DominoCompleteDoctype

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By default, Lotus Domino generated a Doctype like

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

which is not fully correct, per definition of the HTML standard. A correct Doctype is this one:

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

To configure Lotus Domino to generate the correct Doctype, you have to set the following notes.ini parameter on your Domino Server:

DominoCompleteDoctype=1

Pros:

  • Browsers will not use the quirks mode to render your pages.

Cons:

  • Browsers will start to render CSS case sensitive so you have to be careful when creating your own CSS. BlogSphere has been tested with complete Doctype and meets the requirements.


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