- From: Harold A. Driscoll <harold@driscoll.chi.il.us>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:42:59 -0600
- To: Vidiot <vidiot@vidiot.com>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
At 23:06 17-01-00 , Vidiot wrote: >Run the following page through your validations checker: > > www.vidiot.com/index.html > >The weblint portion of the report says that <BODY> can'r go where >I have it placed. If I move it further up, the validator complains >about placement. There appears to be no place that is safe for ><BODY> When they disagree, the validator takes precedence. >Since when is white not a legal color? Weblint is a collection of advisory opinions, FWIW. >Since when are the attibutes that I have for the framesets illegal? Since as long as the HTML 4 specification has been in effect. >A TYPE attribute for SCRIPT? Since when. Since as long as the HTML 4 specification has been in effect. >I have the third edition >of the O'Reilly Javascript book and there is no discusstion of >a TYPE attribute for SCRIPT. Alas, that may be a shortcoming of the book. >Excuse me for being blunt, but if every page that I >submit to the validation program is going to be rejected >as having errors, then what good is the validation program? The validation program is good. You should be looking to the HTML coding quality. >At this point in time, I have no idea how to make <BODY> compliant. The precise description can be found in the DTD within the HTML 4 specification document. Safe computing, /Harold -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Harold A. Driscoll mailto:Harold@Driscoll.Chi.IL.US #include <std/disclaimer> http://Driscoll.Chi.IL.US
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