From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 5 07:29:52 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E56C737B404; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 07:29:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2C4C43F85; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 07:29:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mobile.pittgoth.com (acs-24-154-229-196.zoominternet.net [24.154.229.196]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with SMTP id h35FToBG043755; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:29:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:28:27 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Ceri Davies Message-Id: <20030405102827.551d2023.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030405151719.GA75703@submonkey.net> References: <20030405151719.GA75703@submonkey.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: doc@FreeBSD.org cc: www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: XHTML and the website X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 15:29:53 -0000 On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 16:17:20 +0100 Ceri Davies wrote: > > All, > > Initially, apologies for the cross-posting. Now that's out of the way: Sometimes a cross-post cannot be helped. > > In August last year, a commit was made to change the website to XHTML, and That was mine. I did this in hopes that it would help with some web browsers. Perhaps this needs to be thought about more, based on what you have found out below: > since then, all the documents built from SGML have been happily announcing > in their DOCTYPE declaration that they are XHTML 1.0 Transitional. > However, with the exception of the front page of the web site, they aren't; > none of them validate. > > I've started working on getting them to validate. > It's not difficult, it's just donkey work really, and I don't mind doing it, > but now that I've finished www/en/*sgml I'd like to get some feedback before > I go any further. > Perhaps we should ask doceng@ if they think all this work is worth the hassle. I'm not going to fight for my commit to stay in if it will cause anyone else headaches. I'm very easy to get along with. -- Tom Rhodes