Can't Validate my Page

[mburt]

Hi,

I've been trying really hard to validate my page, with 4.0 strict, 3.2 and 2.0, but it is still "not a valid document".

This is the URL:

http://www40.brinkster.com/mburt

Any help appreciated

[ItsMeOnly]

well, it's too advanced for 3.2 and 2.0 and too backwards for 4.0 strict

get rid of element attributes on behalf of stylesheets or inline styles.
<script type="text/javascript"> instead of <script language="javascript">
also I doubt that iframe can receive any event, since it is itself a viewport (i..e. contains html body)
also: none of "stricts" supports iframes and targets, you need to javascript relocation

[mburt]

That all? Okay, I'll try to work it out some how.. Thanks

[ItsMeOnly]

that's it, believe or not- my page, being short of JS critical mass, full of unnecesarry gizmos and quirks is short of being xhtml 1.1 strict- I cannot switch, because of targets and some inline styling. many pages are in deed xhtml 1.0 strict, but I keep transitional just for IE.

[Twey]

Firstly, use a modern DOCTYPE.
The language/type problems are pretty self-explanatory.

there is no attribute "ALIGN" .

Also pretty obvious. Use text-align or margin.

there is no attribute "TARGET" .

This should be done using client-side scripting, according to the W3C. As such, the TARGET attribute has been removed from all strict DTDs.

document type does not allow element "BR" here; missing one of "P", "H1", "H2", "H3", "H4", "H5", "H6", "PRE", "DIV", "ADDRESS" start-tag .

Just like it says. It needs to be inside a text element.

there is no attribute "SRC" .

All the iframe attribute problems are due to:

element "IFRAME" undefined .

... which is the validator telling you not to use an iframe.

[mburt]

(Shutters).... Oh.. Well, now that my life is ruined..

[mwinter]

my page ... is short of being xhtml 1.1 strict

Considering that XHTML 1.1 should not be served as HTML (Appendix C XHTML only applies to XHTML 1.0) and MSIE, amongst other browsers, doesn't support XHTML, serving it to user agents should be last thing on anyone's mind.

... but I keep transitional just for IE.

What bearing does a Transitional document type have on IE?

This should be done using client-side scripting, according to the W3C. As such, the TARGET attribute has been removed from all strict DTDs.

No, it shouldn't be done at all (for example, Checkpoint 10.1 in WCAG), and the target attribute was removed because it's primarily a frame-related feature (and frames do not feature in Strict HTML).

Mike

[ItsMeOnly]

What bearing does a Transitional document type have on IE?

For some reason when I try 1.0 strict- the "borders" of "windows" and "scrolled windows" are rendered incorrectly- don't ask me why- it's IE we're talking about.

Besides, I don't need to do that stupid "first line comment" workaround...