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PerlMonks is currently using DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional for its DOCTYPE. With that in mind, a few things in the <head> could be changed to make the red circle with an X in it appear less often.

The current code is...

  <head>
    <title>Perl Monks Discussion</title>
    
    <!-- Theme 0: Web safe blue PerlMonks Theme    -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/common.css" type="text/css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="?node_id=204962" type="text/css" />
    <!-- No CSS Link in User Settings -->
    <style type="text/css">
      .inlinecode {color:#600;}
      .codeblock {color:#006;font-size:8pt;}
    </style>

    <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
    

  </head>
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Valid code for DOCTYPE...

  <head>
    <title>Perl Monks Discussion</title>
    
    <!-- Theme 0: Web safe blue PerlMonks Theme    -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/common.css" type="text/css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="?node_id=204962" type="text/css">
    <!-- No CSS Link in User Settings -->
    <style type="text/css">
      .inlinecode {color:#600;}
      .codeblock {color:#006;font-size:8pt;}
    </style>

    <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico">

  </head>
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The difference is subtle, the / at the end of the <link> and <img> tags do not belong in DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional.

As an aside, can I please have the styles back in my profile. When I wrote it ages ago when styles were still allowed, it looked good, now it doesn't. So, pretty please with cookies!

Have a nice day!

Lady Aleena

In reply to For valid HTML by Lady_Aleena

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