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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Lou Pelagalli
Lou Pelagalli
1,979 Points

HTML DOC-TYPE tag

<!DOC-TYPE html> is an incorrect doctype tag?

3 Answers

Meg Cusack
Meg Cusack
11,448 Points
Meg Cusack
Meg Cusack
11,448 Points

Should be <!DOCTYPE html>

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,912 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,912 Points

Even Faisal's is misspelled a little.. A working HTML5 DOCTYPE looks like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
Faisal Al Harthy
Faisal Al Harthy
1,959 Points

thanks for correction, it's kinda early morning here :P

Faisal Al Harthy
Faisal Al Harthy
1,959 Points
Faisal Al Harthy
Faisal Al Harthy
1,959 Points

It should be like this <!DOCTYP HTML>