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HTML - Doctype Confusion
I am totally confused about DOCTYPE code. My site does not have any doctype code on it and works fine, however been playing about with some jquery script and it wanted a doctype on my site to work.
I have tried all the different doctypes listed on the w3 site and all make my site look strange and text/images all over the place the only way the site looks ok is without doctype. please advise the site in question is http://virtualhunterston.eu.org example test page with doctype added http://www.virtualhunterston.eu.org/...0-%20Copy1.htm Similar TutorialsI'm trying to re-do and validate all my 100+ websites; this one is the most recent: http:// www.sticksite.com/cook/indexNEW.html and after "Tidy" cleaned it up I now have the very top looking like this which I know is not right: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <!-- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> --> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy for Linux (vers 1 September 2005), see www.w3.org"> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="content-type"> <title>Fast, nutritious meals</title> My pages are nothing fancy, I just want them to work. "Transitional" is fine; I'm not worried yet about "Strict." I'm validating at http://validator.w3.org/ Can one of you super HTML specialists please tell me how the top of my pages SHOULD look? Many thanks in advance! Here's my code: HTML Code: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="EN-GB"> <html> <head> <title>History Project - Home</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Data\pagestyle.css"> </head> <body> <!-- Start Navigation Board --> <div class="navboard"> <img src="Data\logo.png"> <p class="txt1"><a class="nav" href="\">Towns</a></p> <p class="txt1"><a class="nav" href="\">Life</a></p> <p class="txt1"><a class="nav" href="\">Entertainment</a></p> <p class="txt1"><a class="nav" href="\">Guilds</a></p> <p class="copy">© Copyright Joshua Wilkinson.</p> </div><!-- End Nav Board --><!-- Start page text --> <p class="txt2">Welcome!</p> </body> </html> And here's the css: Code: body
{
background-color:#660000;
margin:0px;
overflow:;
}
div.navboard
{
background-color:#9E0000;
position:absolute;
height:100%;
width:126px;
float:left;
}
p.txt1
{
margin:0px;
text-align:center;
font-size:17;
}
a.nav
{
color:#000000;
margin:0px;
text-decoration:none;
position:relative;
}
p.copy
{
color:#000000;
font-size:10;
text-align:center;
}
p.txt2
{
color:#000000;
font-size:18;
margin-left:130px;
float:right;
}
Now I want the lighter part to be on the left as it is, but then I want the text to be about 4px away from it at the top-left. But whenever I try to put it right, it all goes wrong. Anybody help? If you need me to answer a question, I'm subscribed to this thread. Hi Hope someone can help and old silver surfer who is completely confused. I have built a site http://beautyadvicestore.com/skincare using dreamweaver with the following result. In IE7 the sales page is OK until 75% down when the black background obscures the print. This is the only fault apart from the fact I have not loaded one of the pictures (a small matter) In Firefox the sales page is OK all the way down but when I try to load the articles from 'Tips Tricks and Secrets' at the bottom of the sales page which goes to an article index page http://beautyadvicestore.com/skincare/articleindex.php the articles load without the graphics. I have tried saving the articles as html and php formats with no difference all graphics show in IE7 but not in Firfox. Strange thing is it is ONLY the articles that this happens all other pages are OK Privacy- about us- contact us etc. All have graphics. I have used the same template throughout only adding text. Can anyone help to show what I am doing wrong this is the first time this has happened in my limited experience. regards Hello all. This is my first post here. I have a question regarding tables, divs, just basically anything to do with that area, etc. I am making a simple javascript calculator, and what I want to do with it is put it in a table. Just simple forms, buttons, tables, and divs. My problem, however, is that I need to have the operators (add, minus, subtract, divide buttons) centered along the bottom across. Right now, the code is causing the buttons to be in somewhat a "grid" and stuck to the right side of the table. I've tried <div align="right">, i've also tried <td align="right">.. Yet with no luck. I kindly ask for anyone generous enough to help me to please review my code I'm going to paste into this message. Thanks for reading. tl;dr: I need the buttons on the bottom to be centered horizontally, not stacked and positioned in the right side of the table. ps. if I was unclear about anything, please ask me, and I will try my best to explain. index.html Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "~//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Document Title</title>
<meta name="Generator" content="x" />
<meta name="Author" content="x" />
<meta name="Keywords" content="x" />
<meta name="Description" content="This is a simple calculator" />
<style type="text/css">
body
{
background-color:#d0e4fe;
}
#btnadd
{
background-color:white;
border-color:#0000FF;
color:blue;
font-size:15px;
}
#btnminus
{
background-color:white;
border-color:#0000FF;
color:blue;
font-size:15px;
}
#btndiv
{
background-color:white;
border-color:#0000FF;
color:blue;
font-size:15px;
}
#btnmult
{
background-color:white;
border-color:#0000FF;
color:blue;
font-size:15px;
}
h1
{
color:orange;
text-align:center;
}
p
{
font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-size:20px;
}
</style>
<script language="javascript">
function fadd()
{
var first,sec,res;
//Take the value of first textbox and convert it to float
first=parseFloat(document.forms[0].txt1st.value);
//Take the value of second textbox and convert it to float
sec=parseFloat(document.forms[0].txt2nd.value);
res=first+sec;
//show the result in alertbox
alert("the result is "+res);
//show the result in the result textbox
document.forms[0].txtresult.value=res;
}
function fminus()
{
var first,sec,res;
//Take the value of first textbox and convert it to float
first=parseFloat(document.forms[0].txt1st.value);
//Take the value of second textbox and convert it to float
sec=parseFloat(document.forms[0].txt2nd.value);
res=first-sec;
//show the result in alertbox
alert("the result is "+res);
//show the result in the result textbox
document.forms[0].txtresult.value=res;
}
function fdiv()
{
var first,sec,res;
//Take the value of first textbox and convert it to float
first=parseFloat(document.forms[0].txt1st.value);
//Take the value of second textbox and convert it to float
sec=parseFloat(document.forms[0].txt2nd.value);
res=first/sec;
//show the result in alertbox
alert("the result is "+res);
//show the result in the result textbox
document.forms[0].txtresult.value=res;
}
function fmult()
{
var first,sec,res;
//Take the value of first textbox and convert it to float
first=parseFloat(document.forms[0].txt1st.value);
//Take the value of second textbox and convert it to float
sec=parseFloat(document.forms[0].txt2nd.value);
res=first*sec;
//show the result in alertbox
alert("the result is "+res);
//show the result in the result textbox
document.forms[0].txtresult.value=res;
}
function pushButton(buttonValue) {
if (buttonValue == 'C') {
document.getElementById('txt1st').value = ' ';
document.getElementById('txt2nd').value = ' ';
}
else {
document.getElementById('txt1st', 'txt2nd').value += buttonValue;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="cal" method="post" action="">
<table width="310px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20px">
<tr>
<td width="40%"><div align="left">Enter 1st number
</div></td>
<td width="81%"><input name="txt1st" type="text" id="txt1st"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="left">Enter 2nd number
</div></td>
<td><input name="txt2nd" type="text" id="txt2nd"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="28"><div align="left">Result
</div></td>
<td height="28"><input name="txtresult" type="text" id="txtresult"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="21"> <div align="left"> </div></td>
<td width="100%">
<input name="btnadd" type="button" id="btnadd" value="Add" onclick="fadd()">
<input name="btnminus" type="button" id="btnminus" value="Subtract" onClick="fminus()">
<input name="btndiv" type="button" id="btndiv" value="Divide" onClick="fdiv()">
<input name="btnmult" type="button" id="btnmult" value="Multiply" onClick="fmult()">
<br>
<input name="btnClr" type="button" id="btnClr" value="C" onclick="pushButton(this.value);">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
To further explain how I wish the buttons to be positioned: Go here > http://koderguru.com/tutorials/javas...culatorex1.php. See how the buttons are aligned horizontally? I want it like that, but across the whole bottom. Thanks again for reading!! I hope to view your replies soon! Okay, I have a problem. I haven't been doing this long, but when I coded my website, it looked fine the way it was (in Firefox), but I recently checked the look in Opera and Internet Explorer, and the whole layout falls apart. I have no idea what the problem is, can anyone suggest some possible problems? Here is the URL: Homepage EDIT: My message was over 10,000 characters, so please view the source code. Thank you. ok, ive made a form that allows people send comments to my email, this is the first form ive made http://www.freewebs.com/narcotica/contact.htm but the form does not work i have checked website and i still cant work out why it wont work, the same message comes up "This form is inoperational!" so please could someone help me here. Thanks, Narc Hi, I've been looking at a friends website, built by a design company, which is not gathering much in the way of hits. I've noticed that the keyword and description tags are in single quotes, rather than double quotes. An html online check tells me that there are no tags on the page. Can anyone tell me whether this use of single quotes would stop a searchengine seeing the tags, please? Or do I need to look elsewhere for the problem? Ian Hi, I'm trying to make a portfolio website where when you hover your mouse over a "thumbnail A", "image A" appears in a separate div and when you move your mouse off the "thumbnail A", "image A" goes away. I made it do that with "onmouseover" and "onmouseout" codes, but now i want to make it so when you click on "thumbnail A", "Image A" stays visible even when you move your mouse away using an "onclick" behavior code. But the code is getting confused by the "onclick" conflicting with the "onmouseout" behavior code, so "image A" still dissapears when you move your mouse off the thumbnail. Is there a way to fix this or a better way to do this??? Thanks!! Hey folks - Everywhere I've read states that if I give a series of checkboxes the same name, then upon hitting submit, I will get a comma separated list of the values. But, that just isn't working for me. I have this code : Code: <html><body> <form method="get"> <input name="input" size="30" maxlength="100" id="searchbox" value="test" /><br /> <input type="checkbox" name="referBy" value="td"/> Test driven a vehicle<br/> <input type="checkbox" name="referBy" value="dlr"/> Visited an autotmotive dealer<br/> <input type="checkbox" name="referBy" value="veh"/> Purchased/Leased a vehicle<br/> <input type="checkbox" name="referBy" value="ins"/> Purchased automobile insurance<br/> <input type="submit" value="Submit"/> </form> </body> </html> But, it results in this for the URL - ...../s_r2.htm?input=test&referBy=td&referBy=dlr Any thoughts Maybe I'm missing a step or a setting Syl Hi there guys, I'm a newb to forms in Dreamweaver, so any help will be appreciated. I would like a form on my DJ website that asks the potential customer how many hours they want a disco for, their location and any extras they want to have with the package. The form will then calculate the value of everything and give them a price. I would like to display this answer only after the visitor clicks on a button, rather than just have the information pop up/recalculate every time the visitor changes something on the form. Thanks guys! <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> this line seems to be at war with firefox. for some unknown reason my banner has a space between the lower body (it shouldn't). It is fine in IE and fine if the above line is not included. It seems to be adding some sort of padding into the table cells where the images are, somehow because of the domument type. ---------- Anyone have any solutions? LINK: http://uniden.zzl.org/ Again it is FINE in IE, but not if FF. HTML is Valid according to W3c Validator. Thanks in advance How improtant is the doctype tag? I am trying to teach myself html and am trying to figure out when to use what doctype. DOCTYPE basically tell the web browser what to expect when interpreting the html doc b/c html has been revised over the years, is that correct? Can someone please help me understand how to properly use the doctype tag and what is smart choice/ example of a specific doctype tag is and the reasoning behind why 'this' doctype tag is a smarter choice than an alternate doctype tag? Thank you! -Matt H. When I add a doctype it completely ruins my whole page layout. How can i fix this? Without: it fits my whole page and looks nice. With doctype: it squishes everything to the top. Help please. I have a doctype problem on my site which I cannot get rid of... Im using utf-8 have tried the below: !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd"> --> !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd"> !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> Many things are happening and I have read a lot of docs handling this... What do you suggest that I do? (Hmmm, - I need dansih characters... ) (In mysql working on the site I cannot see the correct characters... A workaround are being used...) Regards, Frank Hi simple question. I'm setting a background color on a div and when I put the Code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> the background color disappears? Whys this? Heres the css Code: #content {
width: 795px;
background-color: f9dc6e;
margin: 0px;
padding: 10px;
}
Thanks Do I have an incorrect doctype set for my new layout? www.bkriegtech.net I have a huge amount of errors when I run the w3c validator... im using the following doctype: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> however when you add a table in I.E. it is creating a space between the top of the table and where it is inserted... why is this? any ideas how to solve this? thanks J. I didn't see an XML/XSL forum so I'm posting this here, maybe someone can help me. I'm trying something new, and it's giving me a headache. But hey it's all part of the process. Here's my site: HTML Code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/layout/frontpage.xsl"?> <page lang="en_ca"> <frontpage/> </page> HTML Code: <?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html" doctype-system="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" doctype-public="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"/>
<xsl:variable name="lang" select="/page/@lang"/>
<xsl:variable name="strs" select="document(concat('/strings/',$lang,'/strings.xml'))"/>
<xsl:template match="page">
<html>
<head>
<title><xsl:value-of select="$strs/strs/str[@id='title']"/></title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/css-default.css" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>Test</h1>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Seems to work fine, but when I try to validate I get the following warning: No DOCTYPE found! Checking XML syntax only. It's clearly there. That's how other sites have done it and they validate... so what am I doing wrong? Well, this is how it started - I'm using XHTML strict but by accident I placed the doctype after the <html> tag. I've now finished the website and realised the error, so I moved it above <html>. The problem is that now in IE it looks like this: http://img187.imagevenue.com/img.php..._122_350lo.jpg but in Firefox, it renders perfectly like this: http://img150.imagevenue.com/img.php..._122_842lo.jpg As you can see in IE it produces a big gap between the logo and the login form. Edit Figured it out - a very stupid mistake I was floating the logo to the left and the form to the right but I'd set the logo div's width at 25% and the form div's width at 100%. Just out of curiosity - anyone know why this error wouldn't show until the doctype was enforced and why it didn't show in firefox? What is a doctype, ive seen it in almost every html file someones , i never use it and when i remove it it doesnt do anything. so whats the point of it? to me it just looks like its taking up space. |
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