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Ross Campbell
5,410 PointsIs my DOCTYPE not working?
Hello guys!
Just starting out with the web dev track. Having fun but for a little possible problem. It doesn't look like my <!DOCTYPE HTML> is recognised like in the video or in other examples i've seen.
Mine displays as white text, and all the html tags etc after it display as red.
is this wrong? Sorry for the newbie question
Ross
4 Answers
Kevin Mulhern
20,374 PointsWhat text editor are you using Ross? If your using sublime text 2 its perfectly normal for the doctype to display as white text. I assume its the same for all other text editors as well.
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 PointsAs Kevin says it depends on your editor why you may see this error. I use Sublime and would see this if my file that has the doctype has not been saved yet, thus sublime does not know the file type and which is the correct syntax highlighting.
Keith Doyle
25,973 PointsTotally normal. Mine does that as well. It also depends on what color scheme you're using as well. I have the Soda-Dark theme.
Ross Campbell
5,410 PointsThanks all. Newbie mistake, just disconcerting that all the other text was red. But i'm blitzing through the early tutorials and all seems fine!
Thanks again Ross