1 xhtml error

[Chris Powell]

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

..... how do i fix the problem?

thanks in advance,

chris

[matelot]

As you're doing XHTML 1.0 trans, you need to close the tags with a slash:

<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:10px;" /><input type

I've marked it in red.

You also may want to think about dumping transitional and going for a Strict Doctype: it'll help tighten up your coding.

Hope that helps.

[Chris Powell]

Hi matelot

I’m totally new to web design/coding.

I never did any of the script. My co admin did. I'm just trying to make the homepage and forums validate as valid xhtml.

With help from vbulletin and vbseo i managed to come from 37 errors to just 7 of which the 7 my co admin will have to do because it’s messing about with classes/ids etc. I'm not brave enough to mess with them just yet.

The homepage wasn't passing on about 15 errors though and I’ve managed to bring them down to just 1. This one i couldn't figure out

As for switching from transitional to Strict Doctype I haven't the foggiest what you mean by that...

I added that slash though but the error is still there, as well as 2nd error now...

Thanks for your help matelot!

[hschmitz]

Originally Posted by matelot

As you're doing XHTML 1.0 trans, you need to close the tags with a slash:

That is not right. The <form> element has a closing tag </form>. You only need to close tags with a slash which do not have closing tags, like

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<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" />

So that is not the original error.

Originally Posted by Chris Powell

I added that slash though but the error is still there, as well as 2nd error now...

Of course it is. So remove the slash again and the second error will dissapear.

As for the first error, it is caused by the <form> ... </form> being enclosed by a <p> ... </p>. It has to be the other way around.

Change your code to

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<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:10px;" />
<p style="text-align:center;">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" />
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-but04.gif" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!" style="border:0" />
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="encrypted" value="-----BEGIN PKCS7-----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-----END PKCS7-----" />
</p>
</form>

Hope this helps

[Chris Powell]

Replacing that code and removing the slash didn't work, but after chaning code in a few of the other lines it validated.

Originally Posted by hschmitz

As for the first error, it is caused by the <form> ... </form> being enclosed by a <p> ... </p>. It has to be the other way around.

Thanks for that!

cheers guys

[matelot]

Originally Posted by hschmitz

That is not right. The <form> element has a closing tag </form>. You only need to close tags with a slash which do not have closing tags, like

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<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" />

So that is not the original error...

Quite correct. You spotted my deliberate mistake to see if you were paying attention.

Glad CP got it sorted.