Doc Type Validation

by: mr_egyptianPosted on 2009-10-29 at 17:39:52ID: 25699428

Drop the self closing tags, and use type="text/javascript" as opposed to language="JavaScript".

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
    <title>
        blaaahahahahah. 
    </title>
    <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">
    
    <meta name="Description" content="View blaaaaaaahh.">
    
    <meta name="Keywords" content="balhhhahhahahahaha">
    
    <meta name="author" content="CS, Inc.">
    
    <meta name="robots" content="index,follow">
    
    <meta name="rating" content="SAFE FOR KIDS">
    
    <meta name="revisit-after" content="7 Days">
    
    <meta content="Copyright (c) 2001-2009. All Rights Reserved." name="copyright">
 
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js_src/mouse_over.js"></script>
 
    <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<body>
</body>
</html>

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by: wilcor14Posted on 2009-10-29 at 18:48:43ID: 25699691

I followed your advice but for some reason, the self closeing tags reappear in the view source. Do you know why this is happening? Thanks

by: wilcor14Posted on 2009-10-29 at 20:03:49ID: 25699950

I am getting like 50 errors that don't make a lot of sense to me. Am I using the wrong DocType?

Validation Output: 50 Errors 
 general entity X not defined and no default entity 
	 
This is usually a cascading error caused by a an undefined entity reference or use of an unencoded ampersand (&) in an URL or body text. See the previous message for further details. 
"Line 95, column 243: general entity "t" not defined and no default entity 
&7RQD6Y01EEjcmz-Se3dkqsayJyfJ3PyoJi0&t=633529074539294480'></script><script ty"Line 482, column 1303: general entity "From" not defined and no default entity 
&FrameProfile.aspx?UserID=mammacoach&From=HomePage" height="85" frameborder="0 required attribute X not specified 
	 
The attribute given above is required for an element that you've used, but you have omitted it. For instance, in most HTML and XHTML document types the "type" attribute is required on the "script" element and the "alt" attribute is required for the "img" element. 
 
Typical values for type are type="text/css" for <style> and type="text/javascript" for <script>. 
"Line 470, column 141: required attribute "ALT" not specified 
&gif" id="IMG2" height="6" width="6" /></td>"Line 476, column 141: required attribute "ALT" not specified 
&gif" id="IMG3" height="1" width="1" /></td>"Line 489, column 141: required attribute "ALT" not specified 
&gif" id="IMG8" height="1" width="1" /></td>"Line 495, column 151: required attribute "ALT" not specified 
&gif" id="Img9" height="6" width="6" /></td>"Line 497, column 142: required attribute "ALT" not specified 
&if" id="Img10" height="1" width="1" /></td>"Line 499, column 152: required attribute "ALT" not specified 
&if" id="Img11" height="6" width="6" /></td>"Line 550, column 30: required attribute "TYPE" not specified 
<SCRIPT language='javascript'>ViewIntro();</SCRIPT></form>"Line 558, column 30: required attribute "TYPE" not specified 
<script language="JavaScript"> document type does not allow element X here 
	 
The element named above was found in a context where it is not allowed. This could mean that you have incorrectly nested elements -- such as a "style" element in the "body" section instead of inside "head" -- or two elements that overlap (which is not allowed). 
 
One common cause for this error is the use of XHTML syntax in HTML documents. Due to HTML's rules of implicitly closed elements, this error can create cascading effects. For instance, using XHTML's "self-closing" tags for "meta" and "link" in the "head" section of a HTML document may cause the parser to infer the end of the "head" section and the beginning of the "body" section (where "link" and "meta" are not allowed; hence the reported error). 
"Line 12, column 128: document type does not allow element "LINK" here 
&f="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />"Line 57, column 27: document type does not allow element "STYLE" here 
    <style type="text/css"> "Line 93, column 95: document type does not allow element "LINK" here 
&css" media="screen" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/Show/styl"Line 93, column 187: document type does not allow element "LINK" here 
&.css" media="screen" type="text/css"></link><link rel="stylesheet" href="/Sho"Line 93, column 285: document type does not allow element "LINK" here 
&.css" media="screen" type="text/css"></link><AJAXPageScript>"Line 101, column 24: document type does not allow element "BODY" here 
<body bgcolor="#ececec">"Line 143, column 89: document type does not allow element "LINK" here 
&ref='/window/wdstyles/aura/aura.css'><script type='text/javascript' src='/win"Line 148, column 89: document type does not allow element "LINK" here 
&ref='/window/wdstyles/aura/aura.css'><script type='text/javascript' src='/win"Line 153, column 89: document type does not allow element "LINK" here 
&ref='/window/wdstyles/aura/aura.css'><script type='text/javascript' src='/win"Line 558, column 30: document type does not allow element "SCRIPT" here 
<script language="JavaScript"> end tag for X omitted, but its declaration does not permit this 
	 
"You forgot to close a tag, or
"you used something inside this tag that was not allowed, and the validator is complaining that the tag should be closed before such content can be allowed.
The next message, "start tag was here" points to the particular instance of the tag in question); the positional indicator points to where the validator expected you to close the tag. 
"Line 482, column 1219: end tag for "FONT" omitted, but its declaration does not permit this 
&rdana" size="2"><b>mammacoach</b></a><BR><iframe id="iBoxProfile" src="CoachO"Line 482, column 1788: end tag for "FONT" omitted, but its declaration does not permit this 
&"Verdana" size="2"><b>gazwill</b></a><BR><iframe id="iBoxProfile" src="CoachO there is no attribute X 
	 
You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not support that attribute for this element. This error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Transitional" document type to get the "target" attribute), or by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "marginheight" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead). 
 
This error may also result if the element itself is not supported in the document type you are using, as an undefined element will have no supported attributes; in this case, see the element-undefined error message for further information. 
 
How to fix: check the spelling and case of the element and attribute, (Remember XHTML is all lower-case) and/or check that they are both allowed in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute. If you received this error when using the <embed> element to incorporate flash media in a Web page, see the FAQ item on valid flash. 
"Line 158, column 100: Attribute "BACKGROUND" is not a valid attribute. Did you mean "background"? 
&padding="0" width="100%" background="images/top_bar_repeater.gif""Line 168, column 63: Attribute "BACKGROUND" is not a valid attribute. Did you mean "background"? 
&                       <td align="center" background="images/CSBanner.gif" height="79">"Line 188, column 67: Attribute "HEIGHT" is not a valid attribute. Did you mean "height"? 
&          <table id="Table7" height="14" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" widt"Line 243, column 68: Attribute "HEIGHT" is not a valid attribute. Did you mean "height"? 
&                                     <tr height="1" valign="bottom">"Line 246, column 187: Attribute "BORDER" is not a valid attribute. Did you mean "border"? 
&= 13) {this.form.submit();}" border="1" />"Line 290, column 73: Attribute "ONCLICK" is not a valid attribute. Did you mean "onclick"? 
&t id="fView" face="verdana" onclick="ViewIntro();" size="2" onmouseout="this."Line 290, column 108: Attribute "ONMOUSEOUT" is not a valid attribute. Did you mean "onmouseout"? 
&="ViewIntro();" size="2" onmouseout="this.style.color='#696969';" onmouseover"Line 290, column 150: Attribute "ONMOUSEOVER" is not a valid attribute. Did you mean "onmouseover"? 
&style.color='#696969';" onmouseover="this.style.color='#FF9C01';this.style.cu"Line 482, column 1382: Attribute "VISIBLE" is not a valid attribute. Did you mean "disabled"? 
&scrolling="no" width="100%" visible="true" ></iframe><BR><font face=verdana s end tag for element X which is not open 
	 
The Validator found an end tag for the above element, but that element is not currently open. This is often caused by a leftover end tag from an element that was removed during editing, or by an implicitly closed element (if you have an error related to an element being used where it is not allowed, this is almost certainly the case). In the latter case this error will disappear as soon as you fix the original problem. 
 
If this error occurred in a script section of your document, you should probably read this FAQ entry. 
"Line 93, column 194: end tag for element "LINK" which is not open 
&edia="screen" type="text/css"></link><link rel="stylesheet" href="/Show/style"Line 93, column 292: end tag for element "LINK" which is not open 
&edia="screen" type="text/css"></link><AJAXPageScript>"Line 100, column 24: end tag for element "HEAD" which is not open 
</AJAXPageScript></head> ID X already defined 
	 
An "id" is a unique identifier. Each time this attribute is used in a document it must have a different value. If you are using this attribute as a hook for style sheets it may be more appropriate to use classes (which group elements) than id (which are used to identify exactly one element). 
"Line 482, column 1805: ID "IBOXPROFILE" already defined 
&"><b>gazwill</b></a><BR><iframe id="iBoxProfile" src="CoachOffice/iFrameProfi cannot generate system identifier for general entity X 
	 
An entity reference was found in the document, but there is no reference by that name defined. Often this is caused by misspelling the reference name, unencoded ampersands, or by leaving off the trailing semicolon (;). The most common cause of this error is unencoded ampersands in URLs as described by the WDG in "Ampersands in URLs". 
 
Entity references start with an ampersand (&) and end with a semicolon (;). If you want to use a literal ampersand in your document you must encode it as "&amp;" (even inside URLs!). Be careful to end entity references with a semicolon or your entity reference may get interpreted in connection with the following text. Also keep in mind that named entity references are case-sensitive; &Aelig; and &aelig; are different characters. 
 
If this error appears in some markup generated by PHP's session handling code, this article has explanations and solutions to your problem. 
 
Note that in most documents, errors related to entity references will trigger up to 5 separate messages from the Validator. Usually these will all disappear when the original problem is fixed. 
"Line 95, column 243: cannot generate system identifier for general entity "t" 
&7RQD6Y01EEjcmz-Se3dkqsayJyfJ3PyoJi0&t=633529074539294480'></script><script ty"Line 482, column 1303: cannot generate system identifier for general entity "From" 
&FrameProfile.aspx?UserID=mammacoach&From=HomePage" height="85" frameborder="0 value of attribute Y invalid: X cannot start a name 
	 
It is possible that you violated the naming convention for this attribute. For example, id and name attributes must begin with a letter, not a digit. 
"Line 103, column 47: value of attribute "ID" invalid: "_" cannot start a name 
<input type="hidden" name="__EVENTTARGET" id="__EVENTTARGET" value="btnLogin" />"Line 137, column 45: value of attribute "ID" invalid: "_" cannot start a name 
&ype="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" value="/wEPDwUKMTM5NTA1NzIxO element X undefined 
	 
You have used the element named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not define an element of that name. This error is often caused by: 
 
"incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Frameset" document type to get the "<frameset>" element),
"by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "<spacer>" or "<marquee>" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead).
"by using upper-case tags in XHTML (in XHTML attributes and elements must be all lower-case).
"Line 93, column 308: element "AJAXPAGESCRIPT" undefined 
&pe="text/css"></link><AJAXPageScript> document type does not allow element X here; missing one of Y start-tag 
	 
The mentioned element is not allowed to appear in the context in which you've placed it; the other mentioned elements are the only ones that are both allowed there and can contain the element mentioned. This might mean that you need a containing element, or possibly that you've forgotten to close a previous element. 
 
One possible cause for this message is that you have attempted to put a block-level element (such as "<p>" or "<table>") inside an inline element (such as "<a>", "<span>", or "<font>"). 
"Line 301, column 68: document type does not allow element "CENTER" here; missing one of "APPLET", "OBJECT", "MAP", "IFRAME", "BUTTON" start-tag 
&                                         <center>"Line 315, column 68: document type does not allow element "CENTER" here; missing one of "APPLET", "OBJECT", "MAP", "IFRAME", "BUTTON" start-tag 
&                                         <center>"Line 334, column 68: document type does not allow element "CENTER" here; missing one of "APPLET", "OBJECT", "MAP", "IFRAME", "BUTTON" start-tag 
&                                         <center> reference to entity X for which no system identifier could be generated 
	 
This is usually a cascading error caused by a an undefined entity reference or use of an unencoded ampersand (&) in an URL or body text. See the previous message for further details. 
"Line 95, column 244: reference to entity "t" for which no system identifier could be generated 
&RQD6Y01EEjcmz-Se3dkqsayJyfJ3PyoJi0&t=633529074539294480'></script><script typ"Line 143, column 456: reference to entity "t" for which no system identifier could be generated 
&-NU9p3nhcjoOciWOOnWb0O1ZMfI7uRfao1&t=633426544088199028"></script><script typ"Line 143, column 630: reference to entity "t" for which no system identifier could be generated 
&eGG_pF68xmmP81Zn5_1mlkolCpnxfGi4g2&t=633426544088199028"></script><div id='wT"Line 148, column 456: reference to entity "t" for which no system identifier could be generated 
&-NU9p3nhcjoOciWOOnWb0O1ZMfI7uRfao1&t=633426544088199028"></script><script typ"Line 148, column 630: reference to entity "t" for which no system identifier could be generated 
&eGG_pF68xmmP81Zn5_1mlkolCpnxfGi4g2&t=633426544088199028"></script><div id='wI"Line 153, column 456: reference to entity "t" for which no system identifier could be generated 
&-NU9p3nhcjoOciWOOnWb0O1ZMfI7uRfao1&t=633426544088199028"></script><script typ"Line 153, column 630: reference to entity "t" for which no system identifier could be generated 
&eGG_pF68xmmP81Zn5_1mlkolCpnxfGi4g2&t=633426544088199028"></script><div id='wR"Line 482, column 1307: reference to entity "From" for which no system identifier could be generated 
&eProfile.aspx?UserID=mammacoach&From=HomePage" height="85" frameborder="0" sc"Line 482, column 1873: reference to entity "From" for which no system identifier could be generated 
&rameProfile.aspx?UserID=gazwill&From=HomePage" height="85" frameborder="0" sc

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by: wilcor14Posted on 2009-10-31 at 16:05:42ID: 31647796

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