Author Topic: XHTML error (Read 1530 times)

aznetcowboy · « **on:** May 13, 2013, 11:55:18 PM »

I am getting the following erro when doing an XHTM validate (http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3a%2f%2fwww.elgheko.us%2findex.htm). Note the red >:

Line 24, Column 17: document type does not allow element "a" here; missing one of "th", "td" start-tag
```
               <a href="#">El Gheko Neighborhood Weather Station</a>
```
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 "" or "<table>") inside an inline element (such as "<a>", "", or "").

Any idea what this error is or what is causing it. It is the code from Weather Blues V1, indexT.htm is "<a href="#"><#location></a>". The header is:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns=""> <head> <meta http-equiv="" content="" />


Tom

Mr.Meteo · « **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2013, 06:54:36 AM »

Hi Tom,

This error meen that the command you're using couldn't be used alone.
The right way to use it is:

<a href...></a>

If you put an <a....> alone, things will be displayed ok, as it is a common error,
but the error is there when we try to validate.

Hope this help!

Regards,
Jacques

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aznetcowboy

XHTML error

Mr.Meteo

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