On Sep 18, 3:49 am, AwayBBL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> RobG, the reason that that page fails w3c validator is that my isp
> places some bad code infront of the actual code. The actual code that
> runs, is fine.
It may run fine for some browsers, but in general it is somewhat
problemtatic. Browsers ignore the doctype declaration and use
whatever the server sends in the response header. The junk your ISP
inserts into the head of the page means the whole thing will be
treated as invalid HTML, so you are better off accepting that and
removing the html, head and body tags from your markup and putting all
scripts and css in external files.
The fact that your ISP inserts a noframe element at the start of your
page means the browser must put a head element before that, hopefully
it will also move link and style elements into the head too.
If you want to use a doctype, use HTML Transitional, but your document
isn't going to validate anyway so that point is moot.
You may want to discuss the issue with your ISP, they may have a
scheme so that their stuff is added in a more appropriate place in the
document. The best solution is to find an ISP that doesn't mess with
your pages, but that might not be suitable for you in the short term.
I'd be keen to know if your ISP asked for permission to insert their
junk in your pages - do you have some form of agreement for them to do
that? If you are developing an application for a mobile platform,
bandwidth is pretty critical, as is processor power for all the extra
junk.
PS. I received an e-mail that my first reply came across as bitchy,
that was not my intention. There are many pages on the web claiming
to be XHTML that are in fact nothing like it and should not be using
that doctype. There is no benefit to using XHTML on the web, and a
number of drawbacks. HTML strict is, and will remain for quite some
time, the best doctype.
<URL: http://www.hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml >
Oh, nearly forgot: :-)
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Rob
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