Posted by Toby Inkster on 03/25/06 16:54

xyZed wrote:

> I have several affiliate links stopping my pages validating. They use
> javascript which I don't understand. Apparently it's a known issue
> that html validators can erroneously flag javascript errors.

Firstly, the validator is not erroneous -- it is acting correctly -- your
HTML is invalid.

Secondly, there is no Javascript error. The Javascript is fine in itself;
it has simply been embedded into the HTML wrongly.

> I have read the information on this page
> http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/problems.html#script
> which offers a solution. But I do not want to accidently disable the
> javascript functions of my affiliate links by adding stuff I don't
> understand.

The solution proposed on that page is fine. It won't change how your
Javascript operates.

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