XHTML and DreamWeaver

Dragonsi · #1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2005, 02:45 PM

Hi all,

When I create a new page with 'make XHTML complaint' tick in DreamWeaver MX, it inserts the following as standard:

Quote:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

I am wrong, but shouldn't the first line always be - <!DOCTYPE.... and if so, where should I move the '<?xml version....' line to?

paulhiles · #2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2005, 03:26 PM

The doctype is usually the first line of any XHTML document, it's also an essential part of the document!
Some documents may contain an additional XML declaration (see below)

Quote:

Originally Posted by the W3C XHTML Spec

An XML declaration is not required in all XML documents; however XHTML document authors are strongly encouraged to use XML declarations in all their documents. Such a declaration is required when the character encoding of the document is other than the default UTF-8 or UTF-16 and no encoding was determined by a higher-level protocol.

You could remove the XML declaration from the top of the page's code, but don't try inserting it elsewhere! :o)

Paul