Validation Error

[Dynamic-Xchange]

Hi all,

I have recently begun updating my website to XHTML and I have encountered the following error and I am not sure what I am doing incorrectly. I have read the error comment but am unsure how to get around it. Any advice would be very welcome.

http://www.dynamic-xchange.com/DXServices.php

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...doctype=Inline

Best Regards,

Simon

[Paul O'B]

Hi Simon,

Which specific errors don't you understand.

results:


Most of the errors are because you have wrapped your divs in p tags which is not allowed and is also a waste of html. P tags can only contain inline elements and not block elements.

Just use the p tag without the div.

wrong:

                <p>
                <div class="serviceboxes"> <img src="images/adsXposed_Icon.gif" alt="adsXposed" /><a href="http://www.dynamic-xchange.com/DXServices/adsXposed_Personal.php" title="DXSynergy - adsXposed"> adsXposed</a> (for Webmasters)</div>
                </p>

right:

               
                <p class="serviceboxes"> <img src="images/adsXposed_Icon.gif" alt="adsXposed" /><a href="http://www.dynamic-xchange.com/DXServices/adsXposed_Personal.php" title="DXSynergy - adsXposed"> adsXposed</a> (for Webmasters)</p>

Divs should only be used when there is no semantic html that will do the job in hand and this is rarely the case. Divs are really just generic, non-semantic page divisions to separate the content into logical chunks.

In reality you should never have content sitting in bare divs because there will always be a more suitable html element that will do the job better.

[Dynamic-Xchange]

Thanks Paul, I understand now.

[Dynamic-Xchange]

I have validated most of the pages in the DXServices part of my website but I have noticed a few characters do not display properly, namely the apostrophe in words such as wholesaler's. It is displayed as wholesaler�s. Why is that exactly and how do you get around it? Surely you dont have to use &apos or &#39 everytime?

[NinjaNoodles]

Most likely, you typed the content in Microsoft Word, or a similar program. Simply open the file in notepad, hit Ctrl+H (replace), copy one of the non-displaying apostrophes and replace it by typing an apostrophe in the "Replace with" field.

[Dynamic-Xchange]

Yep, that solved it. Thanks.