Elements on page are aligned incorrectly after changing Doctype

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  • TimSki
    New Member
    • Jan 2008
    • 83
    #1

    Elements on page are aligned incorrectly after changing Doctype

    Hi,

    I've jus added this line to the top of my classic asp page

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Strict//EN">

    now lots of the elements on my page are aligned incorrectly.

    have i done some bad programming or something ?!
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    • JKing
      Recognized Expert Top Contributor
      • Jun 2007
      • 1206
      #2
      It is likely that you maybe using old or deprecated elements. Elements like font, center and framesets are not included.

      Try validating your page here W3 Validator

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        • TimSki
          New Member
          • Jan 2008
          • 83
          #3
          that's great. unforntumately the page is behind a login so the validator always reverts to the login page - is there anyway around this ?

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            • JKing
              Recognized Expert Top Contributor
              • Jun 2007
              • 1206
              #4
              Not that I know of. If you want you can post the HTML here and we can take a look at it for you. If there is any confidential info be sure to strip that out before posting.

              Edit: A little after thought here, you could always try saving the html to a local file then uploading the local file directly to be validated.

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                • drhowarddrfine
                  Recognized Expert Expert
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 7434
                  #5
                  The doctype is the set of rules you are telling the browser you are using to create the page. The "Document Type Definition". It's the first thing to go on a page before you do anything else and is NEVER an afterthought. Remove/Add the doctype, you're changing the rules.

                  A doctype is required for all modern web pages.

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