Fri, 2005-06-10 10:56
Hi
When validating my HTML page at http://validator.w3.org/ one of the errors that is repeated over and over is:
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Line 17, column 62: required attribute "ALT" not specified
... <TD> <IMG SRC="images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=113 HEIGHT=1></TD>
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.
Typical values for type are type="text/css" for <style> and type="text/javascript" for <script>.
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(obviously line and column info changes), also the > after HEIGHT=1 is coloured red.
i have tried removing all the spacer images too, but it only removes the entire banner picture at the top.
the thing is i have no idea what this actually means can someone help.
my site is a mixture of tables and css at the moment (although i am trying to get rid of the tables and use entirly CSS, but i dont have the knowledge yet
Fri, 2005-06-10 11:23
#1
validating errors
alt = alternate image text.
For spacers, use this:
<img src="blah.gif" alt="">
Fri, 2005-06-10 11:25
#2
validating errors
Which doc type are you validating against?
The obvious thing is you don't have an alt attribute on the img tag and it's not closed.
<IMG SRC="images/spacer.gif" WIDTH=113 HEIGHT=1 alt="" />
Fri, 2005-06-10 12:01
#3
validating errors
Also, you need to wrap the height and width declarations in "quotation marks"
Sat, 2005-06-18 18:07
#4
validating errors
cheers people, i put in the alt tag and all is ok now
Sun, 2005-06-19 02:40
#5
validating errors
A spacer gif? Inside of a table element? Hrump!!! [-X