Re: doctype
by Tamara Abbey <tamara(at)abbeyink.com>
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Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:55:00 -0600 |
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"IceWolf" <icewolf(at)tampabay.rr.com>,
hwg-basics(at)hwg.org |
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At 02:30 PM 2/13/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Will one of you folks please explain what a doctype is?
A doctype is a set of rules that is /supposed/ to tell the browser how to
render the page.
Unfortunately, the browsers aren't necessarily doing their part and
honoring the DTD (document type definition, aka doctype) /until/ NN6. That
version is /supposed/ to strictly interpret the DTD and render accordingly,
but for some weird reason, it will not honor the 4.01 Trans which is
messing up mouseovers and tables.
And, IE tends to *fix* things for you -- ahh, it's such a helpful tool.
But, using the doctype is a bit of insurance. And, you will find many, many
of us *standard* bearers on these lists.
Does that help a little? You can find out more about them at
http://www.w3c.org/, but I /still/ have a little trouble reading them,
they're a little too technical for this liberal arts type.
8-)
Tamara
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