Validating DWMX Navigation Bar

[rivang]

Does anyone know how to get a navigation bar created by Dreamweaver's navigation bar tool to validate using the W3C's validator tool?

DWMX navbar tool generates the following html...

<td><div align="center"><a href="navtest.htm" target="_top" onClick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','home','../images/nav_home_down.gif',1)" onMouseOver="MM_nbGroup('over','home','../images/nav_home_over.gif','../images/nav_home_over.gif',1)" onMouseOut="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="images/nav_home_down.gif" alt="MyWeb Home" name="home" width="126" height="36" border="0" onload="MM_nbGroup('init','group1','home','../images/nav_home_up.gif',1)"></a></div></td>

The W3C validator check yields the following error...
Line 92, column 396: there is no attribute "ONLOAD"

...="126" height="36" border="0" onload="MM_nbGroup('init','group1','home','../i

You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not support that attribute for this element. This error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Transitional" document type to get the "target" attribute), or by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "marginheight" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead).

This error may also result if the element itself is not supported in the document type you are using, as an undefined element will have no supported attributes; in this case, see the element-undefined error message for further information.

How to fix: check the spelling and case of the element and attribute, (Remember XHTML is all lower-case) and/or check that they are both allowed in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute.

 

[traingamer]

Shouldn't the onload be in the body tag?

Greg
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[rivang]

It is...

 

[crystalized]

Hi rivang,

The code you posted has an onload in an image tag.

Crystal
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[rivang]

Yeah I saw that... but that is as Dreamweaver created it.

A page with a nav bar as created by the DW nav bar tool will not validate.

To test it I created a new page and used the insert nav bar tool to add a new vertical navigation bar. Then run Dreamweaver's validator or go to the W3C's validator. This is reproduceable.