- From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:08:56 +0100
- To: <info@reflect-design.com>
- Cc: <www-validator@w3.org>
On 29 Jul 2004, at 11:56, <info@reflect-design.com> wrote:
> Please can you tell me why this webpage is not valid HTML 4.01
> transitional, I have placed the correct DTD in the source code and
> still your validation says this is not valid; also I cannot find what
> I need to do to replace this:
>
> 1. Line 41, column 19: there is no attribute "BACKGROUND"
>
> You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the
> document type you are using does not support that attribute for this
> element.
This is why. HTML 4.01 Transitional does not have a background
attribute for the <td> element (nor does any other w3c published DTD
AFAIK).
> or by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "marginheight"
This is more about why.
> (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect
> instead).
This is how.
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David Dorward
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Received on Thursday, 29 July 2004 08:09:20 UTC