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Author Topic: sNews putting IE into Quirks mode  (Read 6282 times)

gomisan

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sNews putting IE into Quirks mode
« on: April 28, 2006, 08:26:27 am »
I've just found out that having ANYthing, including comments, before the DOCTYPE declaration will put IE into quirks mode.

So is it OK to put the
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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2006, 02:28:45 pm »
Guess I've answered my own question on this one. It sees if you put the sNews call AFTER the doctype you get lots of errors.

So sNews sites will always force IE into quirks mode, and hence page trendering is buggy(er). Not really a huge issue, at least I know this now and can work around it.
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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2006, 08:46:05 am »
whoah! good tip gomisan..I didn't know this and it might explain why I have been struggling with a certain complicated css template I have :P

thanks!
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