Head First HTML with CSS

I think we’ve been pretty
darn strict in our HTML.
Let’s throw the strict
DOCTYPE in and see what
happens.
Here’s the strict version of
the HTML 4.01 DOCTYPE.
standards, compliance, and all that jazz
To move from transitional HTML 4.01 to strict, we
change the DOCTYPE to the strict version. Once we’ve
done that, the validator (and browsers) will assume we’re
playing by stricter rules that don’t allow some of the
legacy HTML. We’ll talk about those rules in a sec, but
for now let’s give the strict DOCTYPE a try. To do that,
we’ll start by taking a quick look at the DOCTYPE:
This stuff is the same as
the transitional DOCTYPE.
Overall this all looks
remarkably similar.
The word “Transitional” is gone.
Remember this URL defines what
belongs in strict HTML.
No big differences here. The “transitional” word is
gone and we have a different URL that defines the strict
version of HTML 4.01. Let’s replace the transitional
DOCTYPE with the strict and try to validate.
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