Code validation assistance please
I have a page at http://mauitradewinds.com/CheckValidation.htm which W3C reports with six errors (report attached). The error at line 158 is not of concern, but I would appreciate guidance on correcting the other errors. This code appears to perform exactly as I had hoped, but I would also like it to validate.W3C-Validation-Errors.txt
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Thank you for your comment. However, after replacing the DOCTYPE declaration, W3C validator reports 117 errors, as opposed to 6 errors with the original DOCTYPE.
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Thank you for your helpful instructions. I've reduced the number of errors to 2. Maybe that's as good as it can get.
The ul can't contain any li in this case, or it breaks the style. I'm not concerned with that error.
I moved the <noscript> style link into the body, and it still generates an error that noscript can't contain "link". I'll explain why I've nested that link in noscript, and maybe you can suggest a fix.
The style, "norollover.css" is loaded by default, and it is intended for mobile browsers. The style "hover.css" is loaded by jQuery, and it is intended for non-mobile browsers. The style "hover.css" also is loaded by noscript, intended for browsers without js. I can't load "hover.css" by default, because I don't want mobile browsers to apply that styling.
The ul can't contain any li in this case, or it breaks the style. I'm not concerned with that error.
I moved the <noscript> style link into the body, and it still generates an error that noscript can't contain "link". I'll explain why I've nested that link in noscript, and maybe you can suggest a fix.
The style, "norollover.css" is loaded by default, and it is intended for mobile browsers. The style "hover.css" is loaded by jQuery, and it is intended for non-mobile browsers. The style "hover.css" also is loaded by noscript, intended for browsers without js. I can't load "hover.css" by default, because I don't want mobile browsers to apply that styling.
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I'm awarding points, because the majority of errors have been corrected. Thanks to both experts for input!
The ul can't contain any li in this case, or it breaks the style. I'm not concerned with that error.
you can rather safely ignore this error. the worst that may happen is that the ul may be removed altogether by some browsers while others will keep it. as long as it has no size when it is empty and you do not intend to populate it later through js, you're fine.
I moved the <noscript> style link into the body, and it still generates an error that noscript can't contain "link". I'll explain why I've nested that link in noscript, and maybe you can suggest a fix.
i already did. load that css of yours and unload it using js or load a separate stylesheet that overrides it using js so it gets overriden when the browser has js implemented. the css for mobile browsers could easily override it.
you can also handle this server side and only instruct the browser to load that css when needed
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if you need more help or clarifications, feel free to post in this thread
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Thank you. I'm inexperienced at this, so possibly not understanding how to implement your suggestion. I am already loading "norollover.css" for mobile browsers, and then using js to override it with "hover.css" for desktop browsers. Since I am using js to override the default style sheet, browsers with js disabled will not override the default, and will continue to load "norollover.css." If I want browsers without js to load "hover.css" I don't know how to do that, except with the noscript tag. Can you clarify a way around that?
- load your hover.css all the time including for mobile browsers
- then override whatever does not apply to mobile users in the css you explicitely load for mobile users
basically if you want something different for browsers that do handle js, load something for everybody and override it by loading something different in js, not the contrary.
- then override whatever does not apply to mobile users in the css you explicitely load for mobile users
basically if you want something different for browsers that do handle js, load something for everybody and override it by loading something different in js, not the contrary.
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That makes perfect sense.
your approach was good as well.
you're just unlucky the noscript tag was never intended for conditional loading of external css (though i would not be surprised to see it working in some browsers, namely ie6 and opera). btw, it is also both deprecated and unreliable. for example, the behavior on browsers that handle js but where the user deactivated the js is notoriously broken.
the above approach will also let you check for individual features. for example, if you want to open a js popup with specific features, you can have a regular link that opens a popup using a specific target, and override the behavior of that link in js. the js cancels the link's normal behavior if the popup was successfully open and not otherwise
happy coding
you're just unlucky the noscript tag was never intended for conditional loading of external css (though i would not be surprised to see it working in some browsers, namely ie6 and opera). btw, it is also both deprecated and unreliable. for example, the behavior on browsers that handle js but where the user deactivated the js is notoriously broken.
the above approach will also let you check for individual features. for example, if you want to open a js popup with specific features, you can have a regular link that opens a popup using a specific target, and override the behavior of that link in js. the js cancels the link's normal behavior if the popup was successfully open and not otherwise
happy coding
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Thanks again. I'm happy to avoid the noscript tag, and have more flexibility.
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