doctype advise!

Maj. Stress · 2006-07-13, 01:52 PM

try adding a # in front of the hex color codes

Toby · 2006-07-13, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maj. Stress

try adding a # in front of the hex color codes

Agreed. Also, I rechecked my standard DOCTYPE statement and it's not quite the same as the shortened version of what you were using.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

HTML 4.01 instead of XHTML 1.0

A good way to locate problems like this one is to run the page past a validator. Such as http://validator.w3.org/

MrYum · 2006-07-13, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toby

Agreed. Also, I rechecked my standard DOCTYPE statement and it's not quite the same as the shortened version of what you were using.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

HTML 4.01 instead of XHTML 1.0

A good way to locate problems like this one is to run the page past a validator. Such as http://validator.w3.org/

Just checked...that's the same doctype code I use

Also, great advice on running a validator...helps a ton to pick up errors that cause these kinds of problems. I'd bet the Major is right on the mark about the lack of a '#' in front of the hex color codes is causing your problem.

On a side note...curious, why do you end some of your html tags with a ' />'? Obviously, the '>' is necessary, but I'm seeing quite a few sites using the ' /'...which I don't believe is needed

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