Thank you for your help. ;) You made more sense then the F.A.Q. page. ;) >From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au> >Reply-To: www-validator@w3.org >To: hg safds <introvertedboi@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: I am indesperate need of help >Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:59:38 +1000 > >hg safds wrote: >>Here is my results. > >It is *much more convenient* if you simply provide a URL for the >document in question, rather than copying an entire results page >into an e-mail. > >Tip: Don't panic about having lots of errors, just focus on one at a >time. > >> No Character Encoding Found! Falling back to UTF-8. > >The character encoding for the document needs to be specified. >There are many to choose from and browsers should not need to guess >which encoding was used. You may need to consult the documentation >for your editor to determine which encoding the files are being >saved as, but this is commonly ISO-8859-1, US-ASCII or UTF-8. >Beware of editors that save as Windows-1252, even though they claim >to use ANSI – they're lying. > >http://www.w3.org/International/resource-index.html#charset > >>So what should I do? Tell me more... >><http://validator.w3.org/docs/help.html#faq-charset> > >The FAQ actually does provide some useful information, I assume you >actually read it before you posted? > >> No DOCTYPE Found! Falling Back to HTML 4.01 Transitional > >Use the correct DOCTYPE. > >>So what should I do? Tell me more... >><http://validator.w3.org/docs/help.html#faq-doctype> > >The FAQ provides more than enough information, but I'd recommend you >use HTML 4.01 Strict or Transitional and start the document with >this DOCTYPE. Either of these (not both) should be the first thing >in the file. You need to pick the most appropriate for your needs. >If you are using deprectated features, you need to use transitional, >although you should work to be able to use strict in the future. > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> > >Transitional is probably the most appropriate for your needs at the >moment. > >> /Line 6, column 16/: there is no attribute "TOPMARGIN" >> >> |<body topmargin=*"*0" leftmargin="0" bottommargin="0" >>rightmargin="0">| > >Those 4 margin attributes are non-standard, proprietary extensions. >Remove them and use CSS instead: > >body { margin: 0; } > >That has exactly the same effect as those attributes. > >> /Line 8, column 22/: document type does not allow element >>"STYLE" here >> >> |<style type="text/css"*>*{ }| > >Style elements belong within the <head>. They cannot be used >anywhere within the <body>. Move this to the head like this. > ><head> > <title>Document Title</title> > <style type="text/css"> > body { margin: 0; } > /* Insert more CSS here */ > </style> ></head> > >> /Line 159, column 6/: end tag for element "HEAD" which is >>not open >> >> |</head*>*| > >This often happens when you have used XHTML syntax for an empty >element such as <link /> or <meta />. In HTML, do not use the /, it >has a different meaning in HTML from XHTML, which can cause this >strange error. I suspect this would also be the cause of the >previous error with the style element. > >eg. Instead of ><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" /> >use ><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"> > >> /Line 160, column 5/: document type does not allow element >>"BODY" here > >This should get fixed by fixing the previous error. > >> /Line 163, column 62/: required attribute "ALT" not >>specified >> >> >>|...c="http://www.44caliberlove.com/images/toplayout1.jpeg"*>*| > >Images must have alternate text which is used when the images are >not available for some users for any reason. >http://www.hixie.ch/advocacy/alttext >http://www.hixie.ch/advocacy/alt-tooltips >http://www.htmlhelp.com/feature/art3.htm > >> /Line 166, column 110/: there is no attribute >>"ALLOWTRANSPARENCY" >> >> |...auto; z-index: 2;" allowtransparency=*"*true">| > >That is a non-standard proprietary extension, and I don't even know >what it's for. Remove it. > >> /Line 234, column 7/: there is no attribute "BORDER" >> >> |border=*"*0" name="submit" alt="| > >There is no border attribute for that element. I suspect it's an >input element, probably a type="image". You could specify the >border using CSS. > >> /Line 269, column 6/: end tag for element "FONT" which is >>not open >> >> |</font*>*</div>| > >Remove all font elements! There is absolutely no reason to continue >using them, use CSS instead. To fix this error though, simply >remove the extraneous </font> end-tag. > >> /Line 272, column 116/: end tag for "DIV" omitted, but its >>declaration >> does not permit this >>... >> /Line 272, column 0/: start tag was here >> >> |*<*div style="position:absolute; top:475; left:50; >>width:396px; overflow: >> auto; z-| > >You need to make sure the start- and end-tags for elements are >balanced. ie. For every start tag (<div>), you must have a matching >end tag (</div>) unless it is an empty element. Empty elements are ><img>, <br>, <link>, <meta>, etc. You must also make sure elements >are nested correctly. > >This is wrong because the elements are overlapping: > ><x> > <y> > </x> ></y> > >This is the correct way: ><x> > <y> > </y> ></x> > >-- >Lachlan Hunt >http://lachy.id.au/ >http://GetFirefox.com/ Rediscover the Web >http://GetThunderbird.com/ Reclaim your Inbox > _________________________________________________________________ Take advantage of powerful junk e-mail filters built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.Received on Friday, 1 April 2005 14:37:21 UTC
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