Le Blog is Fixed... I Think
My friend Xochi was kind enough to send me an email the other day saying that he'd found the pesky blogger code which was causing squids to flash and older browsers to not want to like my site. Here's what he had to say about it:
Your doctype is XHTML 1.0 transitional - probably not even your choice. I used XHTML on the Ashpool site since I had a lot of time on my hands but there's really no reason for it. And it breaks a TON of code that is otherwise copacetic within HTML 4.01. Check this out:
syntax check____
XHTML 1.0 file:
222 errors, 9 warning
swap out that doctype for the ol' HTML 4.01 TRANSITIONAL and you get:
HTML 4.01
18 errors, 1 warning
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What I took out________
(note from marian: I took out the < at the beginning of each line before !DOCTYPE since it was messing up how the line was displayed in this blog, add it back in if you're gonna use it!)
!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
What I put in__________
!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd">
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Now this was what came with my blogger code so if anyone else has any blogger/legacy browser issues, take note! I haven't tested it yet. Pretty funny since I'm a tester but Xochi was kind enough to say he'd do it for me. And Allen if you're out there, let me know if it's still being whacko or if you think it's fixed.
AND there were some birthday's this week (and one more a few weeks ago).
So... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to:
CHRIS, my boyfriend/smoochiepants.
DAVE, My oldest/best friend and high school compadre.
AMRAH, My most lovely, artistic and one of the most widly gifted friends I have and last but not least....
XOCHI, another old friend who I haven't seen in ages, but who I promise to come hang with one of these days cause I miss him.
Your doctype is XHTML 1.0 transitional - probably not even your choice. I used XHTML on the Ashpool site since I had a lot of time on my hands but there's really no reason for it. And it breaks a TON of code that is otherwise copacetic within HTML 4.01. Check this out:
syntax check____
XHTML 1.0 file:
222 errors, 9 warning
swap out that doctype for the ol' HTML 4.01 TRANSITIONAL and you get:
HTML 4.01
18 errors, 1 warning
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What I took out________
(note from marian: I took out the < at the beginning of each line before !DOCTYPE since it was messing up how the line was displayed in this blog, add it back in if you're gonna use it!)
!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
What I put in__________
!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd">
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Now this was what came with my blogger code so if anyone else has any blogger/legacy browser issues, take note! I haven't tested it yet. Pretty funny since I'm a tester but Xochi was kind enough to say he'd do it for me. And Allen if you're out there, let me know if it's still being whacko or if you think it's fixed.
AND there were some birthday's this week (and one more a few weeks ago).
So... HAPPY BIRTHDAY to:
CHRIS, my boyfriend/smoochiepants.
DAVE, My oldest/best friend and high school compadre.
AMRAH, My most lovely, artistic and one of the most widly gifted friends I have and last but not least....
XOCHI, another old friend who I haven't seen in ages, but who I promise to come hang with one of these days cause I miss him.
