Charlie
Sat Mar 08 07:34:00 CST 2008
Thanks! That will be a big help to me! And I was wondering about the meta tag
errors anyway.
But I will work on the other changes that you had suggested!
"Ronx" wrote:
> The bad news is - the page will NEVER validate. The reason is the use
> of shared borders. The meta tag FrontPage uses to show which shared
> borders are in the page uses an invalid syntax:
>
> The name attribute in a meta tag should not contain spaces, and <meta
> name="Microsoft Border" content="tlb, default"> does a space in
> name="Microsoft Border"
>
> There several HTML errors on the page: (I have not checked the shared
> borders for errors, only the main content page.
> The line numbers are approximate, and taken from Code View. I have also
> not checked the style sheet.
>
>
> Some of the fonts used in the page will be seen as Times or Times New
> Roman. A browser will only use those fonts that are installed on the
> PC.
>
> The !doctype is incomplete. Since you are using <font..> tags, you
> should use the HTML4.01 transitional doctype:
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
> "
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
>
> Notice the URL in the tag.
> Using this will also fix some of the validation errors, particularly the
> use of border in image tags.
>
>
> The <body tag is followed by </style> - remove the </style>
> Around line 73, starting <div id="E5B4A681FB4C_div"
> name="E5B4A681FB4C_div">
> The <h3> tag is not closed - there should be a </h3> before the </div>
> on line 75
>
> On line 106, the <h3> tag is not closed before the closing </li>
>
> Line 121 - an extra </p> which should be removed
>
> Line 122 - the <font tag is missing the corresponding </font>
>
> Line 124 - </p> where there should be <p>
>
> Line 131 - An extra </font> tag
>
> Line 132 - an extra </font> tag
>
> Line 162 - an extra </h3> tag - this may be the spurious tag you are
> having problems removing. FP will insert it to close those missing tags
> elsewhere.
>
>
> In your CSS, take line 30 as an example (this problem is repeated in
> many places)
> <p align="left" style="margin-left: 10; margin-top: 12">
> Should be
> <p align="left" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 12px">
>
> Any measurements in CSS styles must have the unit of measurement (except
> 0, which is the exception that proves the rule).
>
> Line 140 - Get rid of the <blink> tag - this can cause epileptic fits
> for users who are susceptible to this. (Only works in Netscape anyway).
>
>
> There is room for a lot more work on this page - changing the font tags
> to styles and moving the inline styles to an embedded style sheet, for
> instance. But if the page works - slow changes are fine. I took 6
> months converting my site from <font..> tags to CSS - and maintaining
> the pages is much easier for the change.
>
> The image border problem: change border="0" to style="border:none;"
> for inline styles.
> For embedded style sheet add this above the </head> tag:
>
> <style type="text/css">
> img {border:none;}
> </style>
>
> --
> Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>
>
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
>
>
>
>
> "Charlie" <Charlie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E92A0D18-AF39-47C8-BA3F-53838E8E8AFC@microsoft.com:
>
> > The web page is www.chaloracrafts.com. I thought that I would start with the
> > home page first and work my way through the other pages one at a time to get
> > the html to be validated. Although I don't really know if there is any real
> > benafit to having them validated. It was just something that I thought that I
> > would do.
> >
> > I guess it would help too if I would just read a book about CSS. As to try
> > and find what I need to make the changes to the web pages on the internet.
> >
> > "Ronx" wrote:
> >
> > > Post a link to the page, or post the page code here.
> > >
> > > Inline styles are often not the best way to go (though there are
> > > exceptions) - using an embedded style sheet in the <head> section of the
> > > page will make maintenance easier, and the same style rule will often be
> > > usable for many HTML elements. Inline styling will mean having to
> > > change every html element with that style.
> > >
> > > If FP places a border around your images where you have used a style to
> > > remove the borders, then the style code is incorrect.
> > >
> > > I will have to see the erroneous <h3> in context before commenting.
> > > --
> > > Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> > > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
> > >
> > >
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Charlie" <Charlie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:7EE0BA7E-FF28-405E-9ED4-0687004CF41C@microsoft.com:
> > >
> > > > What I was trying to do is change some of the code so that I could use inline
> > > > style ( I thank That is what is would be called) By changing some of the
> > > > propertys for the images that I have on my web site. I am trying to comply
> > > > with the rulls to go along with using style sheets. But I wanted to emabed
> > > > the code into the web page it self. But when I make the changes Frontpage
> > > > places a border around my images.
> > > >
> > > > And I have another location on the page where the html validator states that
> > > > I have a <h3> that was duplicated in the code. And everytime I remove this
> > > > bit of code Frontpage reinserts it back into the code.
> > > >
> > > > So I am just not sure what to do about this other then start using a text
> > > > editor like notepad.
> > > >
> > > > "Ronx" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > What code is being changed? FrontPage 2003 will only change code that
> > > > > FP2003 has written - and some (perhaps most) of this will not validate,
> > > > > particularly code related to themes and navigation components.
> > > > >
> > > > > Earlier versions of FrontPage (FP95,FP97 and FP98) would change code at
> > > > > the drop of a hat, but later versions are well behaved, except as above.
> > > > > --
> > > > > Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
> > > > > Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
> > > > >
> > > > >
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Charlie" <Charlie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:CBAE99FB-5442-4A93-89BA-9A9681CC3108@microsoft.com:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Is there some way that i can stop frontpage from changing the code that I
> > > > > > have changed?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What I am trying to do is run my website through a html validator. And when
> > > > > > I make the needed changes in the html code through frontpage and then save
> > > > > > the changes Frontpages alters the changes that I have made to what it wants
> > > > > > them to be.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And I am looking for a way to stop this from happening.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I guess is there is not other option I will have to start using notepad to
> > > > > > create my web pages.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any sugestion ?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
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