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Oct 31.2007

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My code fails (rightly?) W3C validation on a bunch of (similar) pages due to the onMouseover event I am using.

[CODE]<a href=”Sauna_Bens01.html” onMouseover=”showtip(this,event,’0′)” onMouseOut=”hidetip()” target=”_top”>1</a>[/CODE]

This is used so that a hover over a number (“1” in this case) gives a tooltip as to what Page 1 actually contains.

What is wrong? It works really well and so I’d like to use it, but I also would like fully valid and validated pages.

Any clues??

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@KravvitzOct 31.2007 — So you're using XHTML 1.0 Transitional? Why?

In XHTML all element and attribute names should be all lowercase. (It's good practice, although not required, to do the same in HTML as well.)

It's best to avoid using inline event handlers whenever possible. I suggest you read up on [url=http://www.dynamicsitesolutions.com/javascript/best-practices/#unobtrusive_javascript]Unobtrusive JavaScript and other JavaScript Best Practices[/url].
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@BuokaauthorOct 31.2007 — What's the issue with xhtml 1?, please
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@TJ111Oct 31.2007 — Unless you specifically need xhtml, and are properly serving the page as xhmtl (which IE doesn't support), then theres no need to use xhtml. I had read all the xhtml stuff and thought it was the way to go, but as a bunch of people on this forum will point out, if you don't know why you need xhtml over html, you probably shouldnt be using it. [url=http://www.hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml]Look this over[/url].
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@KravvitzOct 31.2007 — You're welcome ?

1) Check out the [url=http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=393445]XHTML vs HTML FAQ[/url].

2) [url=http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200609/no_more_transitional_doctypes_please/]No more Transitional DOCTYPEs, please[/url]

[url=http://accessites.org/gbcms_xml/news_page.php?id=23]It's Time To Kill Off Transitional DOCTYPES[/url]

[url=http://24ways.org/advent/transitional-vs-strict-markup]Transitional vs. Strict Markup[/url]
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