Dreamweaver - Which Doctype to use?

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Which Doctype to use?

Hosh

2005-03-07, 6:33 pm

It's time I gained a little more nuts and bolts knowledge along with just
trying to design good looking pages, right?

DreamWeaver gives the option of several Doctypes. How does one make the
decision as to which one to use?

I know this question may have a much more complicated answer than one would
think, so if someone has a link to post that may explain it, somewhat
simply, that would be great.
Thanks!

Murray *TMM*

2005-03-07, 6:33 pm

DMX2004 by default starts you with HTML4.01 transitional. That's a good
place to stay until you have a basis for making a refinement.

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"Hosh" <1@2.com> wrote in message news:d0ifc6$dbl$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> It's time I gained a little more nuts and bolts knowledge along with just
> trying to design good looking pages, right?
>
> DreamWeaver gives the option of several Doctypes. How does one make the
> decision as to which one to use?
>
> I know this question may have a much more complicated answer than one
> would think, so if someone has a link to post that may explain it,
> somewhat simply, that would be great.
> Thanks!
>

Pablo

2005-03-07, 6:33 pm

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

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Cheers Pablo

"Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> a écrit dans le message de
news: d0ifj9$dpr$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> DMX2004 by default starts you with HTML4.01 transitional. That's a good
> place to stay until you have a basis for making a refinement.
>

Murray *TMM*

2005-03-07, 11:15 pm

Uhhh - you mean this?

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

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"Pablo" <dunno@dunno.com> wrote in message
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> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers Pablo
>
>
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> de
> news: d0ifj9$dpr$1@forums.macromedia.com...
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Pablo

2005-03-07, 11:15 pm

No.

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"Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> a écrit dans le message de
news: d0ijuj$l7t$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Uhhh - you mean this?
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
>
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> "Pablo" <dunno@dunno.com> wrote in message
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>

Murray *TMM*

2005-03-07, 11:15 pm

So - what DTD is the one you posted?

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"Pablo" <dunno@dunno.com> wrote in message
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> No.
>
> --
> Cheers Pablo
>
> _____________________
>
> Whoever said "image doesn't matter" was lying.
> http://www.dellwebsites.com
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>

Pablo

2005-03-07, 11:17 pm

I could of sent this:

http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/

:)

Joke, I'm not a geek...............Oh okay, I'm a good looking geek but I
should hang a few ropes as to get P@tty and Linda to drink more beer :)

I'll do a poster tomorow, stay tuned.

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Cheers Pablo

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"Murray *TMM*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> a écrit dans le message de
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> So - what DTD is the one you posted?
>
> --
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> "Pablo" <dunno@dunno.com> wrote in message
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>

Josh Johnson

2005-03-07, 11:17 pm

Best bet is to learn what the variations on the DTD do to each browser.
Check this out nice grid that Eric Meyer was nice enough to put
together...

http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/dom/dtype/dtype-grid.html

- Josh

Hosh wrote:
> It's time I gained a little more nuts and bolts knowledge along with just
> trying to design good looking pages, right?
>
> DreamWeaver gives the option of several Doctypes. How does one make the
> decision as to which one to use?
>
> I know this question may have a much more complicated answer than one would
> think, so if someone has a link to post that may explain it, somewhat
> simply, that would be great.
> Thanks!
>
>

Josh Johnson

2005-03-07, 11:17 pm

Personally, I like to use either (HTML 4.01 Strict + URI) or (XHTML 1.0
Strict + URI) since they consistently put browsers in standards mode.
Then you just have to deal with browsers that don't understand
standards... <cough> IE5 </cough>.

- Josh

Michael Fesser

2005-03-07, 11:18 pm

.oO(Josh Johnson)

>Personally, I like to use either (HTML 4.01 Strict + URI) or (XHTML 1.0
>Strict + URI) since they consistently put browsers in standards mode.
>Then you just have to deal with browsers that don't understand
>standards... <cough> IE5 </cough>.

Replace IE5 with IEx ...

Micha

Travis

2005-03-08, 7:20 am

Check this out:

http://htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/doctype.html

http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html

Travis

Hosh wrote:
> It's time I gained a little more nuts and bolts knowledge along with just
> trying to design good looking pages, right?
>
> DreamWeaver gives the option of several Doctypes. How does one make the
> decision as to which one to use?
>
> I know this question may have a much more complicated answer than one would
> think, so if someone has a link to post that may explain it, somewhat
> simply, that would be great.
> Thanks!
>
>

Josh Johnson

2005-03-09, 6:36 pm

Michael Fesser wrote:
> .oO(Josh Johnson)
>
>
> Replace IE5 with IEx ...

I don't want to be the trendy MS basher, and 6 is better than 5, but
that said... yeah IEx. :)

Pablo

2005-03-14, 6:24 pm