Posted by Paul Watt on 01/19/06 19:33

"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
news:43cd3058$0$8273$cb0e7fc6@news.centralva.net...
> Paul Watt wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> The following code fails validation when used with a html 4.01 strict
>> DTD. why and how can i fix it?
>> TIA
>> Paul
>>
>> <form action="/cgi-sys/entropysearch.cgi" target=searchwindow
>> class="search">
>> <img src="images/search.gif" alt="search" width="70" height="13">
>> <input type="text" name="query" value="" />
>> <input type="hidden" name="user" value="dunmowka" />
>> <input type="hidden" name="basehref"
>> value="http://dunmowkarate.co.uk" />
>> <input type="hidden" name="template" value="default" />
>> <input type="submit" value="Search" />
>> </form>
>
> To fix:
>
> <form action="/cgi-sys/entropysearch.cgi" class="search">
> <p>
> <!-- elements below need to be contain in block element -->
> <img src="images/search.gif" alt="search" width="70" height="13">
> <input type="text" name="query" value="">
> <input type="hidden" name="user" value="dunmowka">
> <input type="hidden" name="basehref"
> value="http://dunmowkarate.co.uk">
> <input type="hidden" name="template" value="default">
> <input type="submit" value="Search">
>
> </p>
> </form>
>
> 1. No 'target' on 'form'
> 2. '<element />' on single tag elements for XHTML not HTML
> 3. IMG and INPUT elements need to be contained withing block element,
> e.g., P, DIV, PRE, H# ADDRESS
>
>
> --
> Take care,
>
> Jonathan
> -------------------
> LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
> http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Thanks, thats perfect :)

Paul

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