html not validating

Gandalf · May 30, 2005, 09:16:26 PM

Hello,
i'm using mambo-smf, i know that i have to edit mambo template to have closing entries /> instead of >

but i'm beginning to validate first the first weird error,
so i have in the source the doctype

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

when i try the w3c validator

i get a lot of errors, so i will proceed one by one, but there's some are required and weird to have them, like

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Line 23, column 52: there is no attribute "background"

...ign="center" align="left" background="http://www.siemens-mobiles.org/template

how can i fix this one for example???

[Unknown] · May 30, 2005, 09:22:49 PM

Instead of:

<... background="...">

Use:

<... style="background-image: url(...);">

Instead of:

valign="center"

Use:

valign="middle"

Or:

align="center"

Instead of:

<tr height="20">

Use:

<tr style="height: 20px;">

-[Unknown]

Gandalf · May 30, 2005, 09:38:12 PM

thank you [Unknown] for the fast answer, you rule,
i'll try it now
thx again

Gandalf · May 30, 2005, 09:42:16 PM

BTW do you have/know a site or a Tutorial on the conversation between those for all entries so i can resolve all errors?

Thank you

Amacythe · May 30, 2005, 09:44:19 PM

That isn't the first time I've seen that particular graphic applied toward [Unknown]

[Unknown] · May 30, 2005, 09:47:27 PM

http://www.w3schools.com/

-[Unknown]

Gandalf · May 30, 2005, 09:56:48 PM

Quote from: Amacythe on May 30, 2005, 09:44:19 PM
That isn't the first time I've seen that particular graphic applied toward [Unknown]

yep he rules, so it's normal

Quote from: [Unknown] on May 30, 2005, 09:47:27 PM
http://www.w3schools.com/

-[Unknown]

thank you man

Jap · June 05, 2005, 04:56:32 PM

Quote from: [Unknown] on May 30, 2005, 09:22:49 PM
Instead of:

<... background="...">

Use:

<... style="background-image: url(...);">

Instead of:

valign="center"

Use:

valign="middle"

Or:

align="center"

Instead of:

<tr height="20">

Use:

<tr style="height: 20px;">

-[Unknown]

I know XHTML 1.0 Transitional (like he posted as his doctype) accepts deperciated attributes, but regardless should you be teaching them?

valign is depreciated
align is depreciated

Use CSS instead

[Unknown] · June 05, 2005, 05:01:08 PM

It's using valign, but it's using it wrong. And, anyway, browser support for the css versions of valign can be sketchy (e.g. Mac IE) so I'll wait on it.

-[Unknown]

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