w3c compliant webpage..

w3c says my page cannot get validated

[estebones]

I tried to validate my webpage to w3c standards but every single page I try to get validated, it comes back with some weird reasons as to whgy it is not validated...
I dont really know what it is that I am doing wrong, I use dreamweaver to create my web pages and even the ones I have coded by hand come up with this same error code:(one of about 20)

Line 18, column 13: there is no attribute "SRC" (explain).
<embed src="select.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/

the error supposedly comes in between:
(<embed src=) and the ("select.swf" quality="high">)tags I have run some reports on Dreamweaver and still no joy can someone please tell me what it is that I am doing wrong?

--este

[ShawnR]

The <embed> tag is not part of the standard, although it is widely supported since IE 3 & NN 2. A standard-compliant alternative is to use the <object> tag.

Shawn

[RonPK]

Este, you might find this article useful (I do):
[alistapart.com...]

[estebones]

Damn thannk you for the responses, that was pretty quick...
So if the embed tag is not goos to use then how can I set it up so that Dreamweaver uses the object tag instead?
or should I just edit the code by hand?
thanks again.
--I guess i should read the article too...

great article I feel dumb are the contents of the article widely known?

[RonPK]

I hope not, would make me look silly too ;). I found it a week ago, when I was searching for a way to get valid HTML strict in combination with Flash.

[g1smd]

You just found out that every single piece of internet related software has some proprietory ways of doing things that are incompatible with someone elses way of doing it. The W3C are trying to cut a middle ground with common standards, but there will always be products that add more to the basic framework. It has always been like this, and probably will always be like it in the future. A lot of these finer points are not well known. And, ummmm, yes, change it by hand in a text editor (some people here do the whole site by hand but that is for another time).

[estebones]

Personally, feel more comfortable coding by hand but I find it easier to get the layout I want with dreamweaver, is this a common thing in webdesign, or is it just the fact that I'm pretty new to the field? and what would some of you guys would recommend is the best way to develop a site, doing it by hand or using a program like dreamwever or frontpage, etc...
-este

[ShawnR]

"...what would some of you guys would recommend is the best way to develop a site, doing it by hand or using a program like dreamwever or frontpage, etc..."

Personally, by hand with a good syntax highlighting editor and good lints & validatiors.

But Web development is such a multidisciplinary activity and it attracts a very wide range of proponents, some from marketing backgrounds, some from IT backgrounds, some from Graphic design background, etc. So my guess is that you'll get lots of opposing views. On the other hand, I think those who hang out at this forum would tend towards hand editing, arguing that it produces cleaner and more efficient code. If you posed the question at e.g. the "Site Graphics and Multimedia Design" forum, my guess is you might get a differnt response.

I don't really mean to pre-empt the result, and I am interested in other responses too. I'm just highlighting that I don't think there is a right way; its horses for courses... It depends on the relative skill levels and the objectives.

[estebones]

Right, I see your point.
Very well stated
thanks