Posted by richard on 09/24/06 00:14
<mouse@house.spam> wrote in message
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>I have a reference to a web counter in my page, which according to my
> ISP should look like;
>
> <IMG SRC="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=sigma-index.html&st=1000">
>
> However the W3 validator wails about the ampersand '&' before the st.
> It insists the line must look like;
>
> <img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=c-compiler-com-root&ft=0&dd=D"
> title="Counter" alt="Counter">
>
> in other words we must use & instead of just &
>
> Is this how valid HTML must specify an ampersand? Both versions seem
> valid in my web browser. The & version looks a bit strange and I
> am surprised that W3 validator regards it as necessary.
Web counter?
I had one with a free service once. Got the same results from the validator.
Included the "amp" and all was happy.
It really is much nicer to have a host that has all that stuff built in.
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