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@NogDogJan 18.2006 — #You've chosen to use XHTML instead of HTML, and XHTML requires that all tags be terminated, even stand-along tags like IMG. Thus you must terminate the IMG tag with a "/>", e.g.:
Also, all element and attribute names must now be lower-case. Also, you may need to wrap your script content in CDATA delimiters:
Or, you could just use the HTML 4.01 Strict DTD and not worry about it. ?@NogDogJan 18.2006 — #
Try removing the "/" just before the closing ">" (since you're HTML now and not XHTML).
Pretty much what it says. Form elements are not to be direct children of the <form> element; you need to wrap them in a DIV, P or one of the other tags listed in the error description
I'm guessing this will be fixed by the above fix.
site validation
i’m having difficulty understanding the errors specified in my site validation check.
examples:
Error Line 318 column 39: element “SCRIPT” undefined.
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript”>
# Error Line 333 column 39: end tag for “img” omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified.
alt=”what women want”></div>
You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to “self-close” an element, that is, ending it with “/>” instead of “>”.
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there are too many to list ( 36 in all)
if someone has the time, can they explain how i would correct some of these problems?
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@NogDogJan 18.2006 — #You've chosen to use XHTML instead of HTML, and XHTML requires that all tags be terminated, even stand-along tags like IMG. Thus you must terminate the IMG tag with a "/>", e.g.:<i>
</i><img src="foo.bar" alt="" />
Also, all element and attribute names must now be lower-case. Also, you may need to wrap your script content in CDATA delimiters:
<i>
</i><script type="text/javascript">
<![CDATA[
... unescaped script content ...
]]>
</script>
Or, you could just use the HTML 4.01 Strict DTD and not worry about it. ?
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@NogDogJan 18.2006 — #i can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel.
i'm down to 3 errors from 37...
can someone tell me how to correct these 4 errors so my page will finally validate...(sob) i thought i'd never see the day...
errors:
Error Line 7 column 73: character data is not allowed here.
...e" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
You have used character data somewhere it is not permitted to appear. Mistakes that can cause this error include putting text directly in the body of the document without wrapping it in a container element (such as a <p>aragraph</p>) or forgetting to quote an attribute value (where characters such as "%" and "/" are common, but cannot appear without surrounding quotes).
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Try removing the "/" just before the closing ">" (since you're HTML now and not XHTML).
Error Line 357 column 62: document type does not allow element "SELECT" here; missing one of "P", "H1", "H2", "H3", "H4", "H5", "H6", "PRE", "DIV", "ADDRESS" start-tag.
... NAME="list" SIZE=1 OnChange="location=getSelect(this)">
The mentioned element is not allowed to appear in the context in which you've placed it; the other mentioned elements are the only ones that are both allowed there and can contain the element mentioned. This might mean that you need a containing element, or possibly that you've forgotten to close a previous element.
One possible cause for this message is that you have attempted to put a block-level element (such as "<p>" or "<table>") inside an inline element (such as "<a>", "<span>", or "<font>").
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Pretty much what it says. Form elements are not to be direct children of the <form> element; you need to wrap them in a DIV, P or one of the other tags listed in the error description
Error Line 370 column 6: end tag for "FORM" which is not finished.
</FORM>
Most likely, You nested tags and closed them in the wrong order. For example <p><em>...</p> is not acceptable, as <em> must be closed before <p>. Acceptable nesting is: <p><em>...</em></p>
Another possibility is that you used an element which requires a child element that you did not include. Hence the parent element is "not finished", not complete. For instance, <head> generally requires a <title>, lists (ul, ol, dl) require list items (li, or dt, dd), and so on.
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I'm guessing this will be fixed by the above fix.