w3c-validation

Is it necessary to have <tbody> in every table?

Is it necessary to have <tbody> in every table? According to Standards. ...

Why does this XHTML-MP code not pass W3C validation?

Wikipedia's example of XHTML-MP: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.1//EN" "http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/DTD/xhtml-mobile11.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"> <head> <title>Hello</title> </head> <body> <p>Hello <a href="h...

Is there a way to use w3c-validator as a local instance using either a session cookie or using username and password?

I would like to integrate the usage of w3c-validator into unit testing. Is there a way to get around authentication to do this? ...

What DOCTYPE should I target today?

I'm refactoring a .Net web application that is in <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" > Right now the approach is just to aim for the stars and go for the latest doctype just because it's latest, I would like to make a wiser choice and target a specific one and for good reasons. There are similar questions...

HTML CSS Validation Error

Error found while checking this document as XHTML 1.0 Transitional! i have my site [here][link removed] but im failing to validate either online or in dreamweaver cs5. the problem being: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://ww...

put an id reference in a div tag

Hi, i have to insert an id reference in a div. i've create an rif attribute: <div rif="5" id="25km" class="mini_button_form">25km</div> but this is w3c invalid. How can i do it? ...

Should I remove trailing slashes in meta tags?

Hi All, W3c markup validation is asking me to remove trailing slashes on my page. Is this correct?...and will my page still be compliant in all browsers? <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"&gt; <meta http-equiv="content-style-type" content="text/css" **/**> Many tha...

w3c-markup-validator apache configuration, validate local

I have some troubles configuring w3c validator at my local server. I'm using fedora 9 and apache httpd. I have installed witjh yum the package, w3c-markup-validator. This is my apache configuration: NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.2:80 <VirtualHost 127.0.0.2:80> ServerName validator.example.org DocumentRoot "/usr/share/w3c-markup-va...

HTML <inline> can contain another <inline> element?

Sounds like that is possible, per W3C am able to validate the following HTML code: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"&gt; <html> <head> <title>Inline can another inline?</title> </head> <body> <div> <span>some text <span>comes here</span>.</span> </div> </body> </htm...

how to validate noscript+meta refresh tag in xHTML?

For visitors that don't support JS I'm redirecting them to a certain page "js.html" For this I have the following in all my files: <noscript> <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0;URL=js.html" /> </noscript> Of course, this doesn't validate in xHTML as noscript must be placed in <body>. But when I place that code in the body of my do...

css validation besides jigsaw

any other css validation sites out there besides jigsaw? It's saying content:none; is incorrect but according to the specs it should be fine.. ...

Adding a doctype w/o killing off current functionality

I had to repurpose some old code for a rush job, and while that code QA's fine it turns out not to have a doctype declared. When I add a doctype, it breaks the design in IE. Ideally, I would be able to declare whatever doctype is assumed when none exists, but don't know if that's possible. Is there a way I can declare a doctype without c...

W3c Markup Validator on Windows 2003 with Apache

Hi All, OS = Windows 2003 (latest sp / hotfixes etc) Perl = Active Perl 5.8.9 Build 825 Apache 2.2.11 Followed the following How-To: http://validator.w3.org/docs/install_win.html Moved to : http://superuser.com/questions/188549/w3c-markup-validator-on-windows-2003-with-apache ...

Page not validating because of xml in a script tag

I'm trying to get a page to validate (http://validator.w3.org) and it complains about some xml I have inside a script tag. How can I resolve this? Am I supposed to have something around the content of my script tag saying "don't look at me"? Line 68, column 114: end tag for element "STR_PROCESSING" which is not open >Proces...

there is no attribute "allowtransparency"

I am looking for some alternate way to do: <iframe transparency=true ... When i do the w3c validation, I am getting the error: Column 31: there is no attribute "allowtransparency" Hi if use this css .iframe-trans-fix{ opacity: 0; filter:alpha(opacity=0); } for above snippet am getting blank iframe, ...

w3validation for favi-icon

<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="favicon.ico"> getting w3validation for the above tag , sample : Error Line 13, Column 11: there is no attribute "REL" <LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="favicon.ico" /> ...

W3C Web Accessiblity Initiative: spelling mistakes and foreign languages

Hi We manage a site for a medical charity. They have a number of links to FAQs in different languages. Obviously, these are in the language concerned. When testing the site (using PowerMapper SortSite) to see W3C WAI issues, we come up with a number of "spelling mistakes" that are the result of words such as "Bienvenido" which is spa...

Solution to do submit-for-validation to W3C Validator in PHP?

To use the W3C Validator your (i.e. beta-) website normally has to be online which I'd rather avoid. Or use the direct input method. Say hello to continuous copy & paste. My Idea: The "direct input methods" submits the input as a form (no surprise here). In other words: The actual validation-page receives a POST request. So: Could I m...

W3C Iframe Validation

Hello. I'm using the Facebook plugin called Activity Feed. The URL of this plugin is: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/activity Now, I'm having a problem. When I get the code for using this plugin it comes inside an IFrame, and has a not standard attribute for Internet Explorer browsers, or at least that what I r...

Is it possible to pass w3 xhtml strict validation and still use google analytic code on my webpage?

Is it possible to pass w3 xhtml strict validation and still use google analytic code on my webpage? ...