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I *Will* Get This Site Compliant

May 05, 2003 5:40 PM
Tags: css, html, joegrossberg, standards

Note to self: get this site properly validated. Even when people say RTFM, they will help if you show a little initiative.

After all ... more buttons!

Also, some comments in the XHTML might be nice.


Comments: I *Will* Get This Site Compliant

Coming on in from Mark's post:

line 77: image is not a tag -- try "img"
line 78: this tag shouldn't be showing, eh?
line 80: you forgot to close the img tag (space+forward slash before the closing angle bracket)

Fix those and you will find the other cascading errors (you can't embed a list in a non-existant element, that's why the error) will disappear. Also, you don't need the line break after the list items, that's how a list works. If you want them to be further apart, use CSS -- line-height: 150%;

Most of the errors are related to the non-existant IMAGE element -- fix that so it's IMG as it should be and you'll find it much easier to fix your code.

Posted by: Suzanne on May 5, 2003 7:21 PM | permalink

Yes, the BR tags are from MT automatically inserting them in entries.

Thanks for the help. I think (knock on wood!) all that's standing between me and XHTML compliance is ... laziness.

Posted by: Joe Grossberg on May 5, 2003 7:39 PM | permalink

I spent about 30+ minutes fixing that darned unclosed img tag thing last night on my index page to get it to validate. I should have cracked open a cold one after I finished. =)

Posted by: Ryan on May 5, 2003 7:41 PM | permalink

cool buttons!

Posted by: Tiffany Lee on May 6, 2003 6:02 AM | permalink

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