technostick — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 20:43:37 +0000

Thanks!

I just thought that it was quite a pain to type instead of just .

bja888 — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:37:01 +0000

Good question technostick.
I think my next leap will be into DTDs

JeevesBond — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:00:57 +0000

Well this is a good article to read:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/customdtds2

Basically it should work, it's always good to have an understanding of how to write your own DTD though. Personally I've always stuck to the tags available in the standard DOCTYPES as those are the ones browsers support and know what to do with.

You should only need to write new tags in very specific circumstances and be aware that browsers may not support them properly.

Also check out who wrote that article (there's an earlier one you may want to read in there as well): The W3C QA Group. So they wont kill you, or steal your washing, but they want to be clear on the circumstances in which you should start creating your own tags.

Happy reading and come back if you have any questions