How to select DOC TYPES in DotNetNuke 4.4.x

By Lee Sykes

March 2007

In the latest version of DotNetNuke 4.4 .x, a new function has been introduced which allows you to change the DOC TYPE of a document directly within a skin.

It is now possible to specify the DOC TYPE for each of your skins installed in your DotNetNuke portal. In previous versions of DotNetNuke you could only specify the DOC TYPE by making changes to the default.aspx file which would affect all skins installed on your DotNetNuke portal.

Being able to change the DOC TYPE is essential if you are creating pure CSS skins as you need to enable standards compliance mode for browsers to correctly interpret your CSS. We recommend that you read this tutorial in order to get a full grasp of the concepts involved: Browser Quirks, Standards compliance and DOC TYPES.

In this video tutorial we demonstrate how to enable the Simple Red Leaf Skin to use the new DOC TYPE function.

XHTML Transitional Doc Type

Video

How to switch DOC TYPES in DNN 4.4
Introduction
Preparations
Viewing the current render mode
How to create a doctype.xml file
How DotNetNuke uses the doctype.xml file
Testing the new skin
Confirming standards compliance mode and quirks mode for the skins installed on the portal

Time Length: 8min 35secs