Re: [WSG] DTDS and which to use?

2004-02-24 Thread Gean
Hi Jaime, the W3Schools is a useful page. You can learn more about the diferences using this link: http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/xhtml_dtd.asp Regards, Gean I have always work with XHTML 1.0 Transitional and never really bothered with Strict until I yesterday when someone sub a project to

RE: [WSG] DTDS and which to use?

2004-02-24 Thread Peter Firminger
Jaime, this is not a CSS list so no apology required. You are definitely on-topic. Unless you want to tell your client to go all the way I suggest you tell them that they are clutching for buzzwords by demanding XHTML 1.0 Strict (or anything beyond XHTML 1.0 Transitional). If they continue to

Re: [WSG] DTDS and which to use?

2004-02-24 Thread LC 55
Hi Jaime, you may also find this article of some use. Addy: http://leavesrustle.com/articles/124/ Good luck. Regards, JG I have always work with XHTML 1.0 Transitional and never really bothered with Strict until I yesterday when someone sub a project to me saying that the client wanted the

Re: [WSG] DTDS and which to use?

2004-02-24 Thread JW
Hi Gean Thanks! Now I know what strict is for ;) I really should try to build a test site during free timeon strict and make sure it VALIDATES! The requirements sure looks funny to me...allthose errorswhen validated. With Regards, Jaime Wong ~~~ SODesires Design Team

RE: [WSG] DTDS and which to use?

2004-02-24 Thread JW
Uhhh this project requiresrebuilding the site from tables to css and to xhtml strict. I can feel my nightmare next to me already. I do not know why W3C validator is validating those codes as error when it looks perfectly fine to me.Unless the codings are very different from transitional

Re: [WSG] DTDS and which to use?

2004-02-24 Thread James Ellis
Hi At ALA http://alistapart.com/articles/doctype/ It's about using the right doctype, rather than a background on them - but may help out. Cheers James JW wrote: Uhhh this project requires rebuilding the site from tables to css and to xhtml strict. I can feel my nightmare next to me already. I

Re: [WSG] DTDS and which to use?

2004-02-24 Thread Nick Lo
Hi Jaime, Slightly off the discussion but I can't help thinking that if I was you in that chain of command... Client --- Design Firm --- Subcontracted Freelancer -- Sub-subcontracted You ...I'd be very wary of work that has supposedly strict guidelines to follow yet the flow of project

[WSG] double quoting

2004-02-24 Thread Peter Ottery
Title: double quoting Hi guys, theres a CMS (content management system) I'm dealing with that is converting some double quotes to single quotes, so this... div id=content ...becomes... div id='content' ...when published. this is on a XHTML transitional page. Now, I'm a bit

RE: [WSG] double quoting

2004-02-24 Thread Peter Ottery
Title: RE: [WSG] double quoting James wrote: So, as far as I can tell, single quotes on your attribute values are perfectly acceptable (for xhtml1). Havent done any real testing in browsers, but I'd say it is a non-issue. nice! hey thanks for digging that up :) very

Re: [WSG] double quoting

2004-02-24 Thread Justin French
On Wednesday, February 25, 2004, at 01:28 PM, Peter Ottery wrote: wow, the dev guy here was right. wonders will never cease. ha! kidding. very very kidding :) *slowly walks out of room backwards* Not so fast! Where you WILL run into problems is when there's combinations of single and double