Check Out my site (link below) list the goods and the bads for me plz (does any code show?).<!--content-->It doesn't validate (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.abandonfire.webspace4free.biz%2Fabandonfire.html">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.a ... nfire.html</a><!-- m -->)<br />
you are using tables to position non tabular data. (see <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold">http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold</a><!-- m --> )<br />
Your doctype isn't complete.<br />
you should have <script type="text/javascript"><br />
you are using the old deprecated <font> tag<br />
there are no <h1>-<h6> tags<br />
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your site is very inaccessible<!--content-->I dont get the doesn't validate site when I change what the little red arrow points to it makes the script not work the way i want it. How do I use that validater?<!--content-->What do these mean?<br />
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1. document type does not allow element <br />
2. required attribute "ALT" not specified <br />
3. there is no attribute<br />
4. end tag for element<br />
5. end tag for "A" omitted, but its declaration does not permit this <br />
6. start tag was here<br />
7. end tag for element "A" which is not open<!--content-->
you are using tables to position non tabular data. (see <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold">http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold</a><!-- m --> )<br />
Your doctype isn't complete.<br />
you should have <script type="text/javascript"><br />
you are using the old deprecated <font> tag<br />
there are no <h1>-<h6> tags<br />
...<br />
your site is very inaccessible<!--content-->I dont get the doesn't validate site when I change what the little red arrow points to it makes the script not work the way i want it. How do I use that validater?<!--content-->What do these mean?<br />
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1. document type does not allow element <br />
2. required attribute "ALT" not specified <br />
3. there is no attribute<br />
4. end tag for element<br />
5. end tag for "A" omitted, but its declaration does not permit this <br />
6. start tag was here<br />
7. end tag for element "A" which is not open<!--content-->
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You are using an element that the current DOCTYPE does not allow.<br />
You must specify alt text for all images<br />
You used an attribute that does not exist for the current element, according to the DOCTYPE<br />
Probably means that you have an extra closing tag<br />
You have an unclosed a element<br />
The validator is telling where the start tag was for the above error<br />
You have an extra end tag for an a element, which is not open.<br />
[/list=1]<!--content-->Originally posted by The Cheat <br />
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you are using tables to position non tabular data... big deal. If tables are done right it is fine, I prefer to use css, but look at this <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://knights.europe.webmatrixhosting.net/hybrid2.html">http://knights.europe.webmatrixhosting.net/hybrid2.html</a><!-- m --> looks just fine in lynx and is perfectly accessible.<br />
One thing I would like to point out about your page lil' guy, is that you are using the html 4.0 doctype, that is a very out dated doc type, you should be either on html 4.01 or using xhtml, I would say xhtml 1.1 unless you have a good reason to be still on html 4.01. I still use 4.01 transitional when I am dealing with a whole lot of forms (when using asp.net event aware controls, I can do forms without these controls to make my code valid, but the event aware controls drastically reduce my amount of code and are one of the reasons why asp.net is so attractive, this was a lil side note/explanation), otherwise I use xhtml 1.1.<!--content-->I don't know what is wrong with some of these errors because the way I have it, it works on the page. But you guys say it doesn't work I dont get it help. Validator (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.abandonfire.webspace4free.biz%2Fabandonfire.html">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.a ... nfire.html</a><!-- m -->)<!--content-->plus, you've asked this in the wrong forum...<!--content-->Originally posted by The Little Guy <br />
I don't know what is wrong with some of these errors because the way I have it, it works on the page. But you guys say it doesn't work I dont get it help. Validator (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.abandonfire.webspace4free.biz%2Fabandonfire.html">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.a ... nfire.html</a><!-- m -->) <br />
just because it works in your browser doesn't mean it's going to work in someone elses.<!--content-->Yeah, well then how do I fix some of the problems some problems I can't even fix because I don't know what it is saying is wrong like this:<br />
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Line 89, column 38: document type does not allow element "BODY" here. <br />
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<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#00FFCC"><br />
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OR<br />
Line 90, column 71: required attribute "ALT" not specified. <br />
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...//abandonfire.webspace4free.biz/abfbanner.jpg"><br />
^<br />
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When I change something, to something that it wants it to look like, it then doesn't work for me on my browser, but the validator says that it is right and goes to the next problem.<br />
The validator told me to combine the opening body tag and a image so that the tag would look like this:<br />
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<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#00FFCC" class"y" img src=http://abandonfire.webspace4free.biz/abfbanner.jpg"> <br />
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It said that that was the right way and then it never came back to that tag again, but it didn't work on my browser (IE) but using the code like this:<br />
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<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#00FFCC"><img class"y" src=http://abandonfire.webspace4free.biz/abfbanner.jpg"><br />
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It then works<!--content--><body bgcolor="#000000" text="#00FFCC"> <br />
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You need to close your head tag before starting the body.<br />
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...//abandonfire.webspace4free.biz/abfbanner.jpg"><br />
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you need the attribute alt="this is my banner" or how ever you want to describe it.<br />
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<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#00FFCC" class"y" img src=http://abandonfire.webspace4free.biz/abfbanner.jpg"> <br />
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Dont do that. I'm not sure where you are getting that from but that will do nothing. You can set your banner as background image and align it to the top and turn off repeat in your style sheet. This would require editing your script and if you're not versed in javascript or css you may want to stick with the way you have it.<br />
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As for layout, you may want to change the color of your links to white with black on hover. I think they would show up much better.<br />
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Remove this:<br />
<font size=2 face=verdana> <br />
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You can do this in CSS with the following added the head of your document. You dont need to remove the <font> tags as CSS will overwrite them, but it will cut your page size down considerably.<br />
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<style type="text/css"><br />
a:link,a:active,a:visited {<br />
font-family: verdana;<br />
font-size: 12pt;<br />
color: #fff;<br />
}<br />
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a:hover {<br />
color: #000;<br />
}<br />
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</style><br />
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Maybe extend your menu across the length of the banner.<br />
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<table class="z" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bgcolor="#5f0000"> <br />
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Change it to:<br />
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<table class="z" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bgcolor="#5f0000" style="width: 720px;"><br />
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You can use width attribute, but it has been depricated by W3C so it will not validate.<!--content-->All of these are good points, most were given in your first site evaluation (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://forums.webdeveloper.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32729">http://forums.webdeveloper.com/showthre ... adid=32729</a><!-- m -->) post 9 days ago
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