DOCTYPE Explained

Posted by Bree on Jan 30, 2009 in XHTML & HTML5 | 0 comments

What is DOCTYPE and why do I care? The DOCTYPE declaration is the first line of code in any web document. It tells the browser what type of markup you wrote. Declaring one but coding for another may result in errors or inconsistencies across the spectrum of browsers. I’ve offered a few downloads that you can set as blank starting documents, automating a few lines of code that you’ll...