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Adam Munton
288 PointsI can't remember the doctype tag... can anyone help?
There's a video that starts by explaining the doctype. I'm on the challenge and I've now forgotten how to write the code.
Kuhrt Cowan
23,796 PointsThanks! haha didn't even notice I did that!
2 Answers
Phil Pickering
1,343 PointsIt's quite simple really, but you do need to remember it! :)
<!DOCTYPE html>
It's actually not an HTML tag but a small piece of SGML, hence the exclamation mark (!). Also note it doesn't have a closing tag.
It must be the first line in a HTML document, and just says "Hey web browser, I'm a HTML document so please render me on the screen using your HTML parser please!"
Adam Munton
288 PointsThanks a lot Phil, that was very helpful! Very new to this kind of thing as you can tell :)
Kuhrt Cowan
23,796 PointsHere you go! I'm always having to re-look up all my head tags! Hope this helps!
<!DOCTYPE html>
Adam Munton
288 PointsThanks Kuhrt! Very helpful :) nice of you to help.
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsDustin Matlock
33,856 PointsHi Kuhrt Cowan, if include your response as an answer instead of adding a comment, you're sure to receive credit for that later on. Just thought I'd let you know, in case you didn't already!