- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@iinet.net.au>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:09:19 +1000
- To: BangaloreEducation <george@bangaloreeducation.com>
- CC: www-validator@w3.org
BangaloreEducation wrote: > Line 20, column 113: there is no attribute "BACKGROUND" > With reference to the <table> and <td> The background attribute is only defined for the <body> element, not table related elements. 'bgcolor' is, however, it is deprecated in HTML and can only be used with a Transitional DTD. Because of their presentational nature, these attributes should be avoided. Instead, you should use CSS to control the presentation of the documents. > This works in ie,Mozilla,Konqueror,Opera Many browsers support non-standard extensions to HTML, but that doesn't mean it's not an error. > So is it really an error Yes. The validator is very rarely wrong with these kind of errors. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/ http://getfirefox.com/ Rediscover the Web http://spreadfirefox.com/ Igniting the Web
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