- From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:29:38 +0000
- To: Phil Ainley <phil@flockofpigs.co.uk>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
On 3 Nov 2009, at 14:19, Phil Ainley wrote: > I have managed to whittle the errors down to 1, but I can't sort > it, can > anyone help at all please? > 1. Error Line 67, Column 50: Attribute "background" exists, but > can > not be used for this element. > > <td width="25" valign="top" > background="images/shadowlt.gif"> </td> The root cause of this is that you are using tables for layout (instead of CSS and elements with appropriate semantics[1]). The how to fix information does tell you how to hack around the issue: > check that they are both allowed > in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute … but you really should scrap your existing layout code and redo it using modern techniques. We're not in the 20th century any longer. [1] Or, at least, without inappropriate semantics. -- David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk
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