Cannot find Serious HTML Code Errors

jamestl2 · 05-12-2007, 11:58 PM

I used the W3C validator to check my site’s code, and I was told that 49 and 56 contain serious errors to be fixed right away, but I cannot find these mistakes in the site’s code.

Is 49 and 56 suppose to represent lines 49 and 56 of my site’s code? because I looked and could not find anything pertaining to the errors on those lines. Unless I am looking on the wrong page, if so, then what page were these errors found on? Or else what do those numbers represent?

dhscott · 05-13-2007, 01:36 AM

Line numbers is correct. Perhaps you can show us the code? I'm sure an eagle-eyed reader will probably spot the mistake or the reason for the error

jamestl2 · 05-13-2007, 01:45 AM

Here are the lines where the errors are suppose to be:
49: </style>
56: <td colspan="4" class="Subtitle"><div align="center" class="style2">Toptenlisted.com</div>

Not sure if these are the right lines though, because these are what they are according to my dreamweaver program.

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"><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/ttlbasic.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" -->
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->
<meta name="verify-v1" content="PMTZMbduTGIUiAp3gWE9MD65PLTwyAp6VIxEwRvpFQU=">
<title>Toptenlisted.com - The Premier Source for Original Top Ten Lists</title>
<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="head" -->
<style type="text/css">
<!--
-->
</style>
<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
<link href="Templates/CSS/Topic.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="Templates/CSS/SiteTitle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.SiteNav {
    color: #0000CC;
}
a:link {
    color: #0000CC;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited {
    color: #663399;
    text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
    color: #FF0000;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.style1 {
    font-size: 20px;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}
.style2 {
    font-size: 60px;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}
body {
    background-color: #996600;
}
a:active {
    text-decoration: none;
}
-->
</style>
</head>

<body>
<div align="center">
  <table width="887" height="715" border="1" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
  <tr height="70" bgcolor="#009966">
      <td colspan="4" class="Subtitle"><div align="center" class="style2">Toptenlisted.com</div>
        <p align="center" class="style1">The Premier Source for Original Top Ten Lists</p></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
      <td colspan="4"><table width="834" height="68" border="1" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
        <tr>
          <th width="106" height="62" scope="col"><a href="Index.html" class="SiteNav">Home</a></th>
          <th width="106" scope="col"><a href="About%20Site.html" class="SiteNav">About Site</a></th>
          <th width="106" scope="col"><a href="About%20Me.html" class="SiteNav">About Author</a></th>
          <th width="106" scope="col"><a href="Contact%20and%20Contribute.html" class="SiteNav">Contact &amp; Contribute</a></th>
          <th width="106" scope="col"><a href="How%20to%20Submit%20Lists.html" class="SiteNav">Submit a List</a></th>
          <th width="106" scope="col"><a href="Search.html" class="SiteNav">Search</a></th>
          <th width="118" scope="col"><a href="Site%20Map.html" class="SiteNav">Sitemap</a></th>
        </tr>
      </table></td>
    </tr>
    
    <tr>
      <td width="226" valign="top"><p class="TopicTitle"><strong>Top Ten Topics</strong></p>
        <p class="Topic"><a href="Advice%20List.html">Advice</a></p>
        <p class="Topic"><a href="Arts%20List.html">Arts &amp; Entertainment</a></p>
        <p class="Topic"><a href="Humor%20List.html">Humor</a></p>
        <p class="Topic"><a href="Philosophy%20List.html">Philosophy &amp; God</a></p>
        <p class="Topic"><a href="Politics%20List.html">Politics &amp; History</a></p>
        <p class="Topic"><a href="Science%20List.html">Science</a></p>
        <p class="Topic"><a href="Miscellaneous%20List.html">Miscellaneous</a></p>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <p align="center"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=toptenlistedc-20&o=1&p=21&l=ur1&category=gift_certificates&banner=15VE6CFASNYEVDWZXKR2&f=ifr" width="125" height="125" scrolling="no" border="0" marginwidth="0" style="border:none;" frameborder="0"></iframe>*        
        </p>
        <p><a href="javascript:addToFavorites()">Bookmark This Site</a></p>
        <p><a href="Tell%20a%20Friend.html">Tell a Friend</a></p>
        <p><!-- Begin: AdBrite -->
  <script type="text/javascript">
   var AdBrite_Title_Color = 'E1771E';
   var AdBrite_Text_Color = '191919';
   var AdBrite_Background_Color = 'FFFFFF';
   var AdBrite_Border_Color = 'FFFFFF';
</script>
  <script src="http://ads.adbrite.com/mb/text_group.php?sid=287189&zs=3136305f363030" type="text/javascript"></script>
        <div><a target="_top" href="http://www.adbrite.com/mb/commerce/purchase_form.php?opid=287189&afsid=1" style="font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;">Your Ad Here</a></div>
        <!-- End: AdBrite -->
&nbsp;        </p></td>
      <td width="38" align="center" valign="top" class="TopicTitle">&nbsp;</td>
      <td width="358" align="center" valign="top">      
&nbsp;
<script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-1372766692340749";
google_ad_width = 234;
google_ad_height = 60;
google_ad_format = "234x60_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
//2007-03-20: ContactRightTopTen, HomeRightTopTen, InfoRightTopTen, ListRightTopTen, ListSelectionRightTopTen
google_ad_channel = "8900145259+7064401946+9579103187+1555403953+3004675830";
google_color_border = "FFFFFF";
google_color_bg = "FFFFFF";
google_color_link = "0D8F63";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "008000";
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>
<p>&nbsp;</p><span class="TopicTitle"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="TITLE" -->
      <div align="center" class="TopicTitle">WELCOME TO TOPTENLISTED.COM </div>
    <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></span><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="BODY" -->
      <div align="left" class="TopicText">
        <p class="TopicText">If you are a fan of Top Ten lists, you have come to the right   place. This site has topics that assist you if you need help, and it also has   funny lists if you have been having a long day.</p>
        <p>You can even submit your own lists, to learn more, <a href="How to Submit Lists.html">click here.</a></p>
        <p>To find a particular list, just click on one of the links to the   left. Thank you for taking your time to visit this site.</p>
        <p>I work to update the site weekly, so check back often for   original top ten lists.</p>
        <p>The most recent list added is:</p>
        <p><a href="Top Ten Scientific Facts That May Warp Your Mind.html">Top Ten Scientific Facts that May Warp Your Mind</a></p>
      </div>
      <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td>
      <td width="237" align="center" valign="top"><p align="center"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-1372766692340749";
google_ad_width = 120;
google_ad_height = 600;
google_ad_format = "120x600_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
//2007-03-13: ContactRightTopTen, HomeRightTopTen, InfoRightTopTen, ListRightTopTen, ListSelectionRightTopTen
google_ad_channel = "8900145259+7064401946+9579103187+1555403953+3004675830";
google_color_border = "FFFFFF";
google_color_bg = "FFFFFF";
google_color_link = "0D8F63";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "008000";
//--></script>
      <script type="text/javascript"
  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>&nbsp;</p></td>
    </tr>
    
    
    
    
    <tr>
      <td height="26" colspan="4"><p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
        <p align="center">Copyright &copy; 2007 by James Lewitzke</p></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td height="26" colspan="4"><div align="center"><a href="#" target="_top" class="Topicsmall">Return to Top</a> <span class="Topicsmall"><a href="Index.html">&nbsp;Return Home</a></span> <span class="Topicsmall"><a href="Privacy%20Statement.html">Privacy Statement</a></span> <span class="Topicsmall"><a href="Disclaimer.html">Disclaimer</a></span> <span class="Topicsmall"><a href="Resources.html">Resources</a> </span></div></td>
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  </table>
</div>
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
_uacct = "UA-1522823-1";
urchinTracker();
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</body>
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jumpenjuhosaphat · 05-13-2007, 02:04 AM

What exactly were the errors that the validator told you that you had? Or maybe you could provide us with the URL of the page you are trying to validate.

jamestl2 · 05-13-2007, 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumpenjuhosaphat

What exactly were the errors that the validator told you that you had? Or maybe you could provide us with the URL of the page you are trying to validate.

Just my homepage,www.toptenlisted.com

PS: how did you make that code box, so I won't have to create separate posts in the future, or have other code to display,
thanks

I was told that these were the most serious errors, if there were any more errors in the code that I should deal with immediately, I'd appreciate it, as I'm not a web programming expert.

jumpenjuhosaphat · 05-13-2007, 03:51 AM

I used the w3c validator, and I didn't get those errors. You can see what the results I got were here http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...= Inline&ss=1

The biggest thing that I noticed was missing closing tags on line 6....It should end with "/>" instead of ">"

Also, you are getting a lot of errors on line 84, which is part of a link to amazon. You can fix these errors by replacing the amersands "&" with "&" in the amazon.com url.

A few other problems is the use of CSS modifiers as HTML attributes...Like for instance, the height tag. You have "height='330'" and it should be "style='height:330px;'"

What you should do is fix those errors, and then see what you have left.

To place code in a code box use the word "code" surrounded by square brackets, and "/code" surrounded by square brackets, in between these, place your code.

jamestl2 · 05-13-2007, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumpenjuhosaphat

I used the w3c validator, and I didn't get those errors. You can see what the results I got were here http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...= Inline&ss=1

The biggest thing that I noticed was missing closing tags on line 6....It should end with "/>" instead of ">"

Alright, fixed this error

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumpenjuhosaphat

Also, you are getting a lot of errors on line 84, which is part of a link to amazon. You can fix these errors by replacing the amersands "&" with "&" in the amazon.com url.

I couldn’t find any sort of ampersand that I am suppose to change, unless I should replace all of them? If not then what in this code should I change?:

<p align="center"><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=toptenlistedc-20&o=1&p=21&l=ur1&category=gift_certificates&banne r=15VE6CFASNYEVDWZXKR2&f=ifr" width="125" height="125" scrolling="no" border="0" marginwidth="0" style="border:none;" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumpenjuhosaphat

A few other problems is the use of CSS modifiers as HTML attributes...Like for instance, the height tag. You have "height='330'" and it should be "style='height:330px;'"

Would you recommend I recreate all my style sheets? Or just modify them somehow, because I didn’t physically write this code, my dreamweaver 8 program made those adjustments.

05-12-2007, 11:58 PM	#1
jamestl2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ummmmmm.........OK Posts: 267	Cannot find Serious HTML Code Errors I used the W3C validator to check my site’s code, and I was told that 49 and 56 contain serious errors to be fixed right away, but I cannot find these mistakes in the site’s code. Is 49 and 56 suppose to represent lines 49 and 56 of my site’s code? because I looked and could not find anything pertaining to the errors on those lines. Unless I am looking on the wrong page, if so, then what page were these errors found on? Or else what do those numbers represent? __________________ Toptenlisted.com - The Premier Source for Top Ten Lists Conspiracy-Forums.com - Powered by vBulletin (& vbSEO) Lightningshock.com - My Blog

05-13-2007, 01:36 AM	#2
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jumpenjuhosaphat Forum Admin Contributor Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 4,459	Re: Cannot find Serious HTML Code Errors What exactly were the errors that the validator told you that you had? Or maybe you could provide us with the URL of the page you are trying to validate. __________________ Storage Sheds Lost Forum

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05-13-2007, 03:51 AM	#6
jumpenjuhosaphat Forum Admin Contributor Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 4,459	Re: Cannot find Serious HTML Code Errors I used the w3c validator, and I didn't get those errors. You can see what the results I got were here http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...= Inline&ss=1 The biggest thing that I noticed was missing closing tags on line 6....It should end with "/>" instead of ">" Also, you are getting a lot of errors on line 84, which is part of a link to amazon. You can fix these errors by replacing the amersands "&" with "&" in the amazon.com url. A few other problems is the use of CSS modifiers as HTML attributes...Like for instance, the height tag. You have "height='330'" and it should be "style='height:330px;'" What you should do is fix those errors, and then see what you have left. To place code in a code box use the word "code" surrounded by square brackets, and "/code" surrounded by square brackets, in between these, place your code. __________________ Storage Sheds Lost Forum

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