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What Are HTML Email Doctypes & Which One Should You Use?

Interactive emails are all the buzz in the digital marketing world nowadays. They give your recipients an app-like experience and give you a much better conversion and engagement rate. HTML is the building block for these engaging and visually appealing interactive emails.

You may have also encountered emails with alignment or rendering issues, resulting in a bad experience. One of the reasons behind this could be the HTML email doctype. This article explores the various HTML doctypes available and the one you should choose for your HTML interactive emails.

• What is HTML email doctype?
• What is a doctype and why should you use it?
• Types of HTML doctypes
  • 1. HTML5
  • 2. HTML 4.01 Strict
  • 3. HTML 4.01 Transitional
  • 4. HTML 4.01 Frameset
  • 5. XHTML 1.0 Strict
  • 6. XHTML 1.0 Transitional
  • 7. XHTML 1.0 Frameset
  • 8. XHTML 1.1

  What is HTML email doctype?

  An HTML email doctype tells a web client or email client what version of HTML your email uses. This helps the email client render your HTML email the way it was intended to.

  Technically, it is a null element and doesn’t contain any content within it. There are a few types of HTML email doctypes available today, and we’ll explore them later in this article.

  What is a doctype and why should you use it?

  A doctype or document type declaration (DTD) is an instruction to the web client about the version of markup language your document or web page is written in. The doctype declaration appears in the first line of the HTML code of your email.

  The use of doctype declaration is emphasized because it guarantees proper rendering of your HTML email or web page, which is known as the standards mode.

  In the absence of a doctype declaration, there is a possibility that the email client may not render the HTML email or web page properly and open it in quirks mode, which is an incorrect rendering of your email or web page, resulting in it looking messy and unformatted.

  Now, take a look at the major clients that support HTML doctype declaration.

  Email client	Supports doctype?
  Gmail	Only accepts HTML5 doctype. Automatically renders any doctype as HTML5
  Apple Mail	YES
  Microsoft Outlook (Windows Mail, MacOS, Outlook.com, iOS 2021-11, Android 2021-11)	YES
  Microsoft Outlook (iOS 2019-07, Android 2019-07)	Buggy. Renders as with no doctype or as HTML5
  Microsoft Outlook (Windows 2007-2019)	NO
  Yahoo Mail (iOS, Desktop)	YES
  Yahoo Mail (Android)	NO
  AOL (iOS, Desktop)	YES
  AOL (Android)	NO

  Types of HTML doctypes

  Returning to the different types of HTML doctypes, there are four. Take a look at them one by one and what the code looks like.

  1. HTML5

  HTML5 is the latest markup language version used for creating web pages and emails. It is an all-in-one option to code email templates. It allows the use of apps, music and animations. Many email clients even force HTML5 for rendering emails.

  This is what the code looks like:

  Next up on the list is HTML 4.01. It has three different types of declarations.

  2. HTML 4.01 Strict

  HTML 4.01 Strict contains all the HTML elements but doesn’t allow deprecated elements, presentational elements (< font >, < center >, etc.) or framesets.

  This is what the code looks like:

  3. HTML 4.01 Transitional

  HTML 4.01 Transitional contains neither all HTML elements nor includes framesets, but it includes presentational and deprecated elements.

  This is what the code looks like:

  4. HTML 4.01 Frameset

  HTML 4.01 Frameset allows for using of framesets too.

  This is what the code looks like:

  You may even come across XHTML doctypes besides the four HTML doctypes. XHTML doctypes help interpret bad markups and require using body tags like < head >, < body >, etc., which aren’t necessary for HTML doctypes. There are 4 types of XHTML doctypes as well.

  5. XHTML 1.0 Strict

  XHTML 1.0 Strict contains all HTML elements but does not allow for presentational elements, deprecated elements or framesets.

  This is what the code looks like:

  6. XHTML 1.0 Transitional

  XHTML 1.0 Transitional contains all HTML elements and allows for presentational and deprecated elements but doesn’t allow for the use of framesets.

  This is what their code looks like:

  7. XHTML 1.0 Frameset

  XHTML 1.0 Frameset contains all HTML elements, allows for presentational and deprecated elements and also for the use of framesets.

  This is what the code looks like:

  8. XHTML 1.1

  XHTML 1.1 is the same as XHTML 1.0 with the addition of allowing to add extra modules.

  This is what the code looks like:

  Which HTML doctype should you use for your emails?

  The main factor behind you choosing the right doctype should ideally be what kind of email you’re sending. HTML5 is the newest version and should work for you in most cases.

  Some developers also recommend XHTML 1.0 Transitional and HTML 4.01 Transitional doctype declarations.

  In the end, you shouldn’t rely too heavily on the possibility of your email being compatible with a particular doctype. A failsafe would be to validate your email through W3C Validator to identify any issues with your markup.

  Takeaways

  The various HTML email doctypes will help better rendering of your engaging, interactive emails on various devices and email clients. It is to be noted though, that interactive/AMP email only support HTML5 doctype. Moreover, if you find using HTML to create your interactive emails difficult, you can even check out AMP emails. Mailmodo is an all-in-one email marketing platform that allows you to create interactive emails using its intuitive drag-and-drop editor without having to code.

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  Frequently asked questions

  What is doctype?

  Doctype is document type declaration (DTD), which is the instruction about the markup language used in writing the email or web page code.

  Do HTML emails need a doctype?

  It is not a compulsion for emails to have a doctype, but it gives way to the possibility of the HTML email being rendered in quirks mode by the email client, which is improper rendering and formatting of your HTML email.

  How to declare an HTML doctype for my email?

  The doctype declaration needs to be inserted in the first line of the HTML code of your email. For HTML 5 doctype, the code is . This code is different for different doctypes.

  About the author

  

  Mashkoor Alam

  Content Writer at Mailmodo

  Mashkoor has always been passionate about writing. He used to write short stories on his blog before he started writing for SaaS companies years back. He aspires to create content that connects with the audience and have a book under his name some day.

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  HTML email code requirements

  In order for your HTML to render as expected in Oracle Eloqua and across browsers and email clients, use the guidelines below when working with HTML in an email.

  HTML recommendations

  CSS recommendations

  • Support for CSS properties varies across email clients. Use a CSS compatibility chart to validate what is supported.
  • Do not target the tag with CSS.
  • Oracle Eloqua uses CSS to style the code in the Source Editor. Because of this, if you use CSS class names that are also used by the editor, your email might not display as expected. To help avoid this CSS conflict, avoid using the following class names in your HTML code:
    • .body
    • .elq-form
    • .elq-form-ce
    • .elq-responsive
    • .hidden-border
    • .inline-styled-view
    • .main
    • .overlays-active
    • .sc-container-view
    • .sc-view
    • .sc-view.static-layout
    • .sc-view-overflow

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