- From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:10:57 +0100 (BST)
- To: grandane@grandane.com
- cc: www-validator@w3.org
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 grandane@grandane.com wrote: > Am receiving "No errors found" but with message saying "This document > _would_ validate as the document type specified if > updated to match the Options used. " Aaargh!!! Reports like this need a URL where we can see what's going on. > Have tried adding to my meta tags one of the explanations given by > validator i.e., <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > charset=utf-8"> ....... Onono, don't say that bogosity has found its way into the validator pages? You use HTTP headers to set Content-Type. Use lynx -dump -head to see what actual HTTP headers your server is returning, and fix them if wrong. > Example: > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> > For HTML, use the <meta> tag. Example: > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > charset=utf-8"> ........ Any of which would be appropriate for a protocol (like FTP) that serves documents without MIME headers, or for reading a file from local disc. But not for HTTP. > Advice very much needed. Tell us a URL! -- Nick Kew Site Valet - the essential service for anyone with a website. <URL:http://valet.webthing.com/>
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