document type does not permit element "<td>

[amythepoet]

Hi,

I'm checking my document syntax and have found the folloiwng error

document type does not permit element <td> in context of element <td>

I think I have closed all of my tags, I don't know how to fix it

[encyclo]

The validator tells you which line the error is on, so check just before that. You will probably see a

<td>

was used inadvertantly instead of a

</td>

.

[amythepoet]

I see the same problem with many of my pages, and I don't know how to fix it

It looks like this:

<td id="rightframe"><p align="center"><a href="order.html"><img src="imagery/order-now.gif" alt="Click Here To Order One Of Green Widgets" width="200" height="50" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>

[tedster]

In xhtml there must be a closing tag for every element -- but there is no </td> in that mark-up. So if there is another <td> before the first one is closed, then that's the error.

I assume amy is using xhtml because the img tag has an xhtml style closing.

[amythepoet]

Yes, I am using xhtml, correct, I will try and fix it

thanks again