cole, i get the same thing in the ff html validator. copied and pasted the w3c doc type into my document. must be a bug or something. as long as your document validates through the online validator, i wouldn't worry about it. it's in the format the w3c recommends. cheers, dwain
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:47 PM, Cole Kuryakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all – > > I've got the following doctype at the head of each of my pages: > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en" lang="en"> > > I take great pains to validate everything I do on every page, but, even if > the page shows as valid (using FF's HTML Validator extension – or Web > Developer extension… I can't remember which) when I view source on a "valid" > page, I always get an info box that states: > > Info: Doctype given is "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" > > Info: Document content looks like XHTML 1.0 Transitional > > I don't think that this is – by any means – any reason for me to be worried > about my code/structure/et. al, but I've always wondered why, if I feed a > xhtml 1.0 STRICT doc type why the validator always says that my stuff looks > TRANSITIONAL? > > Am I doing something wrong? > > Any insight would be appreciated. > > Cole > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* -- "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
