W3C stumper

**marain** · 01-09-2013, 08:56 PM

Hi Folks,

I've managed fairly well on my own for a while, but now find myself stumped over what may be a ridiculously easy question: W3C will not validate the following:

HTML Code:

<p title="Unauthorized Practice of Immigration Law">A separate statute devotes itself to unauthorized practice of <i>immigration</i> law.  That separate statute is N.J.S. 2C:21-31.  As with N.J.S. 2C:21-22, violation of N.J.S. 2C:21-31 can be either a third degree or fourth degree crime, depending on the particular circumstances of the case.</p>

The full page in question is: http://www.marainlaw.com/page.php?he...orizedpractice.

Assistance humbly sought.

Best,

A.

P.S. Happy New Year, all.

**Beverleyh** · 01-09-2013, 09:11 PM

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...e&group=0&ss=1

According to the source as identified by the validator, you have an and formatting inside of an image tag (in the alt text). Remove those and see how it improves things.

**traq** · 01-09-2013, 09:14 PM

...validate it as what?

and is there a specific error it gives you?

Edit:

Originally Posted by Beverleyh

According to the source as identified by the validator, you have an and formatting inside of an image tag (in the alt text)...

actual source code of in question:

HTML Code:

Determining whether a particular activity constitutes unauthorized practice of law is often difficult. The practice of law encompasses much more than conduct of litigation in the courts. It includes actions for <a href="http://www.marainlaw.com/bottomline.php"><img border="2" src="images/unauth1.jpg" alt="criminal defense lawyer in New Jersey for unauthorized practice of law. Note that an additional New Jersey statute specifically deals with unauthorized practice of immigration law. That statute is N.J.S. 2C:21-31." width="160" height="240" class="left" /></a>which legal knowledge, training, skill and ability are required. Loosely speaking, advice to clients, and all actions taken for them in matters connected with the law, constitute practice of law. That includes work performed outside of a court. It includes actions having no immediate relation to proceedings in court.

A commonly understood textual representation of italicized text is to surround the phrase with underscores, e.g.,

Code:

practice of _immigration law_.

**molendijk** · 01-09-2013, 09:56 PM

There's nothing wrong with that line, because this validates (try it):

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="description" content="Unauthorized Practice Law New Jersey" />
<meta name="classification" content="lawyer, federal, criminal, attorney, NJ, New Jersey, DWI, trial, appeal, juvenile, crime" />
<meta name="extra" content="Counsellors at Law who go that extra mile for their clients." />
<meta name="distribution" content="Global" />
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<p title="Unauthorized Practice of Immigration Law">A separate statute devotes itself to unauthorized practice of <i>immigration</i> law.  That separate statute is N.J.S. 2C:21-31.  As with N.J.S. 2C:21-22, violation of N.J.S. 2C:21-31 can be either a third degree or fourth degree crime, depending on the particular circumstances of the case.</p>
</body>
</html>

**traq** · 01-09-2013, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by molendijk

There's nothing wrong with that line, because this validates...

Correct.

Problem is (as Beverlyh pointed out), the code the OP quoted in their post is only a fragment of a larger document
...and is not the line that is actually producing the validation error.

**marain** · 01-09-2013, 10:29 PM

Beverley, that was it. Thank you!

Seeing the solution, I don't feel quite so inadequate. It does not strike me as that obvious. I salute your acumen.

A.

**Beverleyh** · 01-09-2013, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Beverleyh

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...e&group=0&ss=1

According to the source as identified by the validator, you have an and formatting inside of an image tag (in the alt text). Remove those and see how it improves things.

Hi again peeps,

Can I just check that we're all talking about the same thing - the img inside of the paragraph that has italic text in the alt value, like this?;

Code:

<img border="2" src="images/unauth1.jpg" alt="criminal defense lawyer in New Jersey for unauthorized practice of law.  Note that an additional New Jersey statute specifically deals with unauthorized practice of <i>immigration law</i>.  That statute is N.J.S. 2C:21-31." width="160" height="240" class="left" />

that's what the validator is flagging on line 57.

**Beverleyh** · 01-09-2013, 10:32 PM

Ha, ha - I've got some serious sausage-fingers going on with this iPhone keyboard. I am so slow tonight - i can't keep up!

Glad you/we got it sorted

**marain** · 01-09-2013, 10:32 PM

Hi Traq,

Beverley found the problem. I'm still not quite sure why I can't italicize within alt tags, but so be it.

Best,

A.

**traq** · 01-09-2013, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by marain

I'm still not quite sure why I can't italicize within alt tags, but so be it.

why you can't do it:
Attribute values must be text (not HTML - you can nest elements inside other elements [subject to rules, of course], but not inside a tag - that's what messes up the parser).

why the rules are that way:
Attributes are "metadata," not content: therefore, there are no semantics, nor any reason to apply formatting.

If you want to display an attribute value to the user (and the browser's default formatting does not suit your taste), you need to grab the value via javascript and apply your formatting + presentation that way.

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