Re: background-color parse error

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, trevor wencl wrote:

> Ever since yesterday it appears that your API has been choking on
> background-color. Sending something as simple as:
>
> h1 { color: #F00; background-color: #F00; }

It works for CSS21 (ie: the default setting), CSS3, but not CSS2, I'll 
check that soon.
Thanks for reporting.

>
> results in an a Parse Error and it doesn't matter what the output type is.
>
> Example:
> http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?text=h1+%7B+color%3A+%23F00%3B+background-color%3A+%23F00%3B+%7D&warning=0&profile=css2&output=soap12
>
>
> via html
> :
> Value Error : background-color<http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/colors.html#propdef-background-color>Parse
> Error [empty
> string]
>
> via text:
>
> Line : 1 h1
>       (Value Error : background-color
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/colors.html#propdef-background-color))
>       Parse Error
>
>
> via soap12
>
> Value Error :  background-color (
> http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/colors.html#propdef-background-color)
>
>                                Parse Error
>
>
> The only thing I can find that comes close to relating is your faq for "Why
> does the validator complain You have no background-color with your color?"
> but that doesn't seem to have any bearing on this. It appears as thought the
> api is just choking on all "background-color" since yesterday. Please help.
> I have an app that relies on this.
>
> Thanks,
> Trevor
>
>

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