Thanks Mapquest, for making my page fail validation! 7

[JediBMC]

I put a great deal of emphasis on creating pages that are 100% validated HTML 4.01 Strict. My latest site makes that mark, with one exception. I am not sure if this is a problem with the way Mapquest URLs are formulated, with the validator, or both.

Basically, one of my pages is failing due to the link on it that leads to a Mapquest map. The URL for the mapquest map is:

[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=445+W+ACACIA+ST&city=STOCKTON&state=CA&zipcode=95203&country=US&cid=lfmaplink[/URL]

Of course, the URL is maintained in quotation marks, so I would think that the validator would simply skip it and the use of the "&". Unfortunately, that is not the case. My page fails validation due to the "&" and the unknown entities that follow it.

So is the validator wrong?

Everything else on the page validates perfectly, so assuming that the validator has a flaw, should I go ahead and mark the page (show the icon) as being validated HTML 4.01 Strict?

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Any site critiques are also welcome!

-Brian-
I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.

 

[ca8msm]

Change your ampersands to read "&" instead of just "&"


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[kaht]

use & instead of & in your links and you will pass validation

-kaht

[small]How spicy would you like your chang sauce? Oh man... I have no idea what's goin' on right now...[/small]

 

[Foamcow]

use & instead of &


anyone else? ;-)

<honk>*:O)</honk>
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[JediBMC]

You are both correct. For some reason I was thinking that having that in quotation marks would make a difference... none the less, it has been changed.

-Brian-
I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.

 

[kaht]

Glad you got it working, but I really think foamcow deserves a star.

-kaht

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[JediBMC]

<Oprah's Voice> Everybody gets a star! Everybody gets a star!</Oprah's Voice>

Can't reward only one of the three that gave the same answer!

-Brian-
I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.

 

[TamedTech]

One more thing to bare in mind; if you use &amp; instead of & you'll pass validation!

;-)

Rob

 

[Foamcow]

Talk about jumping on the bamp;wagon

;-)

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[TamedTech]

Lol ... don't get your pamp;ties in a twist!

 

[chrissie1]

use &amp; instead of &


I want one too.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

"My new site" - Me

 

[ca8msm]

Oi - my answer was first and it was &copy;!


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[JediBMC]

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!

-Brian-
I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.

 

[JediBMC]

Oh, in case anyone else comes across this problem, I realized that if I use &amp; instead of &, it validates perfectly.

-Brian-
I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Goon on you for posting the solution, Brian. A star for your troubles ;-)

I've been racking my brains for a while trying to fix my page with the same error, and now I see that clearly, I should have used &amp; instead of &.

Dan

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[chrissie1]

glad for you.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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