- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@iinet.net.au>
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:23:18 +1100
- To: Robert <robert_w_ark2006@yahoo.com>
- CC: www-validator community <www-validator@w3.org>
Robert wrote:
> I went to validator.w3c.org and tried out my page. It came up as validated with
> no errors.
Well done.
> So I got a bit curious. I tried to put in your link to check the
> page, and it wouldn't let me.
What was the link you tried to use? This problem is impossible to
diagnose without seeing the actual link.
> However, I saved your page to desktop, and uploaded. There are a few errors.
The pages on validator.w3.org are, AFAICT, all valid. This problem is
most likely caused by your browser when saving the file. Many popular
browsers including IE, Mozilla, Firefox and Opera will, in some
circumstances, alter the markup when the file is saved.
Some cause more errors than others (with Opera causing the least); but
in each of them, the problems only resulted when the HTML was saved with
all images (called "Web Page, complete" in IE and FF). When the HTML is
saved as just the HTML with no images ("Web Page, HTML only"), the
markup is not altered and remains valid. I recommend you always save
files as HTML only, until such time as browsers save files correctly
with either option.
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Lachlan Hunt
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Received on Sunday, 26 December 2004 23:23:26 UTC