Re: Whic DOCTYPE should I use?

.oO(dross202)

I have begun redesigning my website - its more or less a graphic design
portfolio site that I'm going to use to help get a job. I only have the index
page online so far but I'm just not sure which doctype to use.

If possible use HTML 4.01 Strict. If you still have to use deprecated
elements/attributes then go with HTML 4.01 Transitional.

I'm on mac and have tested in several browsers and
everything looks as planned, but I checked it out today on a pc and some of the
css was a little off. I'm thinking thats maybe because I currently have no
doctype and ie6 is rendering the css as an older version?

Without doctype IE renders the page in quirks mode.

Doctype switching and standards compliance: An overview
<http://gutfeldt.ch/matthias/articles/doctypeswitch.html>

I know the code isnt
perfect but I'm learning. Thanks http://davidrossdesign.us/

Have a look at this:

<http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdavidrossdesign.us%2F&chars et=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=%28detect+au tomatically%29&ss=1>

The real error is the trailing slash in line 16.

You should also change the alt-attributes of your navigation links.
Something like "Link to home page of David Ross Design." makes no real
sense - why should the visitors link to it?

<http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.cgi?url=http://davidrossdesign.us/>

Why not simply use "home", "about", "portfolio" etc. for the alt-texts?

Micha