What charset am I using?

Simon · 2007-01-09, 04:15 PM

I don't think it has anything to do with your character set. What you're using (iso-889-1) is pretty standard.

It's really your DOCTYPE that stands up and calls out what standards *you* are saying that you're following. Regarding DOCTYPE, I'd suggest using this intead of the HTML 4.0 one you're using now:

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

Now, about those errors...

- topmargin is/was an IE-only attribute and is deprecated in favor of using css to control margins.

- background is also deprecated and the image should be spec'd in css.

- bordercolordarks, bordercolorlights only work in IE and Microsoft even suggest you don't use them any more.

- form: this one may have more to do with how you're using the form tag but I'd have to see your page to be sure.

A guide to which tags have been deprecated is here.

2007-01-09, 04:15 PM	#4
Simon That which does not kill us, will try, try again. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Conch Republic Posts: 5,150	I don't think it has anything to do with your character set. What you're using (iso-889-1) is pretty standard. It's really your DOCTYPE that stands up and calls out what standards you are saying that you're following. Regarding DOCTYPE, I'd suggest using this intead of the HTML 4.0 one you're using now: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> Now, about those errors... - topmargin is/was an IE-only attribute and is deprecated in favor of using css to control margins. - background is also deprecated and the image should be spec'd in css. - bordercolordarks, bordercolorlights only work in IE and Microsoft even suggest you don't use them any more. - form: this one may have more to do with how you're using the form tag but I'd have to see your page to be sure. A guide to which tags have been deprecated is here. __________________ "If you're happy and you know it, think again." -- Guru Pitka