help getting rid of error

Discussion in 'CSS' started by choice, Jun 3, 2007.

  1. #1
    i have 1 error that is stopping me validating my website

    here is the error


    any body got a suggestion to fix this
     
    choice, Jun 3, 2007 IP
  2. jakomo

    jakomo Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Hello,
    Look around your Content-Type :)
     
    jakomo, Jun 3, 2007 IP
  3. Dan Schulz

    Dan Schulz Peon

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    #3
    Remove the / from this meta tag:
    <meta name="verify-v1" content="r00BJaV3Ml63+PdabAeg1LESxJYFM+mVkaoIfJObNiI=" />

    Also be sure to specify a content type with your HTML page. The link below (about halfway down the first post) will give you more information on content types:
    http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=428205
     
    Dan Schulz, Jun 3, 2007 IP
  4. choice

    choice Prominent Member

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    #4
    done that and have now
    Tentatively passed validation
     
    choice, Jun 3, 2007 IP
  5. Dan Schulz

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    #5
    Ok. Next step is to find out what the HTTP headers are sending out for a character encoding. If you're not sure, try adding a UTF-8 character encoding to your file via the META tag, then save your page AS UTF-8 and re-validate. It would be best to save it as a separate copy in case something goes wrong though.

    Then run it through the W3C validator again. If you get a mis-match (let's say ISO-8859-1) then switch the content type to the appropriate Content-Tpe (again, using ISO-8859-1 as an example) and save it as such (or "Latin1" if ISO isn't available, once again, using ISO-8859-1 as an example).
     
    Dan Schulz, Jun 3, 2007 IP