On Thu, 08 Nov 2001 21:48:12 -0600, Glenn Gilbreath, Jr. wrote:
>Hey Folks!
>Before you go and trounce on Mithgol for his use of what some have
>referred to as a "non-existant" identifier in HTML, I invite you to
>visit the W3C's HTML, XML and CSS "Validator" page! Next, try
>running the URL of your home page through it, especially if you have
>a reference to an image or such with the "ALIGN=Center" or
>similar...I've done it in past and just recently...W3Cs Validator
>will tell you that "ALIGN=Center" is not proper format for an
>object, to conform to HTML standards you should use "Align=Middle"
>or "top" or "bottom" or "left" or "right".
>Now, I've been authoring my own web pages for a number of years, and
>I've used "Align=Center" inside identifier tags for images, tables
>and forms for quite awhile. I think the new version 4 HTML
>standards have pre-empted the older tags, and now prefer "middle"
>and so on. Your web pages that contain some such tags WILL NOT BE
>W3C HTML 3.2 compliant!
>Not taking any sides, just wanted to enlighten some of you folks
>that don't get outside too often!
>Hehe,
>C U L8R!
>Wiz <{:-)
Sorry Glen
Try running it thru version 4+ and you will see what the problem is.
3.2 is mostly "deprecated" in lots of ways in vers 4+.
BTW there are a few resident programmes you can keep on your HDD as
verifiers, and run your pages thru those first.
Mel
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