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Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 08/14/07 13:45
Richard wrote:
> I discovered some of the problem: The W3C Markup Validator flagged
> two errors, both caused by my code conflicting with the DTD I
> specified. The Validator said:
>
> <quote>
> Line 14, Column 11: there is no attribute "NAME".
>
> <h2 name="_Dummy1">_Dummy1</h2>
...which is correct.
> The DTD I had used was:
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
...which you should use for new pages...
> I found the Transitional DTD at http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/loose.dtd,
> which I am now using:
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
...and shouldn't, as you are not Transitioning from an old legacy page.
> The validator still gives me:
> <quote>
> Line 14, Column 11: there is no attribute "NAME".
> </quote>
...which is correct, because there still is no attribute "name" for <h2>
> But I got this "name" attribute from http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp,
> where it claims:
> <quote>
> <a name="tips">Useful Tips Section</a>
Note that the name attribute is used on an anchor, not a heading.
> To link directly to the "tips" section, add a # sign and the name of
> the anchor to the end of a URL, like this:
> <quote>
> <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/html_links.asp#tips">Jump to the
> Useful Tips Section</a>
> [snip]
> <a href="#tips">Jump to the Useful Tips Section</a>
> </quote>
>
> Is this W3Schools stuff outdated?
While some parts of W3Schools are misleading and erroneous, they seem to
be correct in this instance.
> Any other suggestions?
See my other post.
--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck
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