OK HTML gurus, why the hell won't my page validate?

[notfred]

It keeps giving me these stupid errors that don't make sense....

Anyone know how to fix this?

 

[stndn]

it seems like the css <style> </style> tag doesn't like to stay inside curly braces { ... } or any other containers for that matter (single quote, double quote, etc)

after being stuck, i tried moving a naked <style></style> tag in between two { } braces, and it won't validate with the w3c validator ....

heck, even by cheating with the below won't work ...
(i assigned the <style> to variable and document.write (the variable) ... but it didn't work as well)

i have no idea... i guess they don't like <style> to be inside anything....

<script type="text/javascript">
<!-- // this won't work either::
var abc = "<style type='text/css'>.typeheight{line-height: 13.75px;}</style>";

if (OSName == "MacOS" && navigator.appName == "Netscape"){
document.write(abc);
}
// -->

 

[DaveSimmons]

Looks like it isn't processing text within documnet.write("") properly. Hmm, I wonder if in "valid" HTML 4.x you're supposed to escape the <> like you have to in XML ?

Why not try that, and see if (a) it stops complaining -and- (b) it still works 🙂 then let us know.


ed: stndn typed a bit faster, but I'm still curious whether escaping would work.

 

[Buddha Bart]

<devilsadvocate>
I hate it when people use fixed-px fonts, because then my "view->text-size->larger" doesnt work.
</devilsadvocate>

Honestly, you're changing the font size less than half a point between those, do you really need the javascript/browser detect? Would the design really fall apart if peoples fonts weren't exactly right?

bart

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

i dunno....I can't even get validator.w3.org to load.

 

[BillinSDCA]

You can try for help here:

HTML Forums

HTH,
Bill

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Buddha Bart
<devilsadvocate>
I hate it when people use fixed-px fonts, because then my "view->text-size->larger" doesnt work.
</devilsadvocate>

Honestly, you're changing the font size less than half a point between those, do you really need the javascript/browser detect? Would the design really fall apart if peoples fonts weren't exactly right?

bart

I'm trying to fit text into a box that's exatly 122 pixels high.