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making javascript XHTML compatible

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skwurl

skwurl

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Sep 30, 2005
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I have two pages.


The first one doesn't have any DOC types associated with it and the javascript menu works fine.

The second one has XHTML doc type

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"<html xmlns=" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

and the menu is scrambled. To be honest, I'm not even sure what Doc type I'm supposed to be using...I just assumed I should use this one.

What in the JS code is making it scrambled?
 
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Broken it is - the URL doesn't exist!

That aside, you shouldn't let your JS dictate your DOCTYPE. Choose a DOCTYPE for the right reasons, and get your code working to it.

Hope this helps,
Dan



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At first glance, I would say that it's your CSS that is "breaking", not your JS, as the JS works, just displays differently.

However, I would expect this to be the case with different DOCTYPEs.

As I said before, choose a DOCTYPE that's right for you, then get your CSS and/or JS working to it.

Dan



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The current DOCtype is fine for my work. I'm still curious as to why the menu is showing up differently though.
 
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From the link that Dan provided:
Unless you are going to be serving your documents as “text/xml” and loading them into an XML parser to allow your XML tools to manipulate the page, then there is no reason to develop your documents as XHTML. A majority of web pages on the internet are HTML - and this should be the default choice for developing your documents - especially if your web host is serving your pages as “text/html”.
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I notice you are using XHTML Strict - and yet serving the content as text/html (when I tested in FireFox). So why are you using XHTML 1.0 Strict instead of HTML 4.01 Strict?

Seriously... I'll update the article if you can explain your reasoning! I wrote the article initially because I couldn't give a real reason for choosing XHTML over HTML - and I'd be keen to hear why you think using XHTML is better for you.

Cheers,
Jeff

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I just read the documentation from my dropdown menu creator and it says that the menus only work in 'quirk mode'.

I think that means that it won't work with any doctype. What a pain in the ass.
 
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