(Sponsors) Use valid html for banner includes.
 

I've been developing some older blogs I have had for years and using many banners and iframes etc for them. It's really convenient to toss in some iframes OR rotating banners (wpads rocks for this)

...BUT

I don't think I have found one sponsor that generates valid codes for them. Everyone seems to be 2 or 3 characters from a valid chunk of code.

It takes a few minutes to clean each up, but why generate the shit if its hacked up garbage, seriously.

Anyways, simple tip, make your blog user happy and use code that isnt generated from the way html was wrote in 97.

Is this to hard to fix with NATS? (I only say them because its run by more then half ive checked in last 2 days) Or is it not worth the 15 minutes of time to correct this so the code you pump us out to promote is usable?

I-frames/Hosted Banners/Html Code from Admin for banner links, every place there is code SUPPLIED by you for our ease, its unusable garbage.

Has anyone taken the time to add the 2 or 3 characters needed for most of this to be valid html?

That depends on if they've actually edited/audited their skin. You can make changes to the links through the custom NATS skin, but I doubt anybody does.

If it's valid HTML 3.2, that's likely what you're going to get.

It makes no sense to create and generate code for bloggers or 2.0 type sites that isnt valid, it being valid for something other then its intent is pretty irrelevant. There is so many nice blog tools and includes (specifically sized and developed for such sites) that would not be valid in any code ever wrote for such site.

I can understand the basic banner include code being very basic, but the special tools like feeds and rotating banners, or iframes, should be proper. Adding the few variables to make it so should be the simplest of things.

Next you're going to start bitching about sponsors who only tested their skins in IE 5.0, and don't answer their support email.

If you don't like it; bitch directly. If they do nothing, stop supporting them if adding a space, a slash, an alt and converting to lowercase is that difficult.

Pussy sore today? There was no sponsor to directly mail, its all of them.

<a title="FREE PREVIEW" href="http://www.beachmodel.com/models.php?ccbill=1352409">
<img border="0" src="http://www.bvbucks.com/banners/beachmodel_rotating/120x600/rotator.php" width="120" height="600"></a>


so thats no good?

Grab me on ICQ when you have a couple minutes... I would like to see an example of what exactly you are talking about so I can check into our system.

I think all that would need is to include an " alt="" and the image tag is opened and does'nt close. That you just add a " /> at the end instead of straight ">

<a title="FREE PREVIEW" href="http://www.beachmodel.com/models.php?ccbill=1352409">
<img border="0" src="http://www.bvbucks.com/banners/beachmodel_rotating/120x600/rotator.php" width="120" height="600"></a>

Will validate on blogs/2.0/css like this (change in red)

<a title="FREE PREVIEW" href="http://www.beachmodel.com/models.php?ccbill=1352409">
<img border="0" src="http://www.bvbucks.com/banners/beachmodel_rotating/120x600/rotator.php" width="120" height="600" alt="" /></a>


I am far from a master, I just know that on all these blogs worked on in last little while are compliant and valid until trying to add them. I think the change above will make that valid on any blog or css'd page.

No.

As mentioned, you'd need to close your image tag and add an "alt" attribute. If there's text under the image, your line breaks need to be closed as well: <br />

Additionaly, ditch the border="0" and the height and width attributes. Your banner will be enclosed in a div on my site and any style I want applied to it I will add to my css file.