Topic: Validation Errors

[curlin]

     My site here - http://www.tbredjkie.co.cc is getting a ton of errors from this site - http://validator.w3.org/. It topped out at 340 errors and despite screwing up my forum for abit, they are down to 270 errors now. But my vast inexperience with coding keeps getting me in trouble trying to fix them and would appreciate help with them if you can. I even have a separate admin account setup  lol! Please and Thank You from very frustrated.

   Forgot to mention that IE8 shuts down when accessing my site since i tried fixing the errors

[curlin]

   Sorry for the double post but finally got it to load with IE8 but alot of the blocks on the right side and the footer with the copyright links aren't showing 

[butchas]

No one can start to help you without posting the actual code for that address.

[curlin]

No one can start to help you without posting the actual code for that address.

    Not sure what you mean by code, sorry. Is there some files i could upload and attach here?

[Cholo]

At validator.w3.org, after you validate it, a box appears where you can check a few more options.  Make sure to check "Show Source" and "Validate Error Pages" and then revalidate.  That's very helpful in showing you where the problems lie.

[curlin]

    I do that Cholo but it still doesn't say which file it's in. I've spent 12 hours trying to fix this and i'm going around in circles. And even if it did, i don't understand what the hell that validator is saying lol.

[Cholo]

Click on the Line # where the error description is and it'll take you to the doument.  Most of these errors will likely be from your index.template.php, but with the way php works, it's just as possible the error is actually in another file somewhere. 

You've got a ton of errors there, though.  If validating is a priority, I would start with removing all the flash from the site as that is throwing a lot of the errors right now.  That's just the beginning though.

[curlin]

   At this point, i just want my site to be browser compatible with say IE. Firefox and opera seem ok. The rest of the errors i'm not too concerned about if they aren't causing problems. I mean i'd like to have a clean site but not at the expense of not using any flash.

[butchas]

Since it is your start page I assume it is your index.php file?  Unless you are using a portal then you will need to post what you added to the portal.

Start at the top and do one at a time.  Sometimes when you can fix one error many errors will go away.

We can only try to get you started.  In the end this is something that you will have to debug.  Fix one, then go back validate, fix another and so on.

[butchas]

   At this point, i just want my site to be browser compatible with say IE. Firefox and opera seem ok. The rest of the errors i'm not too concerned about if they aren't causing problems. I mean i'd like to have a clean site but not at the expense of not using any flash.

To use flash you will need to check out this link and here and here.   

[Cholo]

   At this point, i just want my site to be browser compatible with say IE. Firefox and opera seem ok. The rest of the errors i'm not too concerned about if they aren't causing problems. I mean i'd like to have a clean site but not at the expense of not using any flash.

Which browsers is your site "not working" in?  I've only checked it out in Chrome and it seems fine.  Remember that just bc the site is valid code, still doesn't mean it'll "work" in every browser, and vice versa.

[Neša]

embed the flash like this

:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.superpimper.com/generators/LED_Scroller/LED_Scroller.swf" width="380" height="50">
<param name="FlashVars" value="bt={Zenyatta Returning At Santa Anita March 13 It Appears} &amp;cl={red}" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
</object>
That should pass validation

:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.superpimper.com/generators/LED_Scroller/LED_Scroller.swf" width="380" height="50">
<param name="FlashVars" value="bt={Zenyatta Returning At Santa Anita March 13 It Appears} &amp;cl={red}" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="000000" />
<param name="name" value="blipsy-sign" />
<param name="align" value="middle" />
</object>

This one might pass validation.

[curlin]

     Hello

  Thanks for the replys so far. I just realized registration was screwed up for the past 36 hours  I went into manage registrations.php and registration.php to try and add a confirm field for the email address input like there is for the password confirm. And i copied it identical, saved it and got sidetracked  before testing it. And guess what - it  didn't work and disabled the registration. Oh man, i was just trying to save people from making a mistake when they register and then i screw up.
   I'll try that Nesa, Thanks. I'd like to keep all the flash i have there as long as it doesn't create browser issues. Cholo - there seems to be issues with IE8 and still don't know why the footer and copyright links don't show in IE8 and in the other browsers, they only show when you are signed in. Some of you could sign up to look and if you want, i could delete your accounts later if you wish.

[curlin]

   Tried both of those codes and reduced the errors by 10 but 5 remain and it is way off center now. Took a screen shot of what happens going to my site with IE8.

[Neša]

try this code to align it to the middle.

:

<object data="http://www.superpimper.com/generators/LED_Scroller/LED_Scroller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="380" height="50" align="middle">
<param name="FlashVars" value="bt={Zenyatta Returning At Santa Anita March 13 It Appears} &amp;cl={red}" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="000000" />
<param name="name" value="blipsy-sign" />
</object>