Hello -


We are trying to validate an XHTML page's CSS files using the
Validator. The page can be found here:


http://216.83.161.105/series2004/signup.jsp


The page is valid XHTML according to the W3's validator. The CSS
Validator returns a no style sheets found error. The <<head> of the
document contains (among other things):


<<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"

	"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">


<<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">


<<head>

	<<title>The Glenn Group Inc.<</title>

	<<base href="http://216.83.161.105/" />


	<<!-- Links to external CSS files. The first one is to overcome a bug
in

	IE6 that causes a page flicker before the real one loads. -->

	<<link rel="stylesheet" href="resources/empty.css" type="text/css" />

	<<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import
"resources/css/screen.css";<</style>

	<<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import
"resources/css/forms.css";<</style>

	<<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import
"resources/css/tables.css";<</style>

	<<style type="text/css" media="screen">@import
"resources/css/series2004.css";<</style>

<</head>


This works in all the browsers we've tested (IE 5.x and 6 PC, IE 5
Mac, Mozilla PC, Mozilla Mac, Safari) and correctly formats the page
using those CSS files. The CSS Validator appears to be ignoring the
<<base href> declaration as it reports:


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><bigger><bigger><x-tad-bigger>File
not foundhttp://216.83.161.105/series2004/resources/css/screen.css:
Not Found </x-tad-bigger></bigger></bigger></fontfamily>

<x-tad-smaller>

Though it should be looking for
http://216.83.161.105/resources/css/screen.css.


Is it us or the validator?


Thanks,

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Radiant Core, Inc.

Per: Jay Goldman, President

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t: 416.941.1551 f: 416.941.9316 c: 416.704.4283

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