here it is for everyone to see.

Deprecated Items and Newer Constructs

XHTML 1.0 Transitional

Note: Deprecated attributes are not included for elements that are already deprecated.

HTML Elements

<menu />      Newer Construct: Use another list type.

<dir />           Newer Construct: Use another list type.

<u />             Newer Construct: Use CSS property “text-decoration” and set its value to “underline”.

<s />             Newer Construct: Use CSS property “text-decoration” and set its value to “line-through”.

<strike />      Newer Construct: Use CSS property “text-decoration” and set its value to “line-through”.

<basefont />  Newer Construct: Use CSS styling and set the “font-family” property to desired font.

<font />         Newer Construct: Use CSS styling to set the property of the element, such as a DIV or SPAN. The CSS properties include:

·         color

·         font-family

·         font-size

·         text-decoration

·         text-align

·         text-indent

·         text-transform

·         font-weight

<applet />   Newer Construct: Use the <object /> tag instead.

<isindex />  Newer Construct: Use the <input /> tag instead.

<i />*          Newer Construct: Use the <em /> tag instead or use CSS.

<b />*         Newer Construct: Use the <strong /> tag instead or use CSS.

Deprecated Attributes

iframe

name         Newer Construct: Use the ID attribute instead.

align          Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “text-align” instead.

body

background  Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “background-image” or “background”.

bgcolor      Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “background-color” or “background”.

text           Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “color” for the “body” style.

link            Newer Construct: Use the CSS section “a:link” and set the property “color”.

vlink          Newer Construct: Use the CSS section “a:visited” and set the property “color”.

alink          Newer Construct: Use the CSS section “a:hover” and set the property “color”.

div

align          Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “text-align”.

p

align          Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “text-align”.

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6

align          Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “text-align”.

ul

type          Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “list-style-type” or “list-style”.

compact    No newer construct. This attribute has been removed from the HTML DOM 1.0.

ol

type          Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “list-style-type” or “list-style”.

compact    No newer construct. This attribute has been removed from the HTML DOM 1.0.

start          Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “start”.

li

type          Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “list-style-type” or “list-style”.

value         Newer Construct: Set the inner text of the element.

hr

align          Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “text-align”.

noshade    Use the CSS property “color”.

size           Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “height”.

width         Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “width”.

pre

width         Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “width”.

name         Newer Construct: Use the attribute “id”.

br

clear         Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “clear”.

object

align          Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “vertical-align” and “text-align” in the parent tag.

border       Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “border”.

hspace      Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “padding”.

vspace       Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “padding”.

img

name         Newer Construct: Use the attribute “id”.

align          Newer Construct: Use the CSS alignment properties.

border       Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “border”.

hspace      Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “padding”.

vspace       Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “padding”.

map

name         Newer Construct: Use the attribute “id”.

input

align          Newer Construct: Use the CSS alignment properties.

legend

name         Newer Construct: Use the attribute “id”.

table

align          Newer Construct: Set table's CSS properties left-margin and right-margin at "auto" for centering, or right-margin to 0 for right alignment, or the left-margin to 0 for left alignment. (Thanks NewToDev)

bgcolor      Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “background-color”.

caption

align          Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “text-align”.

tr

bgcolor      Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “background-color”.

td, th

nowrap      Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “word-wrap”.

bgcolor      Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “background-color”.

width         Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “width”.

height        Newer Construct: Use the CSS property “height”.

* Indicates that the element is not deprecated, but has newer constructs.

Any corrections I will fix.