doctype - HTML / CSS

Jean Pierre Daviau

Hi,

My page menu (Dynamic FX) where not working with this doctype<!DOCTYPE HTML
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

but are working with this short form:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
??

Jean
Pierre
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http://web.jeanpierredaviau.com

Jul 20 '05 #1

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Peter Connolly

> My page menu (Dynamic FX) where not working with this doctype<!DOCTYPE
HTML

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

but are working with this short form:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">

You don't give a URL, but try putting the page through a validator, e.g.
http://validator.w3.org/. I think that you have errors somewhere on the
page.

The full doctype puts your browser into Standards mode, and any illegal code
will cause undesirable effects - in this case, the menu not working. The
short doctype puts your browser into Quirks mode, where the browser will
take a good guess at what you mean, and (in this case, presumably) makes the
menu work.

HTH,

Pete.
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Peter Connolly | Macromedia Certified Dreamweaver MX Developer
http://www.acutecomputing.co.uk
Derby
UK

Jul 20 '05 #2

Jean Pierre Daviau

http://web.jeanpierredaviau.com

It is a pretty old page (7 years) .... that was build on the short DOCTYPE
version

Jul 20 '05 #3

Peter Connolly

"Jean Pierre Daviau" <jp******@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:5A********************@wagner.videotron.net.. .

http://web.jeanpierredaviau.com

It is a pretty old page (7 years) .... that was build on the short DOCTYPE
version

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...paintings4.htm

....23 errors. Several in the Javascript include areas, which may explain why
the long doctype causes your page to fail.

At a quick scan, there's nothing in the error list that would be too
difficult to fix. Once you have a clean validation, try it with the long
doctype - you'll probably find that the page now works.

HTH,

Pete.
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Peter Connolly | Macromedia Certified Dreamweaver MX Developer
http://www.acutecomputing.co.uk
Derby
UK

Jul 20 '05 #4

Jean Pierre Daviau

there is no attribute "BORDERCOLOR" (explain...).
...ter" cellpadding="4" border="2" bordercolor="#CC9966">
^This is most commonly
caused by using vendor-specific attributes without setting the document type
appropriately. What is IExplorer6 doctype?

Jul 20 '05 #5

Jean Pierre Daviau

I took off the bordercolor
and used
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...om%2FTidy1.htm

The renamed page validate.
"Jean Pierre Daviau" <jp******@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:Cn********************@wagner.videotron.net.. .

there is no attribute "BORDERCOLOR" (explain...).
...ter" cellpadding="4" border="2" bordercolor="#CC9966">
^This is most commonly
caused by using vendor-specific attributes without setting the document type appropriately. What is IExplorer6 doctype?

Jul 20 '05 #6

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