doctype

[Frankc]

I am running my Frontpage 2000 website through a validation service, and it
complains that there is no doctype. I can enter it with HTML, but don't know
what doctype to use.

 

[Ronx]

Which !doctype you use depends on the HTML code in the page.
Very basically, if you use <font...> tags, you use the HTML3.2 doctype, if
you use CSS for presentation, use HTML4.01.

See http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/doctype.html for more
information.

If you use FP layout tables, navigation bars, or a theme, the validation
will fail whichever doctype you use.

 

[Murray]

If you use FP layout tables, navigation bars, or a theme, the validation

will fail whichever doctype you use.

Really? Why?

 

[Ronx]

1) Layout tables include the height attribute in table tags.

2) Text navigation bars use the <nobr> tag - does not exist in HTML3.2 or
later.

3) Themes use an invalid meta tag
example:
<meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="Checkers 1111">
The name attribute "must be a single token" - in other words, no spaces.

4) Non-text nav. bars use a theme - see 3).

I have not checked for !doctypes using HTML2 or earlier, but I think these
exclude tables and frames.

 

[Murray]

I see. Too bad....

--
Murray

1) Layout tables include the height attribute in table tags.

2) Text navigation bars use the <nobr> tag - does not exist in HTML3.2 or
later.

3) Themes use an invalid meta tag
example:
<meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="Checkers 1111">
The name attribute "must be a single token" - in other words, no spaces.

4) Non-text nav. bars use a theme - see 3).

I have not checked for !doctypes using HTML2 or earlier, but I think these
exclude tables and frames.

 

[Frankc]

Since my web page was written in Frontpage 2000, my question should have
been, does Frontpage 2000 default to a particular doctype?

 

[Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]]

Not out of the box, but you can do it yourself:
http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/tutorials/doctypesolution.asp

--
~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
Spider Web Woman Designs
web: http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/resources/
blog: http://msmvps.com/spiderwebwoman/category/321.aspx