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I've been working on a website for about a month now and everything was going well until today, when I added <!DOCTYPE html> to my code, doing which messed up a lot of my css. Although I was able to fix most of it on the one page I was working on, I don't really want to go back to all the pages I already finished and mess with their css. Can I just leave my site without the <!doctype> ? If I do, will it affect SEO?

misterManSam
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Plone
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    actually it's ` ` (you're just missing an `|` over the `.`) – Roko C. Buljan Mar 23 '15 at 03:22
  • @RokoC.Buljan did you understand the question ? cause i need someone to explain the issue to me . – ProllyGeek Mar 23 '15 at 03:23
  • You need to describe what issues you have exactly. What you have instead of ` ` etc etc. Also, take a Goog at **Quirks Mode** – Roko C. Buljan Mar 23 '15 at 03:28
  • I put a . instead of a ! so it wouldn't disappear. I have nothing instead of my html starts with I know about quirks mode, i fixed most issues in chrome.. i get that unspecific questions are a bad thing here, i just want to know if its alright to leave my website without the doctype tag/in quirks mode. and if that affects SEO. – Plone Mar 23 '15 at 03:36

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Without the <!DOCTYPE html> some browsers will render your website in quirks mode. To have a consistent look across all web browsers it is important to use the DOCTYPE. It's best to put the DOCTYPE in and fix up your CSS to correspond with standards mode.

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  • Since I was working without DOCTYPE the whole time, I made it consistent with all major browsers in quirks mode, thats why im wondering if Doctype is necessary, if my website works good without it as it is.. – Plone Mar 23 '15 at 03:38
  • You still have a better chance of guaranteeing consistency with all browsers using DOCTYPE. Also, learning now how to properly code in standards mode, while may be a bit of a hassle to fix, will help you much more building future sites and making updates. – kojow7 Mar 23 '15 at 03:47
  • Yeah, thats probably what ill do, thanks – Plone Mar 23 '15 at 03:59