EW 3:  Getting Started Guide

Make a Web Page make a web page

3. Set the Doctype

The Doctype is the way we specify the version of HTML being used to create the page.  Intellisense will judge the code against the Doctype in order to determine errors and incompatibility warnings.  Likewise, a valadator will do the same thing.

1.  Click Tools
[see figure 1]

2.  Choose Page Editor Options
3.  Choose the Authoring Tab  
[see figure 2]

4.  Scroll down to the middle and look for "Document Type and Secondary Schema.
5.  For Document Type, choose one of the following Doctypes:
    a) XHTML 1.0 Transitional or Stict
    b) HTML 4.01 Transitional or Strict

Do not worry about the Secondary Schema as it is not needed as long as you specify a Docypte. 
 

 




Figure 1: Tools Menu

tools page editor options 

 

Figure 2: Authoring Tab
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authoring tab

FYI:

*You need to set the Doctype Prior to Creating a Web Page.

*You only need to set the Doctype once per Web Site, unless you need certain pages to have a different Doctype.  To avoid changing the Doctype, use a Transistional Doctype as it permits a broader range of HTML tags to be used. (and they will validate)

*If you forget to set the Doctype but haven't created any web pages just yet, you have a second chance to set the Doctype (DTD) when you create your first web page.

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