Thanks much!! I will try this.

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From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
Behalf Of Phil Archer
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 1:51 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] Mobile Page Passes but MIME Type Fails

The Doctype for XHTML Basic 1.1 is:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML Basic 1.1//EN"
     "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic/xhtml-basic11.dtd";>


HTH

Phil.

Kevin Erickson wrote:
> Question: For the line, 
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN"
> "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd";>, 
> would I change this to, 
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD Basic 1.1//EN"
> "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd";>, ??
> 
> And change, 
> <meta http-equiv="content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />, 
> to, 
> <meta http-equiv="content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml;
> charset=utf-8" />, ??
> 
> I have not been able to find the answers on the web.
> Thanks.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On
> Behalf Of Phil Archer
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 6:15 PM
> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
> Subject: Re: [WSG] Mobile Page Passes but MIME Type Fails
> 
> Hi Kevin,
> 
> The answer is in your e-mail. You have created a page using a version of 
> XHTML for which the correct MIME type is application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml 
> or application/xhtml+xml
> 
> but you're sending text/html so there is a mismatch, hence the warning.
> 
> The recommended markup for  mobile is now XHTML Basic 1.1 for which the 
> appropriate MIME type is application/xhtml+xml but if you're sending to 
> a device that doesn't support that (essentially just IE) then you'll 
> need to do as you are doing and use text/html.
> 
> However... this is a warning, not a failure, so you may decide just to 
> leave things as they are ;-)
> 
> Presumably you got this warning from the mobi Ready tool? This uses the 
> same core code as the W3C mobileOK checker 
> http://validator.w3.org/mobile/ (although we've added a lot of extra UI 
> stuff over the last year or so).
> 
> HTH
> 
> Phil.
> 
> Kevin Erickson wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> If anyone can help me understand why my mobile page passes all accept the
>> MIME type.
>>
>> Page code:
>>
>>  
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>>
>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN"
>> "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd";>
>>
>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>
>>
>>   <head>
>>
>>     <title>Virginia.gov Mobile - Home</title>
>>
>>     <meta http-equiv="content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
>>
>>     <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="max-age=200" />
>>
>>     <meta http-equiv="content-Language" content="en-us" />
>>
>>     <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True" />
>>
>>     <meta name="viewport" content="user-scalable=no, width=device-width"
> />
>>     <meta name="description" content="Virginia.gov Mobile Portal allows
> you
>> to access key services from Virginia state government on your mobile
> device,
>> such as news, alerts, weather, and contact information." />              
>>
>>     <meta name="keywords" content="mobile, Virginia.gov, Virginia
>> government, PDA, phone, wireless, state" />    
>>
>>     
>>
>>     <style type="text/css">
>>
>>     @import url(../../css/m_index.css);
>>
>>     </style>
>>
>>     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/iphone.css"
>> media="only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)" />
>>
>>   </head>
>>
>>   <body>
>>
>>   <!-- Start of Mobile -->
>>
>>     <div id="m-header">
>>
>>       <h1><img src="../../images/virginia_dot_gov_logo.jpg" width="151"
>> height="40" alt="Virginia.gov Mobile Web Services" /></h1>
>>
>>       <p><a accesskey="Z" href="../mobile_expanded/index.html">Switch to
>> Expanded Mobile Pages</a></p>
>>
>>     </div>
>>
>>     <div class="m-breadcrumbs">Home</div>
>>
>> <div class="m-body">
>>
>>       <h2>Mobile Virginia.gov Services:</h2>
>>
>>       <ul>
>>
>>         <li>Home</li>
>>
>>         <li><a accesskey="1" href="search.html">Search
> Virginia.gov</a></li>
>>       </ul>
>>
>>       <h2>People:</h2>
>>
>>       <ul>
>>
>>         <li><a accesskey="2"
href="people_citizens.html">Citizens</a></li>
>>
>>         <li><a accesskey="3"
href="people_families.html">Families</a></li>
>>
>>         <li><a accesskey="4" href="people_state_employees.html">State
>> Employees</a></li>
>>
>>         <li><a accesskey="5"
href="people_students.html">Students</a></li>
>>
>>       </ul>
>>
>>       <h2>Information:</h2>
>>
>>       <ul>
>>
>>         <li><a accesskey="6"
> href="info_government.html">Government</a></li>
>>         <li><a accesskey="7" href="info_online_services.html">Online
>> Services</a></li>
>>
>>         <li><a accesskey="8" href="info_business.html">Business</a></li>
>>
>>         <li><a accesskey="9"
> href="info_employment.html">Employment</a></li>
>>         <li><a accesskey="A"
href="info_education.html">Education</a></li>
>>
>>         <li><a accesskey="B" href="info_tourism_travel.html">Tourism and
>> Travel</a></li>
>>
>>       </ul>
>>
>> <h2>About Virginia:</h2>
>>
>>       <ul>
>>
>>         <li><a accesskey="C" href="about_va_facts_history.html">Facts and
>> History</a></li>
>>
>>         <li><a accesskey="D"
href="about_va_mapping_virginia.html">Mapping
>> Virginia</a></li>
>>
>>       </ul>
>>
>>     </div>
>>
>>     <div id="m-footer">
>>
>>       <ul>
>>
>>         <li><a href="index.html">mobile.virginia.gov</a></li>
>>
>>         <li><a href="http://www.virginia.gov";>Virginia.gov Home</a></li>
>>
>>         <li><a
>>
>
href="http://www.virginia.gov/cmsportal3/about_virginia.gov_4096/web_policy.
>> html">Site Policies</a></li>
>>
>>         <li><a
>>
>
href="http://www.virginia.gov/cmsportal3/about_virginia.gov_4096/contact_us.
>> html">Contact Virginia.gov</a></li>
>>
>>       </ul>
>>
>>     </div>
>>
>>   </body>
>>
>> </html>
>>
>>  
>>
>> To test the page I used http://ready.mobi/launch.jsp?locale=en_EN and the
>> error says:
>>
>>  
>>
>> Incorrect or missing MIME types were detected
>>
>> The MIME types sent by servers give very important information to
browsers
>> as to how to treat a document. If incorrect MIME types are sent with a
>> document, it may prevent the browser from correctly interpreting the
>> document and failing to render a document. 
>>
>> For XHTML-MP, the recommended MIME type is application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml
> or
>> application/xhtml+xml. Unlike HTML, XHTML-MP should not be served as
>> text/html.
>>
>> Web servers are often set up correctly for common document types such as
>> HTML and CSS, but often do not have the correct doc types for XHTML-MP.
>> Please refer to mobiForge <http://mobiforge.com>  for instructions on how
> to
>> set up your MIME types correctly.
>>
>>  WARN
>> MIME type was detected as text/html
>>
>>  
>>
>> I would send a link to the page but it is on a secure server.
>>
>> Thank you very much for any help on this,
>>
>>  
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>
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