doctypes

what's the score with doctypes?
using the 'check page for validity' command on a site i'm making it stated
that 'the natural language is missing'. i found the following site:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/doctype/ and used what they recommended
but still got the same result. i then searched and found a lot of people
saying that you don't actually need them and some people saying that they
can even have an adverse effect on the way the site is displayed.
it's all a bit confusing! should i be using a doctype? if so, will it stuff
everything up if i use the wrong one? will i have problems if i don't?
thanks for any comments/help.

I would recommend using Doc Types, it informs the Browser what type of html etc
you are using and saves the browser from having to try and decide itself, such
as IE does, and of course we all know how badly IE deals with most things.

Check out the W3 page for doc types,
http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
what's the score with doctypes?
using the 'check page for validity' command on a site i'm making it stated
that 'the natural language is missing'. i found the following site:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/doctype/ and used what they recommended
but still got the same result. i then searched and found a lot of people
saying that you don't actually need them and some people saying that they
can even have an adverse effect on the way the site is displayed.
it's all a bit confusing! should i be using a doctype? if so, will it stuff
everything up if i use the wrong one? will i have problems if i don't?
thanks for any comments/help.

thanks carl

"CarlGrint" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I would recommend using Doc Types, it informs the Browser what type of
html etc
you are using and saves the browser from having to try and decide itself,
such
as IE does, and of course we all know how badly IE deals with most things.

Check out the W3 page for doc types,
http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
what's the score with doctypes?
using the 'check page for validity' command on a site i'm making it
stated
that 'the natural language is missing'. i found the following site:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/doctype/ and used what they
recommended
but still got the same result. i then searched and found a lot of people
saying that you don't actually need them and some people saying that they
can even have an adverse effect on the way the site is displayed.
it's all a bit confusing! should i be using a doctype? if so, will it
stuff
everything up if i use the wrong one? will i have problems if i don't?
thanks for any comments/help.

IDB1 wrote:

what's the score with doctypes?

See http://www.ericmeyeroncss.com/bonus/render-mode.html


Gary