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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by david martin
david martin
57 Points

what does it mean by doctype

i dont undertstand that after watching video

index.html 
<HTML>

3 Answers

Tomas Pavlik
Tomas Pavlik
26,726 Points
Tomas Pavlik
Tomas Pavlik
26,726 Points

Hi David, doctype means document type. It tells the browser, which document is it working with. In HTML 5, just use this doctype:

<!DOCTYPE html>

Browsers are forgiving these days, so if you forget the document type, the browser should still display your docuemtn correctly.

Tomas

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

Doctype is when you write 

<!DOCTYPE  html>  <!-- that's for html5 -->

To see what doctype means read this.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

DOCTYPE describes the HTML used on your page. Browsers use DOCTYPE to render a page as well. Each browser renders a page differently. So the same page on Google chrome will/may look different than lets say Firefox. I hope this helps.

it might be a little intense but if you want to know more about DOCTYPES check out this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirks_mode#Comparison_of_document_types