Top "Doctype" questions

A doctype declaration defines a document's type definition.

<meta charset="utf-8"> vs <meta http-equiv="Content-Type">

In order to define charset for HTML5 Doctype, which notation should I use? Short: <meta charset="utf-8" /> Long: &…

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"<!DOCTYPE html>" What does it mean?

I use a fantastic javascript organization tree generator named "ECOTree" but the drawing does not work when I put <!…

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charset=iso-8859-1 with <!DOCTYPE HTML> throwing a warning?

I just validated a html doc using the W3-validator , and found that If I use: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" …

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Why does IE9 opens in Document Mode as IE7 standards?

When I open a webpage in IE9 with DOCTYPE as <!DOCTYPE html> It opens Document Mode as IE7 …

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HTML5 doctype putting IE9 into quirks mode?

I'm trying to get IE9 to load my page with IE9 standards... I noticed having <!DOCTYPE HTML> puts …

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Why do I need a doctype? (What does it do)

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Set HTML5 doctype with XSLT

How would I cleanly set the doctype of a file to HTML5 <!DOCTYPE html> via XSLT (in this …

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Do I need a !DOCTYPE declaration in a php file with html?

I have a php file with my website content in it. The file needs to be .php because i get …

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Any reason not to start using the HTML 5 doctype?

It is supposed to be backwards compatible with HTML4 and XHTML. John Resig posted about some of the benefits. As …

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Force Internet Explorer 9 to use IE 9 Mode

I'm using the HTML5 doctype with X-UA-Compatible meta tag near the top: <!DOCTYPE html> <!--[if lt …

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