Add Subject Here

NOTE: Whenever possible, give the address of the document you were checking. 

 

W3C,

I observe, when checking student's coding, the following error is received this morning (on more than one occasion):

Line 1, Column 1: end of document in prolog 

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.o…

✉ <http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=;errmsg_id=47#errormsg>  

This error may appear when the validator receives an empty document. Please make sure that the document you are uploading is not empty, and report <http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html>  any discrepancy. 

The student's file is not empty.  Here is a copy of the coding which I cross checked with the CSE HTML Validator program:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>No More Embedded CSS</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8">
<meta name="description" content="Type page description here.">
<meta name="keywords" content="Type keylist words here.">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="myfile.css.">
</head>
<body>
<h1>
Welcome to my Web Page!
</h1>
<p class="justified">
Proin sit amet massa vitae mauris aliquet pharetra. Maecenas cursus risus at massa tempus eu sodales nunc viverra. Nullam varius, leo ut gravida pulvinar, quam odio condimentum tellus, in lobortis nisl est nec felis. Nunc blandit leo ut urna posuere porta. Etiam rutrum lacinia imperdiet. Nullam consectetur nulla a enim porttitor ac eleifend sem consectetur. Nulla suscipit pellentesque congue. Proin molestie lorem nec nisl placerat egestas nec at enim. Aliquam non magna est, ut fringilla neque. In vitae eleifend orci. Suspendisse potenti. Praesent iaculis ornare ipsum et ultrices. Duis interdum consequat purus, eu feugiat urna tincidunt eu. Cras non venenatis sapien.
</p>
<p>
<a href="page2.html" class="normal">
Next Page
</a>
</p>
</body>
</html>


There do not appear to be any issues with the coding.  Is the W3C Markup Validation Service experiencing technical issues?  Just thought you might like to know.

Thanks,
Janice

Received on Monday, 3 May 2010 08:48:39 UTC