Do I Need a 'document type' on my site?

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mattk

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    It's something that goes at the top of your page, above the html tag and looks like this:

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

    You can validate your page here:

    http://validator.w3.org/

    But be warned, once you start validating your pages it's like joining a cult. You won't sleep until all your pages validate and it's likely to drive you slightly mad!
     
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    For your site, which is HTML 4, I'd use this DOCTYPE:

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

    Depending on how your site is structured you should be able to add it at the very top of each page using your standard header.
     
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