XHTML page not displaying in Internet Explorer

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XHTML page not displaying in Internet Explorer

cdclark707

7:40 pm on Jul 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

I'm using the same DOCTYPE code on this XHTML page I created (http://www.example.com/member.xhtml) as on this page (https://secure2.example.org/shop/ViewItems.aspx) --

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >

The first page loads fine in IE. The 2nd page does not.

The only difference (that I can see) is that the obe page is on a different server than the other page. The site will be hosted by the same folks. They're using ASP.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Carol

[edited by: incrediBILL at 8:25 pm (utc) on July 23, 2009]
[edit reason] removed URLs, see TOS #13 [/edit]

lavazza

7:48 pm on Jul 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

Try validating your mark-up using [validator.w3.org...] and you'll see a message that (sorta) explains how your DOCTYPE declaration is at odds with your MIME type

cdclark707

10:09 pm on Jul 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

Thanks so much! I'll do that in a bit. The client has moved on and now we're back to straight HTML. I'd like to learn XHTML, though, so I'll tug on this on my own.

Thanks again, lavazza.

Carol

bill

7:33 am on Jul 24, 2009 (gmt 0)

Welcome to WebmasterWorld cdclark707.

You might want to read this thread: Why most of us should NOT use XHTML [webmasterworld.com] ;)

[edited by: encyclo at 10:44 am (utc) on July 24, 2009]
[edit reason] fixed typo [/edit]

cdclark707

12:42 pm on Jul 24, 2009 (gmt 0)

Thanks, bill. I will. :-)

Carol