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12/2/2007 3:17 AM
 
Nicholas Lu

Joined: 5/1/2005
Posts: 184

I noticed that untill 4.6.x  DNN still use DOCTYPE like "

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">"
this is not a proper or ever right DOCTYPE we should use and will cause some problems when we design the skin.
Anybody kown why DNN development team do not upgrade this DOCTYPE to a standard type like this:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
for DOCTYPE  choosing, please reference to www.alistapart.com/stories/doctype


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12/2/2007 1:29 PM
 
InsiteFX

Joined: 5/25/2007
Posts: 59

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"  "http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xhtml1-20000126/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

This is what we should be using.
 
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1/25/2008 9:29 AM
 

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I could be wrong, but I think the DocType they are using by defaults will through the browser, in most cases into quirks mode.  (right?)

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

You can do this by adding a file called myskin.doctype.xml  (the myskin has to be the same name as the skin.ascx file)

Inside the file you place this code.

 

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

 

I hope this helps. 

Mykk
 
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1/25/2008 10:14 AM
 
John Priest

Joined: 11/20/2007
Posts: 40

I just came in here to ask a question to veteran DNN skinners regarding DOCTYPES and saw this thread first thing.

What is generally the best/most compatible DOCTYPE to use for skinning DNN? I'm working with 4.7 right now.

Thanks,
John
 
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1/25/2008 11:52 PM
 

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I am curious myself what is the best DOCTYPE to use.  I am using DOCTYPE XHTML 1.0 Transitional.  The skin is looking as I wanted, but the search module for the blog is not displaying right.  The search textbox is getting cut of on the right.

I am curious what DOCTYPE is recommended.  I worry that if I use XHTML 1.0 Transitional, I will run into problems with certain modules.

Good question, and I hope there will be an answer.

Morty
 
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