DOCtype.. Do you use it?

johnsmith456 · 5th January 2008, 3:42 PM

For people who make web pages and websites do you use the doctype? What doctype do you use for what purpose?

Elyzion · 5th January 2008, 4:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ]-[ellfire

For people who make web pages and websites do you use the doctype? What doctype do you use for what purpose?

Yes...

Strict.

Because i perfer it, and i want the browsers to render html as close as possible to each other.

aurionix · 6th January 2008, 1:24 PM

... *cough* Might be time for a tutorial or two mate

johnsmith456 · 6th January 2008, 4:31 PM

lol aurionix i use doctype.. i just wanted to see how many others used it?
i too use strict.. but am thinking of making the switch to xml strict

haydio · 6th January 2008, 4:52 PM

Its a requirement of Wc3 Validation, So yes.

Logistics · 6th January 2008, 5:58 PM

HTML 4.01 Strict is what I use.

There's no need to go to the xhtml way.

cooperx · 6th January 2008, 6:26 PM

i usually just go xhtml transistional for small sites. If its a big corp site then xhtml strict

woopeedoo

Dedge · 6th January 2008, 6:50 PM

If you don't use a doctype, or are aware of it's importance; you should refrain immediately from writing markup.

Taceo Corpus · 6th January 2008, 6:58 PM

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Originally Posted by cooperx

i usually just go xhtml transistional for small sites. If its a big corp site then xhtml strict

woopeedoo

I do pretty much the same thing as this guy.

mordy · 6th January 2008, 7:02 PM

you should be using the doctypes ... browsers render pages without anything, but thats a terrible excuse for leaving it out.

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johnsmith456 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,389	lol aurionix i use doctype.. i just wanted to see how many others used it? i too use strict.. but am thinking of making the switch to xml strict __________________ Harlan Ellison - "The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity." <? the funny thing about stupidity is that the people who refer to others as stupid believe that we are all constant and this just is, and we dont learn and grow.. people aren't stupid, they just havent evolved as far

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Dedge Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Brisbane, QLD Posts: 1,754	If you don't use a doctype, or are aware of it's importance; you should refrain immediately from writing markup. __________________ http://tatey.com "Just the other day I was compressing Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence" to /dev/null, and it came back much truer to the name than the original." Last edited by Dedge; 6th January 2008 at 7:27 PM.

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aurionix Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: WA Posts: 441	... cough Might be time for a tutorial or two mate

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haydio Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rockingham, WA Posts: 444	Its a requirement of Wc3 Validation, So yes.

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Logistics Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,018	HTML 4.01 Strict is what I use. There's no need to go to the xhtml way.

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mordy Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: melb Posts: 5,116	you should be using the doctypes ... browsers render pages without anything, but thats a terrible excuse for leaving it out.