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Les Grossman · 11-25-2009, 08:33 AM

JamesK · 11-25-2009, 08:36 AM

You need to specify the doctype. Add this to the top of your page:

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

Nookster · 11-25-2009, 08:37 AM

Maybe because it's missing a space before the trailing slash?

Code:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

And yea of course you need to specify a doctype. Trailing slash is only required with xhtml versions.

JamesK · 11-25-2009, 08:42 AM

GFY timed out. Anyway, replace the HTML tag with this too:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

More info here:

http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html

Les Grossman · 11-25-2009, 08:59 AM

Thanks guys, I'll give that a try.

11-25-2009, 08:33 AM	#1
Les Grossman So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: On your last nerve Posts: 1,012	Help ----- <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> When I validate my site, it is saying the trailing "/" at the end is invalid and shouldn't be there. However, all I see is code with this. Can some code experts chime in here, I'm a little confused. "The sequence <FOO /> can be interpreted in at least two different ways, depending on the DOCTYPE of the document. For HTML 4.01 Strict, the '/' terminates the tag <FOO (with an implied '>'). However, since many browsers don't interpret it this way, even in the presence of an HTML 4.01 Strict DOCTYPE, it is best to avoid it completely in pure HTML documents and reserve its use solely for those written in XHTML. "

11-25-2009, 08:36 AM	#2
JamesK hi Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 16,731	You need to specify the doctype. Add this to the top of your page: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> __________________ M3Server - NATS Hosting

11-25-2009, 08:37 AM	#3
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11-25-2009, 08:42 AM	#4
JamesK hi Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 16,731	GFY timed out. Anyway, replace the HTML tag with this too: <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> More info here: http://www.w3.org/QA/2002/04/valid-dtd-list.html __________________ M3Server - NATS Hosting

11-25-2009, 08:59 AM	#5
Les Grossman So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: On your last nerve Posts: 1,012	Thanks guys, I'll give that a try.