Validating pages in XHTML

[kimb]

Hi, I'm trying to validate my web pages in XHTML through the w3schools validator. I keep seeming to get a similar error - if my html says <hr width=&quot;90%&quot; size=&quot;2&quot; /> I get the error message &quot;there was no attribute &quot;width&quot;&quot; as well as &quot;there was no attribute &quot;size&quot;&quot;.

I've read through their reason, but for the life of me I can't understand it.

Does anyone know ... in laymens terms ... why I keep getting this message?

Thanks
Kim

 

[ChrisHunt]

Erm... Well it means what it says - <hr> elements do not have width and size attributes in strict XHTML, you're supposed to use CSS instead. See

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_hr.asp

If you want to use these attributes (and my advice would to do so, if you want to support the widest range of browsers) try validating to XHTML Transitional instead of XHTML Strict. You can get the relevant doctype definition from here:

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_doctype.asp

-- Chris Hunt
Extra Connections Ltd

http://www.extracon.com

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Yep. You would use

<hr class=&quot;FreestyleRollerbladingHippieChick&quot;></hr>

and then somewhere in your stylesheet you define

hr.FreestyleRollerbladingHippieChick
  {
    color=#88ff55;
  }

but adding your own values, of course.

Be aware that not all browsers will support all values, so you might look into other ways of making cute horizontal lines.

Cheers,


Edward

&quot;Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!&quot; -- inventor of the cat door

 

[kimb]

Thanks for that - after validating my pages now look a lot less scary!
Kim