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I am using the "includes page" components for my layout. Does this make a difference?
No, not at all.
Should I find a way to run this from the CSS?
and:
Line 184 column 77: required attribute "ALT" not specified
the code it's refering to:
...image_top_02.jpg" width="55" height="54"></a></td>
This makes up about half of the errors.
As you can see from that, the correct attributes are margin-top, margin-right, etc. And yeah, it would be better to handle this in your CSS file instead of including it on every page.
And don't forget about the folks over in the CSS forum [webmasterworld.com] for any detailed questions you might have.
The other is also a simple fix. Alt is a required attribute for the image element. If the image is simply a design element that doesn't have any real meaning you can set the value of the alt to an empty string:
image_top_02.jpg" alt="" width="55" height="54"
If the image is meant to communicate something then use the alt to, well, communicate that:
image_top_02.jpg" alt="Click to order" width="55" height="54">
image_top_02.jpg" alt="Photo of my store" width="55" height="54">
Here's the HTML 4.01 spec [w3.org].
You should have that template validating in no time.
