Posted by Martin Jay on 06/08/06 15:07
In message <kKidnRD1X_iCthXZnZ2dnUVZ_qOdnZ2d@comcast.com>, Ed Mulroy
<dont_email_me@bitbuc.ket> writes
>I would appreciate it if people were kind enough to suggest how I
>might fix my page.
>
>I have run into difficulty while trying to migrate from HTML 4.01
>Transitional to 4.01 Strict.
>
>The Transitional page and css links are:
> http://home.nc.rr.com/emulroy/theshore.htm
> http://home.nc.rr.com/emulroy/beach.css
>The Strict versions are
> http://home.nc.rr.com/emulroy/theshoreS.htm
> http://home.nc.rr.com/emulroy/beachS.css
>
>
>The HTML validator gives complaints in strict mode.
> http://validator.w3.org/
>
>The 'target' word in a link like that below generates an error: (line 36)
> <a href="the_url" target="_blank">link description</a>
>
>What scheme is used under 4.01 strict to specify a link be opened in a
>new window? (please, not javascript)
AFAIK there is none. A while ago I put together some web pages for a
friend who wanted some links to open in a new window, so for the pages
with those sort of links on I used a Transitional doctype:
<http://www.jindrak.com/>. :(
>On line 18 I received a complaint about 'align'
><table align="left" width="22%" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="2">
>
>However all attempts to remove the 'align' and handle it with CSS
>results in the right hand table being moved down the page to past the
>bottom of the left hand menu column.
Try giving the table the following style:
position: absolute;
Are you going to get rid of the table layout design?
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