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DOCTYPE In FrontPage?

Published: 5/17/2004 | Updated: 5/27/2004 |  Discuss

I hate FrontPage. I despise FrontPage. Even though the latest and greatest of FrontPage 2003 is much better than it's predecessors it's still not good enough. Although I was glad to see an article about DOCTYPEs in FrontPage at MSDN.

I'm glad Microsoft folks are starting to pay more attention to DOCTYPEs. I think these days you shouldn't start a web form without a DOCTYPE.

DOCTYPE is about commitment. It's about your understanding (or willingness to understand) what you expect from a browser. Do you want your code rendered in Standards or Quirks mode?

The article I'm referring to states you should "preface the DOCTYPE declaration with an XML declaration".

<xml version="1.0">

No, you shouldn't! Some user agents still don't interpret this declaration correctly.

Steer clear of it for now. Your pages will validate without it.

Comments

Comment permalink 1 vincent | Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 1:21 AM
What doctype declaration should I use for my website, made in part with frontpage 2003 and dreamweaver.
Thanks for your help.
Vincent
Comment permalink 2 Milan Negovan | Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 6:21 AM
Vincent, the choice of a development tool does not affect page rendering or anything. Take a look at this article of mine if you're trying to decide which DOCTYPE to go with.
Comment permalink 3 Charles Wilson | Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 7:20 PM
Hi, I have read your article. I am still baffled as to which Doctype to use on web. Please advice. Thank you

Best Wishes
Charles

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