can't figure out why my page is tentatively valid and not valid when using validate.w3.org. what does tentatively mean? does it mean it could work on most of computers, but not all? how do i make it just VALID even though i have no errors? change the DOCTYPE? currently using HTML 4.01 strict as shown:<br />
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/DTD/strict.dtd"><br />
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tried using transitional, but it also said tentatively valid.<br />
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link for validation is: <br />
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<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww27.brinkster.com%2Fproject4pat%2F&doctype=HTML+4.01+Strict&charset=utf-8+%28Unicode%2C+worldwide%29">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... rldwide%29</a><!-- m --><br />
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and my web page is www27.brinkster.com/project4pat.<br />
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thanks<!--content-->the docs say that when it doesn't contain a doctype it will give it a 'tentative' validation?<!--content-->Weird... maybe the URL in the doctype is incorrect. (waiting for giz to appear...)<!--content-->that is because it is not even close to being valid.<br />
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<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww27.brinkster.com%2Fproject4pat%2F&doctype=%28detect+automatically%29&charset=%28detect+automatically%29">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... tically%29</a><!-- m --><br />
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I get this<br />
I was not able to extract a character encoding labeling from any of the valid sources for such information. Without encoding information it is impossible to validate the document<br />
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you need to add character encoding.<br />
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><!--content-->When you checked your code you used one or other of the drop down boxes to tell the Validator either (or both) the DOCTYPE (HTML Version) and Content-Type (Character Set) to use. <br />
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You have now corrected the HTML errors in the Document, but you are still relying on the information in the Drop Down Box to tell the Validator this vital information.<br />
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If you add both the DOCTYPE (HTML Version) and Content-Type (Character Set) information to the file, AND you set the drop down boxes on the validator to "Detect Automatically" then the error message will go away.<br />
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The results page already explains that when it says:<br />
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* DOCTYPE Override in effect! Any DOCTYPE Declaration in the document has been suppressed and the DOCTYPE for é›篢ML 4.01 Strict?inserted instead. The document will not be Valid until you alter the source file to reflect this new DOCTYPE.<br />
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* The document located at <http://www27.brinkster.com/project4pat/> was tentatively found to be Valid. That means it would validate as HTML 4.01 Strict if you updated the source document to match the options used (typically this message indicates that you used either the Document Type override or the Character Encoding override).<!--content-->
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/DTD/strict.dtd"><br />
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tried using transitional, but it also said tentatively valid.<br />
<br />
link for validation is: <br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww27.brinkster.com%2Fproject4pat%2F&doctype=HTML+4.01+Strict&charset=utf-8+%28Unicode%2C+worldwide%29">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... rldwide%29</a><!-- m --><br />
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and my web page is www27.brinkster.com/project4pat.<br />
<br />
thanks<!--content-->the docs say that when it doesn't contain a doctype it will give it a 'tentative' validation?<!--content-->Weird... maybe the URL in the doctype is incorrect. (waiting for giz to appear...)<!--content-->that is because it is not even close to being valid.<br />
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<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww27.brinkster.com%2Fproject4pat%2F&doctype=%28detect+automatically%29&charset=%28detect+automatically%29">http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... tically%29</a><!-- m --><br />
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I get this<br />
I was not able to extract a character encoding labeling from any of the valid sources for such information. Without encoding information it is impossible to validate the document<br />
<br />
you need to add character encoding.<br />
<br />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><!--content-->When you checked your code you used one or other of the drop down boxes to tell the Validator either (or both) the DOCTYPE (HTML Version) and Content-Type (Character Set) to use. <br />
<br />
You have now corrected the HTML errors in the Document, but you are still relying on the information in the Drop Down Box to tell the Validator this vital information.<br />
<br />
If you add both the DOCTYPE (HTML Version) and Content-Type (Character Set) information to the file, AND you set the drop down boxes on the validator to "Detect Automatically" then the error message will go away.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
The results page already explains that when it says:<br />
<br />
* DOCTYPE Override in effect! Any DOCTYPE Declaration in the document has been suppressed and the DOCTYPE for é›篢ML 4.01 Strict?inserted instead. The document will not be Valid until you alter the source file to reflect this new DOCTYPE.<br />
<br />
* The document located at <http://www27.brinkster.com/project4pat/> was tentatively found to be Valid. That means it would validate as HTML 4.01 Strict if you updated the source document to match the options used (typically this message indicates that you used either the Document Type override or the Character Encoding override).<!--content-->