- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 20:38:05 -0700
- To: "Roger W. Winget" <wingetr@cs.byuh.edu>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Hi, this sounds like actually what's happening is that it's
hitting a </ combination -- such as a javascript statement that
prints out a closing tag, any closing tag -- and then assumes
the rest should be parsed.
What you'll need to check for are statements like:
document.write("</P>");
In javascript scripts, the "</" stuff must be escaped with a \
(backslash) before the forward slash, so it looks like "<\/"
or else it's invalid. This is part of the specification for
using javascript with HTML.
For more details, Liam Quinn has a FAQ at:
http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/problems.html#script
Hope this helps! If this doesn't solve your problem, feel free to
provide more information!
--Kynn
At 07:59 PM 10/21/1999 , Roger W. Winget wrote:
>Aloha!
>
>I make heavy use of JavaScript, encapsulating
>the code from older browsers using comments.
>My JavaScript dynamically generates HTML.
>
>My problem is that the Validator ignores my
>comment tags and tries to parse my JavaScript.
>I believe that using JavaScript should disqualify
>me from getting certified.
>
>Mahalo for your time,
>Roger W. Winget
>http://www.cs.byuh.edu/~wingetr/
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