Re: XHTML Validating Forms

Hi,

Ok I am trying to keep my site upto W3C standards - XHTML
Transisional...
When I validate one of my pages which uses a form - these messages ar
appearing..
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Line 218, column 89: character "<" is the first character of
delimiter but occurred as data
...our_email" value="Top Franchise Team
<>" />
^
Line 241, column 16: an attribute value specification must be a
attribute value literal unless SHORTTAG YES is specified
<input type=hidden name="missing_fields_redirect"
^
value="http://topfranchise

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I have been able to sort all the other errors but I just dont know ho
to fix the above errors.
The first error has a problem with the < > characters but I need tha
in so my CGI mail script will pick out the name and email.

The next error seems to dislike the hidden attribute..

This is my first attempt to create an interoprable site so forgive m
if all this seems like nonsense :
-
symo
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symon

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 05:22:03 GMT, symon
<> declared in alt.html:

> Hi,

G'day.

> Ok I am trying to keep my site upto W3C standards - XHTML 1
> Transisional...

Why XHTML? And why on earth Transitional?

> The first error has a problem with the < > characters but I need that
> in so my CGI mail script will pick out the name and email.

So fix your mail script.

> The next error seems to dislike the hidden attribute..

In XHTML all attributes must be quoted.

HTH

--
Mark Parnell
http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au

symon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ok I am trying to keep my site upto W3C standards - XHTML 1
> Transisional...
> When I validate one of my pages which uses a form - these messages are
> appearing..
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Line 218, column 89: character "<" is the first character of a
> delimiter but occurred as data
> ..our_email" value="Top Franchise Team
> <>" />


what is this? ---> <>

did you want to show the "<" and ">" in the page, if so, then you must use
&gt; and &lt;




> ^
> Line 241, column 16: an attribute value specification must be an
> attribute value literal unless SHORTTAG YES is specified
> <input type=hidden name="missing_fields_redirect"

try this...
<input type="hidden" name="missing_fields_redirect"




> ^
> value="http://topfranchise
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I have been able to sort all the other errors but I just dont know how
> to fix the above errors.
> The first error has a problem with the < > characters but I need that
> in so my CGI mail script will pick out the name and email.

can you configure it so it does not rely on the "<" and ">" characters?


>
> The next error seems to dislike the hidden attribute..
>
> This is my first attempt to create an interoprable site so forgive me
> if all this seems like nonsense