DOC type decleration

hargi · 18 Jul 2007 at 15:19

i currently have

Code:

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

but when i validate my code i get errors as it contains align and target attributes
when i select html 4.01 Transitional from the validator option it passes.
whats the correct way to put this as the doc type i have tried

Code:

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

but it says thats wrong
TIA

tsinc80697 · 18 Jul 2007 at 15:24

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

or

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

if you are doing it the proper way

Augmented · 18 Jul 2007 at 15:43

Code:

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

is the doctype you're after.

tsinc80697 said:
if you are doing it the proper way

Since when is having an XHTML 1.0 doctype in an HTML 4.01 document 'the proper way'?

tsinc80697 · 18 Jul 2007 at 16:23

I meant the strict part instead of transitional

Forgot that my code was from xHTML and not HTML!

hargi · 18 Jul 2007 at 16:30

cheers

dont really understand all that that i put at the top before the proper stuff :eek:

psyr33n · 18 Jul 2007 at 17:56

A DTD (Document Type Declaration) simply provides an outline of what the document can do in regard to elements, attributes, entities etc.

Worth knowing at least what it is in layman's terms.