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Here's the error:
This page is not Valid HTML 4.01 Strict!
end tag for "FORM" which is not finished

The error occurs on the first '/' in "https://" of this line:
<FORM NAME=login ACTION=https://thesite.com/login.php METHOD=post>

here is the code:
<fieldset> <legend>User login</legend>
<FORM NAME=login ACTION=https://thesite.com/login.php METHOD=post> <p>
Username
<INPUT type="text" name="username" size="8" MAXLENGTH="20">
Password
<INPUT type="password" name="password" size="8" MAXLENGTH="20">
<INPUT TYPE=checkbox NAME=rememberme VALUE=1><INPUT type="submit"
name="action" value="Go!">
<A href="forgotpasswd.php">Forgot your password?</A>
</p></FORM></fieldset>


It seems to be telling me I can't put an url in the action - is that
correct or is it telling me something else ? How do I fix it ?

Previously in alt.html, Red <> said:

> Here's the error:

Where's the URI?

> This page is not Valid HTML 4.01 Strict!
> end tag for "FORM" which is not finished

Generally this means something is nested incorrectly. But without being
able to see the page, that's impossible to tell.

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

Mark Parnell wrote:
> Previously in alt.html, Red <> said:
>
>
>>Here's the error:
>
>
> Where's the URI?
>
>
>>This page is not Valid HTML 4.01 Strict!
>>end tag for "FORM" which is not finished
>
>
> Generally this means something is nested incorrectly. But without being
> able to see the page, that's impossible to tell.

I thought I posted enough code, but here's a simple test page which has
the same error: http://reenie.org/test.test.htm

Red

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:56:42 GMT, Red <> wrote:

[snip]

> <FORM NAME=login ACTION=https://thesite.com/login.php METHOD=post>

From an SGML point-of-view, the two slashes form a short tag. Quote the
attribute value.

> here is the code:
> <fieldset> <legend>User login</legend>
> <FORM

Out of curiosity, why is your fieldset outside the form? It's legal but
unusual. FIELDSET elements are meant to group the controls within a form,
not forms themselves.

[snip]

Mike

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Previously in alt.html, Red <> said:

> I thought I posted enough code, but here's a simple test page which has
> the same error: http://reenie.org/test.test.htm

404

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

Mark Parnell wrote:
> Previously in alt.html, Red <> said:
>
>
>>I thought I posted enough code, but here's a simple test page which has
>>the same error: http://reenie.org/test.test.htm
>
>
> 404
>
sorry
http://reenie.org/test/test.htm

Michael Winter wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:56:42 GMT, Red <> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> <FORM NAME=login ACTION=https://thesite.com/login.php METHOD=post>
>
>
> From an SGML point-of-view, the two slashes form a short tag. Quote
> the attribute value.
>

Thanks. That did it.
>> here is the code:
>> <fieldset> <legend>User login</legend>
>> <FORM
>
>
> Out of curiosity, why is your fieldset outside the form? It's legal but
> unusual. FIELDSET elements are meant to group the controls within a
> form, not forms themselves.

I just learned about the fieldset tag- here is the url I used as an example
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit....yhtml_fieldset
If I put it about a form element it just puts a box around that element.
but If I put it around the form it breaks for the legend at the top,
which I like.



>
> [snip]
>
> Mike
>

Previously in alt.html, Red <> said:

> I just learned about the fieldset tag- here is the url I used as an example
> http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit....yhtml_fieldset
> If I put it about a form element it just puts a box around that element.
> but If I put it around the form it breaks for the legend at the top,
> which I like.

As Michael said, it should be used to group form elements - so basically
replace the paragraph in your example with a fieldset. One fieldset
around all the input elements.

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

Mark Parnell wrote:
> Previously in alt.html, Red <> said:
>
>
>>I just learned about the fieldset tag- here is the url I used as an example
>>http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit....yhtml_fieldset
>>If I put it about a form element it just puts a box around that element.
>>but If I put it around the form it breaks for the legend at the top,
>>which I like.
>
>
> As Michael said, it should be used to group form elements - so basically
> replace the paragraph in your example with a fieldset. One fieldset
> around all the input elements.
>
Ok Done. Thanks for the tip

Red wrote:

> end tag for "FORM" which is not finished
>
> The error occurs on the first '/' in "https://" of this line:
> <FORM NAME=login ACTION=https://thesite.com/login.php METHOD=post>

That action URI should be in quotes:
<FORM NAME=login ACTION="https://thesite.com/login.php" METHOD=post>

The validator is parsing along and finds action=https: and then finds a /. A
/ signifies the beginning of a closing tag, but the opening tag has not been
completed yet, with a >.

Odd sort of error but that is your problem

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Cheers
Richard.