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Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:10:57 +0100 (BST)
From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
To: grandane@grandane.com
cc: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109191254170.425-100000@fenris.webthing.com>
Subject: Re: Trouble: ....document type...
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 grandane@grandane.com wrote:
> Am receiving "No errors found" but with message saying "This document
> _would_ validate as the document type specified if
> updated to match the Options used. "
Aaargh!!! Reports like this need a URL where we can see what's
going on.
> Have tried adding to my meta tags one of the explanations given by
> validator i.e., <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
> charset=utf-8"> .......
Onono, don't say that bogosity has found its way into the validator
pages? You use HTTP headers to set Content-Type. Use lynx -dump -head
to see what actual HTTP headers your server is returning, and fix
them if wrong.
> Example:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
> For HTML, use the <meta> tag. Example:
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
> charset=utf-8"> ........
Any of which would be appropriate for a protocol (like FTP) that
serves documents without MIME headers, or for reading a file from
local disc. But not for HTTP.
> Advice very much needed.
Tell us a URL!
--
Nick Kew
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