First excuse my ignorance - where does the garbage code come from?
Using DNN 4.03 & your most recent default.aspx I still get non-compliant page generation. The META tags do not close and there are LINKS to .css I have not intended.
This setup is using the INSTALL package - to mimic the public site - Obviously I missed something but what is it?
Cheers
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The ASPX Code:
<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.Framework.DefaultPage" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" Namespace="DotNetNuke.Common.Controls" Assembly="DotNetNuke" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xht...">" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xht...">
<html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head <%--id="Head"--%> runat="server">
<title>
<%= Title %>
</title>
<%= Comment %>
<meta name="DESCRIPTION" content="<%= Description %>"/>
<meta name="KEYWORDS" content="<%= KeyWords %>"/>
<meta name="COPYRIGHT" content="<%= Copyright %>"/>
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="<%= Generator %>"/>
<meta name="AUTHOR" content="<%= Author %>"/>
<meta name="RESOURCE-TYPE" content="DOCUMENT"/>
<meta name="DISTRIBUTION" content="GLOBAL"/>
<meta name="ROBOTS" content="INDEX, FOLLOW"/>
<meta name="REVISIT-AFTER" content="1 DAYS"/>
<meta name="RATING" content="GENERAL"/>
<meta http-equiv="PAGE-ENTER" content="RevealTrans(Duration=0,Transition=1)"/>
<style id="StylePlaceholder" runat="server"></style>
<asp:placeholder id="CSS" runat="server"></asp:placeholder>
<asp:placeholder id="FAVICON" runat="server"></asp:placeholder>
<script src="<%= Page.ResolveUrl("js/dnncore.js") %>"></script>
<asp:placeholder id="phDNNHead" runat="server"></asp:placeholder>
</head>
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The Rendered Code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xht...">" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xht...">
<html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head id="Head">
<title>
Client Portals > Home
</title>
<meta name="DESCRIPTION" content="<%= Description %>">
<meta name="KEYWORDS" content="<%= KeyWords %>">
<meta name="COPYRIGHT" content="<%= Copyright %>">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="<%= Generator %>">
<meta name="AUTHOR" content="<%= Author %>">
<meta name="RESOURCE-TYPE" content="DOCUMENT">
<meta name="DISTRIBUTION" content="GLOBAL">
<meta name="ROBOTS" content="INDEX, FOLLOW">
<meta name="REVISIT-AFTER" content="1 DAYS">
<meta name="RATING" content="GENERAL">
<meta http-equiv="PAGE-ENTER" content="RevealTrans(Duration=0,Transition=1)"><style id="StylePlaceholder"></style>
<LINK id="_Portals__default_" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/Portals/_default/default.css"></LINK>
<LINK id="_Portals__default_Skins_DNN_Blue_" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/Portals/_default/Skins/DNN-Blue/skin.css"></LINK>
<LINK id="_Portals__default_Containers_DNN_Blue_" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/Portals/_default/Containers/DNN-Blue/container.css"></LINK>
<LINK id="_Portals_0_" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/Portals/0/portal.css"></LINK>
<script src="/js/dnncore.js"></script>
</head>