Markup Validation Service
Check the markup (HTML, XHTML, …) of Web documents
Markup Validation Service
Check the markup (HTML, XHTML, …) of Web documents
The following notes and warnings highlight missing or conflicting information which caused the validator to perform some guesswork prior to validation, or other things affecting the output below. If the guess or fallback is incorrect, it could make validation results entirely incoherent. It is highly recommended to check these potential issues, and, if necessary, fix them and re-validate the document.
Character Encoding Override in effect!
The detected character encoding
"utf-8"
has been suppressed and
"iso-8859-1" used instead.
DOCTYPE Override in effect!
The detected DOCTYPE Declaration
"<!doctype html>" has been
suppressed and the DOCTYPE for
"HTML 4.01 Transitional" inserted instead,
but even if no errors are shown below the document will not be Valid
until you update it to reflect this new DOCTYPE.
Line 1,
Column 214:
NET-enabling start-tag requires SHORTTAG YES
…ype" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=d…
For the current document, the validator interprets strings like
<FOO /> according to legacy rules that
break the expectations of most authors and thus cause confusing warnings
and error messages from the validator. This interpretation is triggered
by HTML 4 documents or other SGML-based HTML documents. To avoid the
messages, simply remove the "/" character in such contexts. NB: If you
expect <FOO /> to be interpreted as an
XML-compatible "self-closing" tag, then you need to use XHTML or HTML5.
This warning and related errors may also be caused by an unquoted
attribute value containing one or more "/". Example:
<a href=http://w3c.org>W3C</a>.
In such cases, the solution is to put quotation marks around the value.
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Column 215:
character data is not allowed here
…pe" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=de…You have used character data somewhere it is not permitted to appear. Mistakes that can cause this error include:
Line 1,
Column 282:
NET-enabling start-tag requires SHORTTAG YES
…t="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"/><link rel="shortcut icon" href="data:i…
For the current document, the validator interprets strings like
<FOO /> according to legacy rules that
break the expectations of most authors and thus cause confusing warnings
and error messages from the validator. This interpretation is triggered
by HTML 4 documents or other SGML-based HTML documents. To avoid the
messages, simply remove the "/" character in such contexts. NB: If you
expect <FOO /> to be interpreted as an
XML-compatible "self-closing" tag, then you need to use XHTML or HTML5.
This warning and related errors may also be caused by an unquoted
attribute value containing one or more "/". Example:
<a href=http://w3c.org>W3C</a>.
In such cases, the solution is to put quotation marks around the value.
Line 1,
Column 356:
NET-enabling start-tag requires SHORTTAG YES
…ta:image/x-icon;," type="image/x-icon"/><title></title><script src="https://ww…
For the current document, the validator interprets strings like
<FOO /> according to legacy rules that
break the expectations of most authors and thus cause confusing warnings
and error messages from the validator. This interpretation is triggered
by HTML 4 documents or other SGML-based HTML documents. To avoid the
messages, simply remove the "/" character in such contexts. NB: If you
expect <FOO /> to be interpreted as an
XML-compatible "self-closing" tag, then you need to use XHTML or HTML5.
This warning and related errors may also be caused by an unquoted
attribute value containing one or more "/". Example:
<a href=http://w3c.org>W3C</a>.
In such cases, the solution is to put quotation marks around the value.
Line 1,
Column 487:
required attribute "TYPE" not specified
…/javascript"></script><noscript><style>#content-main{display:none}</style><div…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>.
Line 1,
Column 487:
document type does not allow element "STYLE" here
…/javascript"></script><noscript><style>#content-main{display:none}</style><div…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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Column 955:
cannot generate system identifier for general entity "abp"
…pe="text/javascript" src="/px.js?ch=1&abp=1"></script><script type="text/javas…An entity reference was found in the document, but there is no reference by that name defined. Often this is caused by misspelling the reference name, unencoded ampersands, or by leaving off the trailing semicolon (;). The most common cause of this error is unencoded ampersands in URLs as described by the WDG in "Ampersands in URLs".
Entity references start with an ampersand (&) and end with a semicolon (;). If you want to use a literal ampersand in your document you must encode it as "&" (even inside URLs!). Be careful to end entity references with a semicolon or your entity reference may get interpreted in connection with the following text. Also keep in mind that named entity references are case-sensitive; &Aelig; and æ are different characters.
If this error appears in some markup generated by PHP's session handling code, this article has explanations and solutions to your problem.
Note that in most documents, errors related to entity references will trigger up to 5 separate messages from the Validator. Usually these will all disappear when the original problem is fixed.
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Column 955:
general entity "abp" not defined and no default entity
…pe="text/javascript" src="/px.js?ch=1&abp=1"></script><script type="text/javas…This is usually a cascading error caused by a an undefined entity reference or use of an unencoded ampersand (&) in an URL or body text. See the previous message for further details.
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Column 958:
reference to entity "abp" for which no system identifier could be generated
…"text/javascript" src="/px.js?ch=1&abp=1"></script><script type="text/javascri…This is usually a cascading error caused by a an undefined entity reference or use of an unencoded ampersand (&) in an URL or body text. See the previous message for further details.
Line 1,
Column 954:
entity was defined here
…ype="text/javascript" src="/px.js?ch=1&abp=1"></script><script type="text/java……"text/javascript" src="/px.js?ch=2&abp=1"></script><script defer="defer" src="…This is usually a cascading error caused by a an undefined entity reference or use of an unencoded ampersand (&) in an URL or body text. See the previous message for further details.
Line 1,
Column 954:
entity was defined here
…ype="text/javascript" src="/px.js?ch=1&abp=1"></script><script type="text/java……ing-lander/static/js/main.ed307b3c.js"></script><link href="https://img1.wsimg…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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Column 1233:
document type does not allow element "LINK" here
…ss/main.ba077a97.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><div id="contentMain"></di…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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Column 1240:
end tag for element "HEAD" which is not open
….ba077a97.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><div id="contentMain"></div></bod…The Validator found an end tag for the above element, but that element is not currently open. This is often caused by a leftover end tag from an element that was removed during editing, or by an implicitly closed element (if you have an error related to an element being used where it is not allowed, this is almost certainly the case). In the latter case this error will disappear as soon as you fix the original problem.
If this error occurred in a script section of your document, you should probably read this FAQ entry.
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Column 1246:
document type does not allow element "BODY" here
…a97.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><div id="contentMain"></div></body></ht…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).
