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Posted by Omar Zeidan
Omar Zeidan
8,893 Points

The right DOCTYPE

Hello, Is there any problem if I used the html5 DOCTYPE even if I did`t use any of the new html tags?

Note : I wanted to make my web page working on old browsers too.

3 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Yep, use <!DOCTYPE html> for everything.

Omar Zeidan
Omar Zeidan
8,893 Points
Omar Zeidan
Omar Zeidan
8,893 Points

James Barnett , Thank you so much for that. But just to make sure, even if I needed my web page to work on IE6, IE7 , is that okay to use the <!DOCTYPE html> ?

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Yep, write good markup and check it out in IE6 and see how it looks.

Omar Zeidan
Omar Zeidan
8,893 Points
Omar Zeidan
Omar Zeidan
8,893 Points

Yes, it works probably. Appreciated, I JUST wanted to make sure that it is right to use the <!DOCTYPE html> because some told me it is better to use a non html5 Doctype if your markup has no html5 tags, and since I trust the "Treehouse school" so I ask my questions here :)

Tom Bedford
Tom Bedford
15,645 Points
Tom Bedford
Tom Bedford
15,645 Points

Have no fear, James is 100% correct.