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HTML validation

kushi

1:34 pm on Nov 21, 2008 (gmt 0)

Hi guys.

Probably the newest of the newbies in HTML..
Need help here with validation.

I'm using Doctotype 4.01 and Im I dont seem to make any progress: validation keeps on failing.
Here is the code:

Line 391, Column 85: end tag for element "A" which is not open.

…nt color="#3333FF" face="Verdana"></a><a href="8_days-7-nights_

Heeelp..!

Thanks in advance.

tangor

2:32 pm on Nov 21, 2008 (gmt 0)

Your <a href= at end of line IS OPEN, no closing </a>

kushi

1:33 pm on Nov 22, 2008 (gmt 0)

Thanks tangor

I have gone through again and again, I dont seen what is not closed or open here:

8</a></a><a href="8_days-7-nights_wildlife_tours.html">

pageoneresults

1:43 pm on Nov 22, 2008 (gmt 0)

Hello kushi, Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

I have gone through again and again, I don't seen what is not closed or open here:

You'll probably want to hire someone who is familiar with HTML. The below is a hodgepodge of code bloat, deprecated markup and missing elements. With code that looks like this, your validation questions will be non-stop for the next year or so. Once you fix one, another will appear. You are not seeing all of the errors.

8</span></font></a></font></span><font color="#3333FF" face="Verdana"></a></font></span><a href="8_days-7-nights_wildlife_tours.html"><font size="2"><span dir="LTR"><font face="Verdana"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#3333FF">

Yuck! Font elements. I see one </a> reference there that doesn't have an opening <a href...> and that is the one the validator is throwing an error about.

But again, based on the above code example and your questions so far, you will have your hands full for quite some time trying to figure out the validation challenges. :(

Note: The validator provides a pretty good summary of what the errors are, where they are and, hints on how to fix them.

essiw

8:53 pm on Nov 23, 2008 (gmt 0)

8</a></a><a href="8_days-7-nights_wildlife_tours.html">

the bold one needs to be deleted, also you have 2 tags behind eachother, and a inside an <a> tag... like pageoneresults said, learn proper html or hire someone because this looks really rubbish

tedster

9:03 pm on Nov 23, 2008 (gmt 0)

It's hard to say for sure what needs to be deleted because this is just a short snippet, and there could well be mark-up before and after what we see above that changes the picture.