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John

Jan 22, 2006 - 9:36PM

Why is there 2 doctypes here?

I really dont get this maybee someone can explain to me what is going on. Here is an example:
Belles Pedigree

In my html editor, (bravenets) it shows only the one doctype on the very first line: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head><title>Pedigree: Belle</title></head> <body bgcolor="black" text="white"> 

If you view source in IE it shows two doctypes!
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head><title>Pedigree: Belle</title></head> <body bgcolor="black" text="white"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

Why?? Im not sure if this effects anything or not but it is bugging me and I cant figure out why it is there. It is like that on all of my pedigree pages. Could it be because of the generator I used to make them or something? As usual, thanks for the advice. lol.
-John

P.S.- Hows my site looking??

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Jan 22nd, 2006 - 9:36 PM

blumoon

Jan 25, 2006 - 8:48PM

Re: Why is there 2 doctypes here?

That is a very good question. I was having the same problem. I think it has something to do with the advertising. Since I upgraded to pro seems to have gone away.
However I am working on someone else's website right now that is a free site, and I think it's happening again sometimes. What html editor are you using? I am using html kit.
Sometimes, you have to check and make sure there are not more than one head and body tag, but even when I did that, once I published it seemed to come back, as could be seen in view source.
I'll be interested to know if anyone has the answer. BTW your site looks good.

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Jan 25th, 2006 - 8:48 PM

John

Jan 26, 2006 - 3:49PM

Re: Why is there 2 doctypes here?

I am just using bravenets editor in file manager. I dont really like those editors, just another program for me to figure out. lol. I dont think anyone knows the answer to this one, ehe. I dont think it effects your site in any way, just makes your code look ugly when you view source. And your probably right, it is probably the add, I didnt think about that. Thanks for the compliment on my site. Sign my guestbook! lol

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Jan 26th, 2006 - 3:49 PM

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