doctype

markhallgate · #1 (**permalink**) 08-26-2004, 01:55 PM

please help, i have been modifying my site for about a year now, the origanal site was done using html 4.0 transitional. i have used a mixture of html coding directly onto the server and up loading dreamweaver modified pages, all this has ended up with a page that has the wrong doc type is there any way to or any software to convert the code to a set doc type without messing up or having to rewrite everything? the site is www. hallgate-timber.co.uk
thanks mark.

Corey Bryant · #2 (**permalink**) 08-26-2004, 08:00 PM

Right now you are using:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

Did you want to change that to:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

Does DW offer a global find & replace?

markhallgate · #3 (**permalink**) 08-28-2004, 03:53 PM

i don't mind to much what the doctype is, but i was told that it is better if the site conforms to one type, 4.01 would probally be best as the book i use for reference when coding uses this version.
as for the global find and replace im not sure, my trial copy has run out now so untill i actualy pay out for the full version i can't check.
thanks, mark.