- From: Cyber Dog <cyberdog3k@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 00:46:51 -0500
- To: Aaron Gyes <floam@sh.nu>
- Cc: www-validator-css@w3.org
On 11/5/05, Aaron Gyes <floam@sh.nu> wrote:
>
>
> > * Line : 18 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your
> > color : #footer
> > * Line : 25 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your
> > color : #footer a
> > * Line : 30 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your
> > color : #footer a:hover
> > * Line : 53 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your
> > color : :visited
> > * Line : 53 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your
> > color : :visited
> > * Line : 60 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your
> > color : :visited:hover
> > * Line : 60 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your
> > color : :visited:hover
> > * Line : 60 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your
> > color : :visited:hover
> > * Line : 71 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your
> > color : h2
> > * Line : 77 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your
> > color : h3
> > * Line : 94 (Level : 1) You have no background-color with your
> > color : caption
>
> But then scroll down:
>
> h2 {
> * color : #440000;
> * background-color : transparent;
> * font-size : 1.25em;
> }
> * h3 {
> * color : #440000;
> * background-color : transparent;
> * font-size : 1em;
> * margin : 0.5em 0;
> }
>
> It appears that it has been able to parse it, so what's the issue?
>
> Aaron Gyes
>
The short answer is, even though 'transparent' is valid css, the
validator has been made to complain about it because a couple people
feel its bad style to use it rather than a set color.
Have a look through last month's archives for full discussion:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator-css/2005Oct/thread.html
Received on Sunday, 6 November 2005 05:46:56 UTC