Re: Doc Type

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From: Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FP] (spiderwebwoman_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/17/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 08:09:43 -0400

In addition to what Stefan said, browsers also use the DOCTYPE when
rendering web pages. Here's an article you may want to read:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/doctype/

You can also configure FrontPage to include a DOCTYPE in all your new pages
by modifying a template file:
http://www.spiderwebwoman.com/tutorials/doctypesolution.asp 

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~ Kathleen Anderson
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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Stefan B Rusynko <sbr_enjoy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Validators use a doctype to check the code
> Use of one depends on your needs and user audience
> You can insert one using FP Code Snippets
> Switch to Code view and position your insertion point where you want
> to insert the code, press Ctrl-Enter. You'll see a drop down list
> (similar to the Intellisense drop-down list) with all the code
> snippets available on your computer.
>
>
> "Bogoa" <Bogoa2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1081di9kbigpp70@corp.supernews.com...
>> Hi all,
>> I'm using FP 2003, I went to W3.org and use their Validater and it
>> said I had no doc type, I know that the doc type tells the browser
>> how to display the page but I thought FP automatically list the doc
>> type in the heading. Come to think about it MSN.com doesn't list a
>> doc type either. Is Microsoft saying that Doc types no longer needed
>> for newer browser? What's the big picture and if I need to add a Doc
>> Type is their a default method in FP editor that allows this?
>> Thank you
>> Padawan web editor

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