How can I declare Doctype on my web pages for better SEO?

Vvel · ‎04-23-2021

Had an seo report saying that alot of my pages dont have doctype declared? How do i fix this? Do i put <doctype > html5<doctype/)

Anonymous · ‎04-23-2021

Hi @Vvel

Aibek is here from Speedimize.io

Usually the doctype is declared by default. In any case, you can specify as below in theme.liquid.

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_doctype.asp

In short, at the beginning of theme.liquid, write:

<!DOCTYPE html>

Vvel · ‎04-25-2021

I know how add it but I don't know what specific file to put it in. My report says 87 pages dont have it. Homepage, collections, blogs, and pages.

Anonymous · ‎04-26-2021

Can you share with us URL of your shop?

So we can check this and find solution for you.

Vvel · ‎04-28-2021

inniti wear dot com

Anonymous · ‎04-28-2021

Hey @Vvel

https://prnt.sc/126twcu -doctype not specified. Usually, in each theme, the doctype is specified at the beginning of theme.liquid. At the very beginning of the theme.liquid doctype is not registered.

theme.liquid is a global layout. Enter the doctype in this file.

If you wish, we can help you with this.

We can send you request via Shopify Partners.

Vvel · ‎04-30-2021

<!doctype html> is has already been there.

this is what the couple of first lines look like...

{% render 'breadcrumbs' %}
{% capture content %}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>




<html lang="{{ shop.locale }}"> 
<head>

{% include 'avada-seo' %}

kub · ‎03-17-2023

Hi. Did you solve this? i also get message that doctype is not declared but i have in my theme.liquid and it is also in source code of page visible

How can I declare Doctype on my web pages for better SEO?

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