Char set in CSS

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Char set in CSS

Which one is the best to use and why?

flaxmac

7:38 am on Jun 29, 2005 (gmt 0)

Could anyone tell me which is the best Charset and or Doctype to use with CSS.

bill

8:06 am on Jun 29, 2005 (gmt 0)

That can depend on what language you were targeting for the charset. A lot of people prefer UTF-8 now for its flexibility across languages.

The doctype is a preference which depends on your coding ability and site mechanics.

flaxmac

8:21 am on Jun 29, 2005 (gmt 0)

Let's, for arguments sake, say that my coding ability was not that good, (it's not true ofcourse, some people call me the "Q-coder King", Q standing for Quirky)
But anyway on a serious note, I am using the following:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>XXXXXXXX</title>
<meta name="description" content="#*$!#*$! rrrrrr sssss.">
<meta name="keywords" content="ooooxxxx oooxxxx yyyy wwww">
<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import url("Teach-English-Korea.css");</style>
</head>

I am using the @import to block the css for older browsers, great tip that I picked up here.
Whats the difference between loose and strict with the:

"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"

I have seen really good sites that what ever browser I open them in they look great and keep their same shape and feel. But my site seems to go bad sometimes. Any tips for keeping it clean and clear?

Char set in CSS

Which one is the best to use and why?

flaxmac

bill

flaxmac

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