- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 20:38:02 -0700
- To: Ioan Vlad <nick@farne.stanford.edu>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
On Jun 6, 2004, at 7:38 PM, Ioan Vlad wrote: > > Dear W3 guys, > > I see the www-validator flagging the following thing in my code as a > mistake, but I think this is rather useful instead of a mistake. > When I close this tag, instead of simply closing it with </div>, I > close > it with > </div class="footer_universal"> That's cute, but it's still a mistake, because that's not valid HTML or XHTML. What was your question/request? Should the Validator pass something as "valid HTML" when it's not, or do you want a change to the HTML specification? Myself, I do this: <div class="footer"> </div> <!-- footer --> Works for me, and it's standards-compliant. --Kynn > -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain http://idyllmtn.com Author, CSS in 24 Hours http://cssin24hours.com Online Campaign Manager http://ByronForCongress.org Inland Anti-Empire Web Log http://inlandantiempire.org AIM: NextOfKynn | Cell: (909) 202-9872 | Office: (714) 526-5656
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