Seeking validation help - one error has me stumped

Question

Hi,
I am in the midst of validating this page and almost have it
done. The WC3 site is telling me what's wrong but not exactly
explaining how to rectify the issue in a way that I can
understand:
Here a link to the page
Thanks for taking the time to help,
J

Answer 1

quote:
Originally posted by:
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Try it the other way around - I just mistyped -
'<a href="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash">Get
Flash </' + 'a>';
No luck Murray, that last correction just created more
errors...I tried reading the documentation on the WC3 site but
could not decipher,
Thanks for the help
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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"jordydme" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
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>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> Change this -
>
> + '<a href="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash">Get
Flash </a>';
>
> to this -
>
> + '<a href="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash">Get
Flash <' + '/a>';
>
>
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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>
> "jordydme" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am in the midst of validating this page and
almost have it done. The
> > WC3
> > site is telling me what's wrong but not exactly
> > explaining how to rectify the issue in a way that I
can understand:
> >
> >
> >
http://woganworks.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is the error I am getting from the validator:
> >
> >
> > Line 68, Column 53: document type does not allow
element "a" here.
> >
> > + '<a href="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash">Get
Flash </a>';
> >
> > ?
> >
> > The element named above was found in a context
where it is not allowed.
> > This
> > could mean that you have incorrectly nested
elements -- such as a
> > "style"
> > element in the "body" section instead of inside
"head" -- or two
> > elements
> > that
> > overlap (which is not allowed).
> >
> > One common cause for this error is the use of XHTML
syntax in HTML
> > documents.
> > Due to HTML's rules of implicitly closed elements,
this error can create
> > cascading effects. For instance, using XHTML's
"self-closing" tags for
> > "meta"
> > and "link" in the "head" section of a HTML document
may cause the parser
> > to
> > infer the end of the "head" section and the
beginning of the "body"
> > section
> > (where "link" and "meta" are not allowed; hence the
reported error).
> >
>
>
>
>
> Thanks for the help Murray, when I follow your
recommendations, the one
> error
> turns into 8 see errors below:
>
>
>
> 1. Line 68, Column 50: document type does not allow
element "a" here.
>
> ?ttp://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash">Get Flash
<' +
> '/a>'; document.write(a
>
> ?
>
> The element named above was found in a context where it
is not
> allowed.
> This could mean that you have incorrectly nested
elements -- such as a
> "style"
> element in the "body" section instead of inside "head"
-- or two elements
> that
> overlap (which is not allowed).
>
> One common cause for this error is the use of XHTML
syntax in HTML
> documents. Due to HTML's rules of implicitly closed
elements, this error
> can
> create cascading effects. For instance, using XHTML's
"self-closing" tags
> for
> "meta" and "link" in the "head" section of a HTML
document may cause the
> parser
> to infer the end of the "head" section and the beginning
of the "body"
> section
> (where "link" and "meta" are not allowed; hence the
reported error).
> 2. Warning Line 68, Column 61: character "<" is the
first character of
> a
> delimiter but occurred as data.
>
> ?acromedia.com/go/getflash">Get Flash <' +
> '/a>'; document.write(alternateCon
>
> ?
>
> This message may appear in several cases:
> * You tried to include the "<" character in your
page: you
> should
> escape it as "&lt;"
> * You used an unescaped ampersand "&": this may be
valid in some
> contexts, but it is recommended to use "&amp;",
which is always safe.
> * Another possibility is that you forgot to close quotes
in a
> previous tag.
> 3. Error Line 72, Column 8: end tag for "a" omitted, but
OMITTAG NO was
> specified.
>
> </script>
>
> ?
>
> You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps
you meant to
> "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>"
instead of ">".
> 4. Info Line 68, Column 3: start tag was here.
>
> + '<a href="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash">Get
Flash <' +
> '/a>'; docume
>
> 5. Error Line 68, Column 62: XML Parsing Error:
StartTag: invalid
> element
> name.
>
> ?cromedia.com/go/getflash">Get Flash <' +
> '/a>'; document.write(alternateCont
>
> ?
> 6. Error Line 72, Column 9: XML Parsing Error: Opening
and ending tag
> mismatch: a line 68 and script.
>
> </script>
>
> ?
> 7. Error Line 76, Column 8: XML Parsing Error: Opening
and ending tag
> mismatch: script line 27 and div.
>
> </div>
>
> ?
> 8. Error Line 149, Column 7: XML Parsing Error: Opening
and ending tag
> mismatch: div line 24 and body.
>
> </body>
>
> ?
> 9. Error Line 150, Column 7: XML Parsing Error: Opening
and ending tag
> mismatch: body line 23 and html.
>
> </html>
>
> ?
> 10. Error Line 150, Column 7: XML Parsing Error:
Premature end of data
> in
> tag html line 2.
>
> </html>
>
> ?
>