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what doctype should I use for a mobile website?

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The XHTML MP 1.2 DTD is the current recommendation, finalized in March 2008.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML_Mobile_Profile

Sarfraz 2010-02-13 14:08:50

is that the case for iphone + HTC + other phones with modern mobile browsers? Or is it for WAP-websites?

Jorre 2010-02-14 17:03:24

@Jorre: These details can be found on the wikipedia article i posted in my answer.

Sarfraz 2010-02-14 18:51:45

@Sarfraz, thanks for the reply. The wikipedia document doesn't really say for what kind of phones this doctype can be used. Is this also useful for modern phones and mobile browsers like iphone, htc, ... or only for older WAP phones?

Jorre 2010-02-15 09:30:32

@Jorre: yes it is suitblae for modern mobile too, thanks :)

Sarfraz 2010-02-16 08:33:14

I get the following error when validating on validator.w3.org/mobile. Still unsure what doctype I should use? The detected DOCTYPE Declaration "<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.2//EN" "http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/DTD/xhtml-mobile12.dtd">" has been suppressed and the DOCTYPE for "XHTML Basic 1.1" inserted instead, but even if no errors are shown below the document will not be Valid until you update it to reflect this new DOCTYPE.

Jorre 2010-02-16 21:18:11

@Jorre: not sure why you get that error looks like some configuration value mis-match.

Sarfraz 2010-02-17 03:49:08

so to round things up here: WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.2 is the correct doctype to use for mobile websites in 2010?

Jorre 2010-02-17 08:23:07

@Joree: that is what i think

Sarfraz 2010-02-17 08:41:25

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