Posted by Sally Thompson on 10/01/06 08:48

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 03:53:38 +0100, richard wrote
(in article <efname020kj@news2.newsguy.com>):

>
> <petermichaux@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1159665105.259688.133730@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am converting an old page to STRICT.
>>
>> When validating the page I learned that I can't have a link like the
>> following. The '&' and '=' characters are not allowed? How can I make
>> this link validate?
>>
>> <a
>> href="http://www.foo.com/cgi-bin/test.pl?ACCOUNT=1006458&THE_BUTTON=display_
>> page&PAGE_TYPE=MI_PPC#ASDF">
>>
>>
>> I also learned that I can't use the "target" attribute in STRICT pages
>> like the following. What do I do to get around this? Do I have to write
>> JavaScript in the onclick attribute? That wouldn't be so good if
>> JavaScript is off.
>>
>> <a href="http://www.7Search.com/" target="new">7Search.com</a>
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Peter
>>
>
> The validator generally gives you some reasons why the error occurred. Read
> up on them.
>
> In general, &amp is best used instead of just &.

You have forgotten the semi-colon: it should be &amp;

To the OP: I like this chart which I find clearer than some:

<http://www.cookwood.com/entities/#punctuation>



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