Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 14:33:02 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: "N. Raghavendra" <raghu@mri.ernet.in> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stumped:: web HTML. Caution, may be OT. Message-ID: <1212269582.13063.96.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <867idbc9at.fsf@riemann.mri.ernet.in> References: <20080529065732.GA36261@thought.org> <4a89d1190805290039k1f2dedb1he342b4a83d7453a6@mail.gmail.com> <200805291305.22567.kline@thought.org> <20080529220536.GA39115@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20080530023902.GF62524@thought.org> <20080530204950.GA43574@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20080531042858.GA23329@thought.org> <867idbc9at.fsf@riemann.mri.ernet.in>
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On Sat, 2008-05-31 at 11:19 +0530, N. Raghavendra wrote: > At 2008-05-30T21:28:58-07:00, Gary Kline wrote: > > > Any guesses why things like this blowup:: > > > > <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en" > > > The quoted string above is the so-called Formal Public Identifier > (FPI) of the DTD, i.e., the "standard", that your HTML page claims to > conform to. However, the format of the FPI in your page is wrong. > For instance, "dtd" should be the upper case "DTD", and the ISO 639 > language code "en" should be the upper case "EN". In addition, the > entire FPI is case-sensitive, so "Transitional" is different from > "transitional". The recommended FPI for W3C HTML 4.0 Transitional is > "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN". So, the above line should > read > > <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" > > > Better still, follow the normal practice of writing "doctype" and > "public" in upper case, and eliminating unnecessary whitespace, and > make it > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > > At 2008-05-29T19:39:02-07:00, Gary Kline wrote: > > > I still have unread messages down-queue, but may as well ask if > > there are any HTML/XML checkers in ports that would help validate my > > mark. > > See my message earlier in this thread, where I mentioned > textproc/opensp, and how to use it. In fact, the W3C validator is > based on OpenSP, see http://validator.w3.org/docs/help.html#how > Thanks much. This morning (or afternoon!) I'm replying using Evolution that makes clicking on links easier. There are a bunch of URL's I have to study. About the *only* place I use all caps is in my markup. I didn't know until now that the doctype//DOCTYPE tag **had** to be in caps. I don't see any rational for this exception, but am v glad to learn it!! I have your earlier mail and will re-read as well as check out textproc/opensp. gary PS:: to the list: Late last night I used tidy and tidy -h, so now have yet another tool in my bag:-) ...If there atr any books or websites on how to create a nice SIMPLE page, URL's please. (i Don't think "design" can be taught; that's like trying to teach "art", isn't it?) --g > Raghavendra. >
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