Some html validators are flagging these html tags as error.

[born2run]

Hi so I have the following html / metatags in my html file:

====
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon-16x16.png">
<link rel="manifest" href="/site.webmanifest">
<link rel="mask-icon" href="/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#5BBAD5">
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#da532c">
<meta name="msapplication-config" content="/browserconfig.xml">
<meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">
====

Are these code valid? Please advise. Thanks!

[Dimitri]

Some html validators

Stick with the W3C Validator : [validator.w3.org...]

flagging these html tags as error.

Which kind of error? It looks good to me, (you don't need the " /> " on the first line) . However, it might depend of your DOCTYPE , but the above seems okay to me if , this is HTML 5.

[born2run]

Ok thanks, the w3c validtor oks it. Additionally I have a script like this in the page:

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="https://www.abc.com/p/xyz.js"></script>

W3c validator is warning over the type & charset code (unneeded). Would keeping them as it is OK?

[Dimitri]

W3c validator is warning over the type & charset code (unneeded). Would keeping them as it is OK?

Yes, you can keep the "type" and "charset", but as mentioned they are no longer needed in HTML5, however keeping them is okay.

edit: Indirectly related: stay consistent with your charset, don't start mixing different charset, this is going to be mess and hard to maintain. Stick with UTF8 for everything, including your database.

[lucy24]

In general, keeping something that w3c says isn't needed will not do any harm--but, like they say, it isn't needed. Sometimes you just have to use your judgement. Take the case of
style type = "text/css"
At one point the html validator and css validator weren't talking to each other, leading to (this is my actual email, sent in December 2017):

The HTML validator says:
Warning: The type attribute for the style element is not needed and should be omitted.

The CSS validator says:
Warning: You should add a 'type' attribute with a value of 'text/css' to the 'style’ element

Could the two of them at least try to get their stories straight?

Others besides me must have grumbled about the same thing, because it has since been fixed.

[born2run]

Ok thanks guys. I'll leave the code as is.