[thelist] DOCTYPE DECLARATION HELL...

Sat Feb 19 17:13:35 CST 2005

Hello List

I am making a site for a friend, this is one of the first non-tabular, CSS based websites I have attempted. I normally do back-end application stuff where the W3C has little, direct impact. 

Can someone explain to me why, when I add the following declaration to my header, the whole layout drops?

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> 

The good (how I want it) is at:

http://justablip.web-demon.co.uk/test.asp

The bad (and the ugly) is at:

http://justablip.web-demon.co.uk/bad.asp

Not tested in anything other than IE6 WinXP Pro.

Maybe simple, may be beyond the capabilities of my fragile little mind, maybe I shouldn't be doing this on a saturday night!!

Some critique might be nice also...

I know I owe a couple of tips too, I'm working on it!!

Ta

wayne-o

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