Posted 4 years ago #
I am trying to get my index page to validate and i'm down to 9 errors.
Here is my Blog
I think I have an idea but i am not positive how to fix it, would appreciate someone with more experience and a new set of eyes to give a look so I get it right the first time.
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.knockoutodors.com/
the first error:
look at what you have:
<ul>
<form method="get" id="searchform" action="/index.php">
<input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /><input type="submit" id="sidebarsubmit" value="Search" />
</form>
</ul>thats a form inside an unordered list, but you dont have any list item tags.
you need this:
<ul>
<li>
<form>
</form>
</li>
</ul>you cant have uls without lis
the second error:
you have:
<a href="http://contentdesk.com/cmd.php?Clk=1983027"><img src="http://authorityblackbook.com/authority_blackbook3.gif" alt="Authority Black Book" width="125" height="125" border="0"</a>
the <img> is unclosed. they are self closing in XHTML.
you want this:
<a href="http://contentdesk.com/cmd.php?Clk=1983027"><img src="http://authorityblackbook.com/authority_blackbook3.gif" alt="Authority Black Book" width="125" height="125" border="0" /></a>
the 3rd error is the same as the second one. you didnt close the <img> tag
the 4th error is that you didnt include an alt="something with the image used in error #3.
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The uploaded document "www.knockoutodors.com.htm" was checked and found to be valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional. blah blah blah.
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Take my information, read it, fix one item at a time, and then revalidate. Fix the next error, revalidate. Next error, revalidate. Next error, revalidate.
And thank you for turning off the popup. It's appreciated. :)
Posted 4 years ago #
I figured as much about the ul and li tags i just wanted someone to confirm that for me. I think that was a mistake from the theme developer.
Well, My site passes now, thank you for confirming the ul and li tags. However, I changed them just like you suggested and went from 2 errors back up to 10 errors when i revalidated.
Do the
<li> and </li>
tags have to be indented just like this or does it just have to be on the next line?
<ul>
<li>
<form>
</form>
</li>
</ul>I just removed the search widget and now it is perfect.
I don't have all my articles from my previous blog posted yet so once i get my 50 or so articles I wrote on this one then the search form will be useful.
Thank you for all of your help Whooami!!! Notice I spelled it right this time. Now i can finally go to bed and get a good nights sleep.
Thanks
no, nothing has to be indented -- i did that so that you could see the format better.
Posted 4 years ago #
Whooami,
I indented the
<li> tags and reloaded the search widget and it validates good now.
Question for you though. If you look at whre you saw that error. Under the closing tag there is a </li>
tag. It doesn't look like it is supposed to be there. Am I right about this or am I missing something.
thanks
[mod: corrected the code to be visible]
i dont know what you are talking about. read your post, how can I possibly understand your question. you cant just write HTML in these forums and have it show up, so if you dont know what a backtick is, then dont put < and > around stuff.
Posted 4 years ago #
Sorry about that, It was very late and i was tired and i just typed quick and posted, my bad.
Anyway, I got the search form to validate per your suggestion.
One thing I did have a question about though is that i think there was an extra closing li tag below the closing ul tag left by the theme developer. If you have a sec, could you check that out and let me know if this is correct.
I was just reading my last post and its kind of funny to read. Again thanks for your guidance.
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