[theme-reviewers] Capital doctype?

Wed May 23 13:28:26 UTC 2012

Looks like an incorrect/over-specific interpretation of the Guidelines.
What you have should be fine.

Just FYI: the best/fastest way to resolve such a question is to ask it
*first* in the ticket.

Also, this is a good time to remind reviewers:

   - Do NOT list "info" notices in the review summary
   - It is preferred NOT to list "recommended" notices in the review summary
   - If you must list "recommended" notices (or want to provide
   suggestions, best practices, etc.), be sure that they are *clearly
   separated* from any "required" notices. We need to be as clear as possible
   regarding what the developer MUST address in order to get the Theme
   approved.

Thank you all for your contributions!

Chip

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Thomas Scholz <thomas.scholz at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I just read <http://themes.trac.wordpress.**org/ticket/7786#comment:2<http://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7786#comment:2>>
> and there is a note I don't understand:
>
>  • DOCTYPE write in capital letter
>>
>
> Is this a requirement? Why?
> <http://codex.wordpress.org/**Theme_Review#Doctype_**Declaration<http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Review#Doctype_Declaration>>
> doesn't mention capitalization.
>
> <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/**web-apps/current-work/**
> multipage/syntax.html#the-**doctype<http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/syntax.html#the-doctype>
> >
> states:
>
>  A DOCTYPE must consist of the following components, in this order:
>>  1. A string that is an ASCII case-insensitive match for the string
>> "<!DOCTYPE".
>>
>
> and again:
>
>  Note: In other words, <!DOCTYPE html>, case-insensitively.
>>
>
> I am not aware of any browser issues with capitalization.
>
> The only real (and very subtle) effect is that <!doctype html> may result
> in smaller files when gzip compression is used because the algorithm works
> case-sensitive and can "re-use" letters.
>
> Thomas
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