- From: Ian Stuart <Ian.Stuart@ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 06:40:00 +0000
- To: <www-validator@w3.org>
On 10/01/2021 17:32, Gilbert, Kenneth C wrote: > This email was sent to you by someone outside the University. > You should only click on links or attachments if you are certain that > the email is genuine and the content is safe. > > In an assignment for Django for Everybody, I created a web page on > Pythonanywhere. The assignment required that Icheck it in W3C HTML > Validator. The code is given below, and the link is > https://www.pythonanywhere.com/user/kennyg/files/home/kennyg/django_projects/mysite/site/dj3e.htm. > > > The page displays fine in chrome. When I paste the code into W3C the > HTML Validator as text, I only get a warning. When I put the link into > the validator, I get a bunch of errors. The output is a the bottom of > the email. What are you expecting from this list? They are not in a position to change pythonanywhere or django, nor should they change the W3C spec to suit a mal-forming tool. As it happens - have another look at the errors your getting: Your test has '<title> Ken Gilbert b8a0ca</title>', the validator has '<title>Login: PythonAnywhere</title>' You're not testing what you think you're testing -- Ian Stuart. Perl & Python developer, EDINA, The University of Edinburgh. 🚙 http://edina.ac.uk/ The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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