[wp-hackers] <!DOCTYPE html>

Thu Nov 25 15:34:34 UTC 2010

The reason I got into this was to leverage my asp programming skills
right into wordpress/php realm. I know it is long shot but when all
you get is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

When writing a post, right within the WYSIWYG editor, I go <script
src='/library/runasp.js'></script><script
runasp("/myasppage.asp","")</script>

And then boom, when you look at the post, right where I mentioned
runasp("/myASPpage.asp",""), i get an iframe with no scroll bars
regardless of how short or tall the output coming from that asp page,
basically a perfectly sized iframe. Since there are no borders and
scroll bars, I can do whatever I want to do in the myasp.asp page and
the reader won't know a difference. That's a very convenient trick for
me to get going.

Of course, this trick has nothing to do with ASP per se. This is a
general iframe resizing matter which opens up some wordpress
hack/extension possibilities for the rest of us. When I do <script
runasp("/myPHPpage.php","")</script> or <script
runasp("/myHTMpage.htm","")</script>, the code still works, regardless
of how many times I use the trick within a given post.

It's a shame IE spoils the whole experience.

I think some of the js calls I use do not work with IE properly.

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Ryan McCue <lists at rotorised.com> wrote:
> Haluk Karamete wrote:
>> The 2010's header.php has this ( <!DOCTYPE html> ) as the first thing.
>>
>> If I remove this or comment it out, what are the harms? How important
>> is it to keep it?
>
> This is more a HTML question than a WordPress question, as it's
> independent of WordPress.
>
> That said, having a DOCTYPE in the document forces the browser into
> standards mode. Without this, the browser will render in quirks mode,
> which for IE is the equivalent of IE 5.5.
>
> Most likely, your problem could be solved in a different way (using the
> aforementioned html5shiv, or IE9.js), enabling you to keep standards mode.
>
> --
> Ryan McCue
> <http://ryanmccue.info/>
>
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