when I add a DOCTYPE it moves my page down - Why?

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    I am cleaning up a site which has no DOCTYPE or beginning html tag. When I add

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
    <html>

    it moves my whole page down by one or two line breaks. Does anyone know why?
     
    ewwatson, Dec 22, 2007 IP
  2. ewwatson

    ewwatson Member

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    #2
    I tried the below but it did not work

    * body { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; }
     
    ewwatson, Dec 22, 2007 IP
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    #3
    body { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; }
     
    EIx, Dec 22, 2007 IP
  4. ewwatson

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    #4
    I tried that also - did not work
     
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    #5
    Put it in one line and see if it helps.
     
    lkj, Dec 23, 2007 IP
  6. ewwatson

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    HA HA! If I take out "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd" it has no effect on the page. Is it OK to just put

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> as doctype?

    or will this make it go into quirks mode?
     
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    Doesn't doctype need to be below <html> ?
     
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    Blackmane, no, not that I am aware of.
     
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    To fix problem: Answer = h1, p, etc { margin: 0px; }
     
    ewwatson, Dec 23, 2007 IP