Change DOCTYPE

dernier_recours · Post by **dernier_recours** » Wed 22. Feb 2006, 07:55

I would like to change the DOCTYPE from

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

to

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

because it seems that HTML 4.01 Transitional corrupts the rendering with IE6.

Which file should I edit?

Thanks!

pico · Post by **pico** » Wed 22. Feb 2006, 08:08

Hi

you will find this in index.php
but if you use XHTML Strict you will not be happy - cause phpWCMS is not generating Strict XHTML-Code.

If you got Problems with

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

there must be something wrong in your Template and/or in Article. If there is everything 'clean', you will get a valid HTML 4.01 Page - maybe some 'Warnings' but it will be rendered by all Browsers.

dernier_recours · Post by **dernier_recours** » Wed 22. Feb 2006, 16:05

Thanks for the answer!

I see... The problem is that the page is a valid HTML 4.01 Transitional, but renders strange margins on IE. If I change the doctype to XHTML strict, everything renders perfect, but the site is not valid...

If you have two minutes to take a look:

http://www.dernier-recours.org/

pico · Post by **pico** » Wed 22. Feb 2006, 18:10

Hi

try to change in index.php ~Line 162
from

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$content['page_start']  = '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">';

to

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	$content['page_start']  = '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
       "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">';

dernier_recours · Post by **dernier_recours** » Wed 22. Feb 2006, 18:54

Solved. Pico, you're a genious!!!

Thanks!

DeXXus · Post by **DeXXus** » Wed 22. Feb 2006, 19:27

dernier_recours wrote:Solved. Pico, you're a genious!!!

Thanks!

He has *EARNED* his wisdom

... like his signature says:

Diese Software gibt es GESCHENKT, aber NICHT umsonst !

Post by **flip-flop** » Wed 22. Feb 2006, 20:02

Hi,

have a look at this: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/
and for your problem: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/loosedtd.html

Gruß Knut

Kosse · Post by **Kosse** » Thu 23. Feb 2006, 18:17

Thx guys, will try that as well, cose all those fancy AJAX moo.fx and others rollover candies only work with XHTML DOC TYPES...
and then phpwcms gets nervous

Cheers

gtz · Post by **gtz** » Mon 27. Feb 2006, 00:33

Hello Kosse,

can you confirm this with the Doctype and AJAX?

If you look at the examples at http://script.aculo.us/, there are full Doctypes according to xhtml, some are just in a shortcut written way and some are even in basic HTML 4.

Gruß,
Götz

Kosse · Post by **Kosse** » Mon 27. Feb 2006, 12:32

gtz wrote:Hello Kosse,

can you confirm this with the Doctype and AJAX?

If you look at the examples at http://script.aculo.us/, there are full Doctypes according to xhtml, some are just in a shortcut written way and some are even in basic HTML 4.

Gruß,
Götz

Hi gtz,

as far as I know for moo.fx you need to set to XHTML otherwise it won't ork, as for other AJAX snippets, dunno but as you said, a lot of them require XHTML as DOCTYPE.

Cheers

mmm · Post by **mmm** » Thu 20. Apr 2006, 22:08

should that means, the phpwcms doesn´t work correctly on XHTML 1.0? so all templates i have to write in HTML 4.01?

b.r.
manuel

Kosse · Post by **Kosse** » Fri 21. Apr 2006, 10:22

mmm wrote:should that means, the phpwcms doesn´t work correctly on XHTML 1.0? so all templates i have to write in HTML 4.01?

b.r.
manuel

Hi Manuel, it "works" with XHTML 1.0, means you can see your pages fine but... with some content parts it doesn't VALIDATE (in W3C stricto senso)

As for moo.fx it needs, as pointed two posts ago, that you change the DOC TYPE, OG doesn't recommend it, but yet again it's because it is semanticly incorrect, but not like you won't see your site.

Cheers

mmm · Post by **mmm** » Fri 21. Apr 2006, 13:02

ok.

but i think, its better to optimize my site on html 4.01. so i would need the info, where i get access to this meta-tag "description", because my meta-tag description is written in xhtml... in index.php i can´t find the description-meta....

b.r.
manuel

Kosse · Post by **Kosse** » Fri 21. Apr 2006, 15:18

mmm wrote:ok.

but i think, its better to optimize my site on html 4.01. so i would need the info, where i get access to this meta-tag "description", because my meta-tag description is written in xhtml... in index.php i can´t find the description-meta....

b.r.
manuel

Around line 153...

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	$content['page_start']  = '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">';
	$content['page_start'] .= "<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en">";

but you can also change it elsewhere (can't remember where though)
Cheers

anthony.abraira · Post by **anthony.abraira** » Mon 16. Oct 2006, 19:09

hey folks,

This little fix made css programming easier than the one that is currently set to my CMS 1.2.8 Right now the doc type reads:

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

How can I change this in the new version. I think it has been moved.

Change DOCTYPE

Change DOCTYPE

where can i change doc type in 1.2.8