What are these <html xmlns codes and how to get rid of them?

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Brooke

I'm trying to declare a doctype for our business website. It's very basic
and I'm just learning how to do html. My index page will let me enter a
Doctype, but any other pages are not complying. When I enter a doctype, it
also gives me:

<html xmlns:v= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" ETC, ETC >
What are these, why are they there and are these tags what is preventing
Firefox from reading the page correctly?

Our home page is:
www.retailpkg.com

The page I've been messing with is:
http://www.retailpkg.com/Tissue_MetallicPrinted.htm

I can see it perfectly in IE 6.0 but in Firefox, the tissue page has the
pictures fuzzy and nothing is lined up correctly. On the index page, where I
have a Doctype declaration, the pics are fine and everything's positioned
correctly in Firefox.

Thoughts/Answers?

I'd great appreciate it. Thanks!! Brooke
 
K

Kevin Spencer

Don't use Word to do your design. That's what FrontPage is for.

HTML is HTML. Word is Word.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Numbskull

Complex things are made up of
lots of simple things.
 
R

Ronx

You are using WordArt, TextBoxes or some other VML graphics. VML
graphics are generated by creating WordArt, TextBoxes or objects using
the FrontPage drawing toolbar. VML can only be seen in Internet
Explorer running on Windows, other browsers will use poor quality .gif
images instead, or will display nothing at all.
The <html xmlns:v= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" ETC, ETC > comes
from the VML.
Find an alternative to the VML - put a border around a table cell to
replace the text-box, and create your shapes in a graphics editor.
 
B

Brooke

Thank you! I didn't realize that using WordArt and TextBoxes was using Word
to design. Didn't even occur to me.

Since our entire site is set-up like this, I'll try changing it all to a
table today instead of individual text boxes.

Thanks, I appreciate the help!
 
R

Rob Giordano \(Crash\)

It isn't, but it's also a result of using Word to design html pages as well.


| Thank you! I didn't realize that using WordArt and TextBoxes was using
Word
| to design. Didn't even occur to me.
|
| Since our entire site is set-up like this, I'll try changing it all to a
| table today instead of individual text boxes.
|
| Thanks, I appreciate the help!
|
| "Ronx" wrote:
|
| > You are using WordArt, TextBoxes or some other VML graphics. VML
| > graphics are generated by creating WordArt, TextBoxes or objects using
| > the FrontPage drawing toolbar. VML can only be seen in Internet
| > Explorer running on Windows, other browsers will use poor quality .gif
| > images instead, or will display nothing at all.
| > The <html xmlns:v= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" ETC, ETC > comes
| > from the VML.
| > Find an alternative to the VML - put a border around a table cell to
| > replace the text-box, and create your shapes in a graphics editor.
| > --
| > Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
| > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
| > FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/
| >
| > | > > I'm trying to declare a doctype for our business website. It's very
| > > basic
| > > and I'm just learning how to do html. My index page will let me
| > > enter a
| > > Doctype, but any other pages are not complying. When I enter a
| > > doctype, it
| > > also gives me:
| > >
| > > <html xmlns:v= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" ETC, ETC >
| > > What are these, why are they there and are these tags what is
| > > preventing
| > > Firefox from reading the page correctly?
| > >
| > > Our home page is:
| > > www.retailpkg.com
| > >
| > > The page I've been messing with is:
| > > http://www.retailpkg.com/Tissue_MetallicPrinted.htm
| > >
| > > I can see it perfectly in IE 6.0 but in Firefox, the tissue page has
| > > the
| > > pictures fuzzy and nothing is lined up correctly. On the index
| > > page, where I
| > > have a Doctype declaration, the pics are fine and everything's
| > > positioned
| > > correctly in Firefox.
| > >
| > > Thoughts/Answers?
| > >
| > > I'd great appreciate it. Thanks!! Brooke
| >
| >
| >
 
B

Brooke

Just wanted to say thanks again for the help. I'm working on redoing the
entire site because your suggestions worked. I really appreciate it. This
has been bugging me for awhile.
 

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