Because you've declared XHTML doctype for your page (see first line of your code) you need to use parameter="value" pairs in all cases.
So for valid XHTML you'd need <option value="#" selected="selected">Select a page</option> For more XHTML syntax rules see http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/xhtml_syntax.asp If you don't really need to use XHTML then just use HTML doctype and you won't need the pairs. HTH. -----Original Message----- From: Marie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 10:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] new to the list I'm having an issue with a drop-down menu on my page. When I run my validator it comes up with this message & I'm not sure how to fix it - can someone help please? The page is here - http://marie-str.com/faeries/tester.html This is the line of code I'm referring to - <option value="#" selected>Select a page</option> and this is the message I get - The attribute "selected" does not have a value. All attributes must have a value. This is required for XHTML/XML documents or if the option to require attribute values is enabled. Marie ~aka~ Vanille About Certified XHTML Developer Level 1 Vanille's Place - http://marie-str.com Technicolour Rainbow - http://techrain.ca the FlipSide - http://the-flipside.com ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
