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Why the strange <?

         

Quetzal

4:40 pm on Aug 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hello

I have a Web page at:

<snip>

If you visit it, you will notice a strange < opening bracket to the left of the rotating banner ads at the top.
I can't seem to get rid of it!

The relevant code is:

<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT"%>
<%Session.LCID = 2057%>

<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.6 [en-gb]C-CCK-MCD NetscapeOnline.co.uk (Win98; I) [Netscape]">

<script>

var speed = 3000

var Pic = new Array()

Pic[0] = 'banner1.jpg'
Pic= 'banner2.jpg'
Pic[2] = 'banner3.jpg'

var t
var j = 0
var p = Pic.length

var preLoad = new Array()
for (i = 0; i < p; i++){
preLoad = new Image()
preLoad.src = Pic
}

function runSlideShow(){
document.images.SlideShow.src = preLoad[j].src
j = j + 1
if (j > (p-1)) j=0
t = setTimeout('runSlideShow()', speed)
}

</script>

</head>

<body text="#F0FFFF" bgcolor="#191970" link="#F0FFFF" onload="runSlideShow()">
<

<center><Table border=0 Cellspacing=0 Cellpadding=0>
<tr>
<td Width="450" Height="72" id="VU"><a href="http://www.pcworld.com"><img SRC="banner1.jpg" Name="SlideShow" height=72 width=450 Alt="PC World for the latest in hardware reviews"></a></td>
</tr>
</table></center>
etc
etc
etc
etc

Any help much appreciated!

Quetzal

[1][edited by: papabaer at 5:17 pm (utc) on Aug. 13, 2002]
[edit reason] TOS re:urls [/edit]

Sinner_G

4:44 pm on Aug 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Look at the line just under the <body> tag ;)

And btw welcome to WW, and we're not supposed to post urls and/or code, check out the welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com] thread.

<edit> martinibuster, not even code in fact. To be completely compliant, we would have to redirect him to the code validation page [validator.w3.org]</edit>

[edited by: Sinner_G at 4:51 pm (utc) on Aug. 13, 2002]

martinibuster

4:47 pm on Aug 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Administrator 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



The terms of service here don't allow you to post a url. Only the code. :)

BlobFisk

4:50 pm on Aug 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



<center> is also a deprecated tag. You can use CSS to achieve the same result and validate correctly...

papabaer

5:24 pm on Aug 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Hello Quetzal, welcome to Webmaster World!

As you can see, it doesn't take long for the members here to respond to a "predicament!"

Please take some time to review the posting terms of service: posting of personal or affiliated urls is not allowed. Glad to have you with us! - papabaer

dhdweb

5:55 pm on Aug 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



<body text="#F0FFFF" bgcolor="#191970" link="#F0FFFF" onload="runSlideShow()">
<

<center><Table border=0 Cellspacing=0 Cellpadding=0>

Problem listed in bold

dhdweb

ergophobe

6:47 pm on Aug 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



Quetzal,

You might also consider reading the thread on Posting Code [webmasterworld.com] to get still more of an idea of the general ethos around here.

If the terms and rules and so on seem restrictive, give it a chance - the benefits are fantastic. This is basically a flame-free board with tremendous expertise and discussions that often drift back and forth from specific to high-level issues. These characteristics are due in large part (directly or indirectly) to the basic MO of the board. A perfect example is the response that you got after "breaking" the rules by posting a url. Instead of flames, people said: "Welcome! By the way, that's not allowed. But since you didn't know that, here's your answer."

Awesome group of people around here.

Tom

joshie76

9:28 pm on Aug 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Wow, how 'cult' like does that thread sound?

No wonder the poor guy hasn't posted again... quick catch him before he leaves town!

:)

martinibuster

9:37 pm on Aug 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Administrator 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



I know!

Let's play, "Get the guest!"