- From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:56:59 +0100
- To: Rick Merrill <rickmerrill@comcast.net>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
On 24 Jul 2008, at 15:19, Rick Merrill wrote: > I include the validator Icon on my pages that pass validation > and the link works fine when posted on my web site, but it > does not work if I open the web page from a file on my own computer, > saying >> >> No Referer header found! So you (or your sysop, network administrator, or something) have disabled the referer header. > http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer > > Has anyone built HTML code that detects no-referer and > instead uses the download page or >> >> Validate by File Upload > http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_upload HTML code doesn't do anything. It can't "detect no-referer" any more than, say, ASCII code can. Sure, the no-referer page can give you other options - doesn't it already? But there's no possible way to validate the referring page if your privacy settings withhold that information. -- Nick Kew
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