Which DocType header to use
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Current thinking is that XHTML 1.0 Transitional should be used for Joomla! templates.
Recommended DocTypes
List of recommended DocTypes for different circumstances:-
- HTML 4.01 Strict: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
- HTML 4.01 Transitional: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
- HTML 4.01 Frameset: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
- XHTML 1.0 Strict: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
- XHTML 1.0 Transitional: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
- XHTML 1.0 Frameset: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd">
- XHTML 1.1 DTD: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
- HTML5: <!DOCTYPE html>
References about DocTypes
References about recommended DocTypes:
- http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html
- http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/Web-Quality
- http://www.alistapart.com/stories/doctype
- http://htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/doctype.html
- http://vivalaweb.info/blog/musing/2005/05/14/choosing-the-right-doctype-a-straight-forward-guide/
- http://hsivonen.iki.fi/doctype/
