wdg validator

[Brian]

The W3C validator reported that my personal page

http://www.julietremblay.com/brian/

is valid. But the WDG validator reports a warning about an unclosed end-tag:

http://www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/vali...lay.com/brian/

The strange thing is, the warning directs me to the *opening* tag for
the address element. Could anyone explain what this warning means?

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Brian (remove ".invalid" to email me)

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[Neal]

Re: wdg validator

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:59:20 -0400, Brian
<usenet3@juliet remblay.com.inv alid> wrote:
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> The W3C validator reported that my personal page
>
> http://www.julietremblay.com/brian/
>
> is valid. But the WDG validator reports a warning about an unclosed
> end-tag:
>
> http://www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/vali...lay.com/brian/
>
> The strange thing is, the warning directs me to the *opening* tag for
> the address element. Could anyone explain what this warning means?
>[/color]

Line 68 - missing a >

<SPAN>Last updated on 12 August 2004</SPAN

[Philip Ronan]

Re: wdg validator

On 12/8/04 5:59 pm, Brian wrote:
[color=blue]
> The W3C validator reported that my personal page
>
> http://www.julietremblay.com/brian/
>
> is valid. But the WDG validator reports a warning about an unclosed end-tag:
>
> http://www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/vali...tp%3A//www.jul
> ietremblay.com/brian/
>
> The strange thing is, the warning directs me to the *opening* tag for
> the address element. Could anyone explain what this warning means?[/color]

The ADDRESS tag is fine. The /SPAN tag just before it is broken, though.

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Philip Ronan
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[Els]

Re: wdg validator

Neal wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:59:20 -0400, Brian
> <usenet3@juliet remblay.com.inv alid> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> The W3C validator reported that my personal page
>>
>> http://www.julietremblay.com/brian/
>>
>> is valid. But the WDG validator reports a warning about an
>> unclosed end-tag:
>>
>> http://www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/vali...warnings=yes&u
>> rl=http%3A//www.julietrembl ay.com/brian/
>>
>> The strange thing is, the warning directs me to the
>> *opening* tag for the address element. Could anyone
>> explain what this warning means?
>>[/color]
>
> Line 68 - missing a >
>
> <SPAN>Last updated on 12 August 2004</SPAN[/color]

That > is on the next line, right before <ADDRESS>



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[Steve Pugh]

Re: wdg validator

Brian <usenet3@juliet remblay.com.inv alid> wrote:
[color=blue]
>The W3C validator reported that my personal page
>
>http://www.julietremblay.com/brian/
>
>is valid. But the WDG validator reports a warning about an unclosed end-tag:
>
>http://www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/vali...lay.com/brian/
>
>The strange thing is, the warning directs me to the *opening* tag for
>the address element. Could anyone explain what this warning means?[/color]

Look at the code immediately before the address element:

</SPAN

<ADDRESS>

There's your "unclosed end-tag" - the missing > and the end of the
</SPAN

Steve

--
"My theories appal you, my heresies outrage you,
I never answer letters and you don't like my tie." - The Doctor

Steve Pugh <steve@pugh.net > <http://steve.pugh.net/>

[Neal]

Re: wdg validator

On 12 Aug 2004 17:12:00 GMT, Els <els.aNOSPAM@ti scali.nl> wrote:
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> Neal wrote:[color=green]
>> Line 68 - missing a >
>>
>> <SPAN>Last updated on 12 August 2004</SPAN[/color]
>
> That > is on the next line, right before <ADDRESS>
>
>
>[/color]

Interesting - here's what I see when viewing the source. A direct copy and
paste. You'll note that little ">" has gone to parts unknown... hmm...

<DIV id="pageInfo" TITLE="document information">

<SPAN>Last updated on 12 August 2004</SPAN

<ADDRESS>
Brian Tremblay
<SPAN
CLASS="emailAdd ress">webmaster &#64;julietremb lay&#46;com</SPAN>
</ADDRESS>

<SPAN ID="copyright" >
&copy;
<A HREF="/brian/site/copyright" TITLE="copyrigh t
notice">copyrig ht</A>
2001-03
</SPAN>

</DIV>

[Brian]

Re: wdg validator

Neal wrote:
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> Brian wrote:
>[color=green]
>> The W3C validator reported that my personal page
>>
>> http://www.julietremblay.com/brian/
>>
>> is valid. But the WDG validator reports a warning about an unclosed
>> end-tag:
>>
>> http://www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/vali...lay.com/brian/[/color]
>
> Line 68 - missing a >
>
> <SPAN>Last updated on 12 August 2004</SPAN[/color]

Good eye, Neal, good eye. (Ditto for Els and Philip Ronan.)

Right now, I'm trying to figure out why the W3C validator did *not*
complain. Time to bone up on my SGML, I'd say.

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Brian (remove ".invalid" to email me)

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[Nick Kew]

Re: wdg validator

In article <10hn8fphf8hdpb 1@corp.supernew s.com>,
Brian <usenet3@juliet remblay.com.inv alid> writes:[color=blue]
> The W3C validator reported that my personal page
>
> http://www.julietremblay.com/brian/
>
> is valid. But the WDG validator reports a warning about an unclosed end-tag:
>
> http://www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/vali...lay.com/brian/[/color]

Now reports it as valid.

But I'd guess you inadvertently used an abbreviated SGML form that is
technically allowed in HTML but not supported by [most] web software.
The "warnings=y es" causes the WDG validator to complain about it.

For more detail, see http://valet.webthing.com/page/parsemode.html

Note that both WDG with warnings off and Page Valet in strict SGML mode
will give the same results as the W3C validator. Page Valet's default
("Web") mode is the same as WDG's warnings, while Valet's "fussy" mode
adds further checks and will warn even of abbreviated forms that are
supported by most browsers.

--
Nick Kew

Nick's manifesto: http://www.htmlhelp.com/~nick/

[Brian]

Re: wdg validator

Nick Kew wrote:
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>> the WDG validator reports a warning about an unclosed end-tag:
>>
>> http://www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/vali...lay.com/brian/[/color]
>
> Now reports it as valid.[/color]

After Neal pointed out what I had missed, I fixed it.
[color=blue]
> But I'd guess you inadvertently used an abbreviated SGML form that
> is technically allowed in HTML but not supported by [most] web
> software.[/color]

So it seems. I had left the closing bracket ">" of a closing tag off,
and didn't notice it.
[color=blue]
> Note that both WDG with warnings off and Page Valet in strict SGML
> mode will give the same results as the W3C validator.[/color]

After realizing my mistake, I figured it had to do with SGML. I'm only
somewhat familiar with abbreviated tags, so I couldn't be sure.

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