my code won't validate, help!

**Dormilich** · Dec 29 '09, 12:06 PM

with the exception of 2., all these are XML errors.

basically, you need to understand, that you validate after XHTML, which uses the very strict constraints of XML. an immediate solution would be to use HTML 4.01 instead of XHTML 1.0. otherwise you need to learn about the structure and rules of XML documents.
XML specification
XHTML specification

**embz** · Dec 29 '09, 02:11 PM

thanks! i switched to html 4.01 transitional and it fixed most bugs, save for the following:

address: http://www.katherine-designs.com/sendemail.php

i get the following errors:

Validation Output: 2 Errors

1. Error Line 88, Column 10: end tag for "DIV" omitted, but its declaration does not permit this

Use ba…

✉
* You forgot to close a tag, or
* you used something inside this tag that was not allowed, and the validator is complaining that the tag should be closed before such content can be allowed.

The next message, "start tag was here" points to the particular instance of the tag in question); the positional indicator points to where the validator expected you to close the tag.
2. Info Line 85: start tag was here

><div id="contact">

3. Error Line 88, Column 10: end tag for "DIV" omitted, but its declaration does not permit this

Use ba…

✉
* You forgot to close a tag, or
* you used something inside this tag that was not allowed, and the validator is complaining that the tag should be closed before such content can be allowed.

The next message, "start tag was here" points to the particular instance of the tag in question); the positional indicator points to where the validator expected you to close the tag.
4. Info Line 66: start tag was here

><div id="wrapper">

here is my code:

Code:

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
            "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

	<head>
<meta name="description" content="web and graphic design services" >
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML,CSS,Design,Print,Web" >
<meta name="author" content="Katherine Designs - freelance designer" >
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" >

		<title>Katherine Designs - Freelance Web and Graphic Designer</title>
		

		<style type="text/css" media="screen">
			@import url(styles.css);
		</style>

<style type="text/css" media="screen">
body  {

background-image: url(img/bg_contact.png);
}-
</style>

	<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

	function roll1(whichPic, whichImage){
		document.images.pic1.src = "img/header_about_rollover.gif";
	}
	
	function change1(whichPic){
		document.images.pic1.src="img/header_about_off.gif";
	}

	function roll2(whichPic, whichImage){
		document.images.pic2.src = "img/header_portfolio_rollover.gif";
	}
	
	function change2(whichPic){
		document.images.pic2.src="img/header_portfolio_off.gif";
	}

	function roll3(whichPic, whichImage){
		document.images[whichPic].src = "img/header_services_rollover.gif";
	}
	
	function change3(whichPic){
		document.images[whichPic].src="img/header_services_off.gif";
	}

	function roll4(whichPic, whichImage){
		document.images[whichPic].src = "img/header_contact_rollover.gif";
	}
	
	function change4(whichPic){
		document.images[whichPic].src="img/header_contact_off.gif";
	}


	</script>




	</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">

<div id="top"><a href="index.html"><img src="img/header_name.gif" alt="Katherine Valenzuela - Freelance design and illustration"  ></a>


<a href="about.html" onmouseover="roll1('pic1','img/header_about_rollover.gif')" onmouseout="change1('pic1')">
<img src="img/header_about_off.gif" id="pic1" name="pic1" class="navi" alt="About" ></a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="portfolio.html" onmouseover="roll2('pic2','img/header_portfolio_rollover.gif')" onmouseout="change2('pic2')">
<img src="img/header_portfolio_off.gif" id="pic2" name="pic2" alt="Portfolio" ></a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="services.html" onmouseover="roll3('pic3','img/header_services_rollover.gif')" onmouseout="change3('pic3')">
<img src="img/header_services_off.gif" id="pic3" name="pic3" alt="Services" ></a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;

<img src="img/header_contact_on.gif" alt="Contact" >

</div>

<div id="contact">
<img src="img/contact_title.gif" alt="Contact form" ><br ><br >
<?php

$ip = $_POST['ip'];
$httpref = $_POST['httpref'];
$httpagent = $_POST['httpagent'];
$visitor = $_POST['visitor'];
$visitormail = $_POST['visitormail'];
$notes = $_POST['notes'];
$visitorhttp = $_POST['visitorhttp'];


if (eregi('http:', $notes)) {
die ("Do NOT try that! ");
}
if(!$visitormail == "" && (!strstr($visitormail,"@") || !strstr($visitormail,".")))
{
echo "Use Back - Enter valid e-mail\n";
$badinput = "Feedback was NOT submitted\n";
echo $badinput;
die ("Go back! ");
}

if(empty($visitor) || empty($visitormail) || empty($notes )) {
echo "Use Back - fill in all fields\n";
die ("Use back!");
}

$todayis = date("l, F j, Y, g:i a") ;

$visitorhttp = $visitorhttp ;
$subject = $visitorhttp;

$notes = stripcslashes($notes);

$message = " $todayis [EST] \n
Attention: $visitorhttp \n
Message: $notes \n
From: $visitor ($visitormail)\n
Additional Info : IP = $ip \n
Browser Info: $httpagent \n
Referral : $httpref \n
";

$from = "From: $visitormail\r\n";


mail("hello@katherine-designs.com", $subject, $message, $from);

?>


<b>Date:</b> <?php echo $todayis ?><br >
<b>Your email:</b> <?php echo $visitormail ?>
<br >
<b>Your website:</b> <?php echo $visitorhttp ?>

<br ><br >
Thank you, <?php echo $visitor ?>! Your message has been received and I will get back to your shortly.
<br ><br >
<b>Here is your message:</b><br >
<?php $notesout = str_replace("\r", "<br>", $notes);
echo $notesout; ?>
<br >
<br ><?php echo $ip ?>

<br ><br >
<a href="contact.php">Back to the Form page</a>
 
</div>

<div id="bottom">&nbsp;</div>
<br ><br >
</div>
</body>
</html>

2. address: http://www.katherine-designs.com

i get the following errors:

Validation Output: 2 Errors

1. Warning Line 85, Column 92: cannot generate system identifier for general entity "count"

…oh_k.json?call back=twitterCal lback2&count=2" type="text/javascript"></script>

✉

An entity reference was found in the document, but there is no reference by that name defined. Often this is caused by misspelling the reference name, unencoded ampersands, or by leaving off the trailing semicolon (;). The most common cause of this error is unencoded ampersands in URLs as described by the WDG in "Ampersands in URLs".

Entity references start with an ampersand (&) and end with a semicolon (;). If you want to use a literal ampersand in your document you must encode it as "&" (even inside URLs!). Be careful to end entity references with a semicolon or your entity reference may get interpreted in connection with the following text. Also keep in mind that named entity references are case-sensitive; &Aelig; and æ are different characters.

If this error appears in some markup generated by PHP's session handling code, this article has explanations and solutions to your problem.

Note that in most documents, errors related to entity references will trigger up to 5 separate messages from the Validator. Usually these will all disappear when the original problem is fixed.
2. Error Line 85, Column 92: general entity "count" not defined and no default entity

…oh_k.json?call back=twitterCal lback2&count=2" type="text/javascript"></script>

✉

This is usually a cascading error caused by a an undefined entity reference or use of an unencoded ampersand (&) in an URL or body text. See the previous message for further details.
3. Error Line 85, Column 97: reference to entity "count" for which no system identifier could be generated

…json?callback= twitterCallback 2&count=2" type="text/javascript"></script>

✉

This is usually a cascading error caused by a an undefined entity reference or use of an unencoded ampersand (&) in an URL or body text. See the previous message for further details.
4. Info Line 85, Column 90: entity was defined here

…e/oh_k.json?callb ack=twitterCall back2&count=2" type="text/javascript"></scri…

my code:

Code:

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
            "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

	<head>
<meta name="description" content="web and graphic design services">
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML,CSS,Design,Print,Web">
<meta name="author" content="Katherine Designs - freelance designer">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1">

		<title>Katherine Designs - Freelance Web and Graphic Designer</title>
		

		<style type="text/css" media="screen">
			@import url(styles.css);
		</style>

	<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

	function roll1(whichPic, whichImage){
		document.images.pic1.src = "img/header_about_rollover.gif";
	}
	
	function change1(whichPic){
		document.images.pic1.src="img/header_about_off.gif";
	}

	function roll2(whichPic, whichImage){
		document.images.pic2.src = "img/header_portfolio_rollover.gif";
	}
	
	function change2(whichPic){
		document.images.pic2.src="img/header_portfolio_off.gif";
	}

	function roll3(whichPic, whichImage){
		document.images[whichPic].src = "img/header_services_rollover.gif";
	}
	
	function change3(whichPic){
		document.images[whichPic].src="img/header_services_off.gif";
	}

	function roll4(whichPic, whichImage){
		document.images[whichPic].src = "img/header_contact_rollover.gif";
	}
	
	function change4(whichPic){
		document.images[whichPic].src="img/header_contact_off.gif";
	}
	

	</script>


	</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">

<div id="top"><a href="index.html"><img src="img/header_name.gif" alt="Katherine Designs - Freelance Web and Graphic Designer"></a>


<a href="about.html" onmouseover="roll1('pic1','img/header_about_rollover.gif')" onmouseout="change1('pic1')">
<img src="img/header_about_off.gif" id="pic1" name="pic1" class="navi" alt="About"></a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="portfolio.html" onmouseover="roll2('pic2','img/header_portfolio_rollover.gif')" onmouseout="change2('pic2')">
<img src="img/header_portfolio_off.gif"  id="pic2" name="pic2" alt="Portfolio"></a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="services.html" onmouseover="roll3('pic3','img/header_services_rollover.gif')" onmouseout="change3('pic3')">
<img src="img/header_services_off.gif"  id="pic3" name="pic3" alt="Services"></a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="contact.php" onmouseover="roll4('pic4','img/header_contact_rollover.gif')" onmouseout="change4('pic4')">
<img src="img/header_contact_off.gif"  id="pic4" name="pic4" alt="Contact"></a>

</div>

<div id="main"><img src="img/hello.gif" alt="Hello! I'm Katherine, a freelance designer and illustrator based in Toronto, Canada. Welcome to my portfolio."></div>

<div id="bottom-left">
<img src="img/tweets.gif" alt="Latest Tweets">
<br><br>
<div  id="twitter_update_list"></div><br>
<a id="twitter-link" style="display:block;text-align:right;" href="http://twitter.com/oh_k">follow me on Twitter</a>

<script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/oh_k.json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=2" type="text/javascript"></script>


</div>

<div id="bottom-right">
<img src="img/whats_happening.gif" alt="What's happening"><br><br>Hello, and welcome! I'm currently open to design inquiries. Feel free to use the <a href="contact.php">contact form</a> to get in touch with me!
<br><br><br>&nbsp;
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

my code won't validate, help!

my code won't validate, help!

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