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You run a page through the validator (used link posted in previous message on this topic) and this is what you get:
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<meta name="no-email-collection" value="noemailcollection"/>
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.
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DUH????
Exactly what is this group of letters arranged so nicely together trying to commuicate to me?
Is there anyone on this planet who can give me a hint as to what this actually means?
Here's more. Acutally - there's lots more of the same. I do not have any idea what any of it means, nor do I know where to go to get it explained.
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Line 14, column 59: required attribute "CONTENT" not specified
<meta name="no-email-collection" value="noemailcollection"/>
The attribute given above is required for an element that you've used, but you have omitted it. For instance, in most HTML and XHTML document types the "type" attribute is required on the "script" element and the "alt" attribute is required for the "img" element. Ya Okay eh!
Typical values for type are type="text/css" for <style> and type="text/javascript" for ********>.
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Line 15, column 43: document type does not allow element "META" here
<meta name="distribution" content="Global">
The element named above was found in a context where it is not allowed. This could mean that you have incorrectly nested elements -- such as a "style" element in the "body" section instead of inside "head" -- or two elements that overlap (which is not allowed).
One common cause for this error is the use of XHTML syntax in HTML documents. Due to HTML's rules of implicitly closed elements, this error can create cascading effects. For instance, using XHTML's "self-closing" tags for "meta" and "link" in the "head" section of a HTML document may cause the parser to infer the end of the "head" section and the beginning of the "body" section (where "link" and "meta" are not allowed; hence the reported error).
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Line 16, column 38: document type does not allow element "META" here
<meta name="rating" content="General">
SEND HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good morning, Shanne!
Try this one: http://www.htmlvalidator.com/lite/?g...HTML+Validator
It explains the errors much better than most validators I've used in the past.
As to your frames errors/problems, those I can't help with at all.
I don't use frames.
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Hi Kathleen: I'll try your new link a bit later on this evening. As for my frames problem, I don't use frames on my site - which makes the above 'results' even more confusing.
I'll see if I can do better with this one.
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As long as you repair as many as you can, a few errors aren't going to kill your site. Most of the top placed websites have errors - ranging from a handful to a bucket full!
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I got more than a bucket full on my sites.