I believe this concept is covered at Sitepoint as well; http://www.sitepoint.com/article/standards-compliant-world
Ps have covered this in the list before, could probably find relating information by searching through the archives. Tim Hill Computer Associates Graphic Artist tel: +612 9937 0792 fax: +612 9937 0546 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JOHN FENDER Sent: Saturday, 17 July 2004 6:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] What to do when an External Link won't Validate? Shane, One way around the problem is to use some Javascript and the rel="external" property. Firstly, here is the Javascript: function externalLinks() { if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return; var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a"); for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) { var anchor = anchors[i]; if (anchor.getAttribute("href") && anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external") anchor.target = "_blank"; } } window.onload = externalLinks; Next, alter the <a> tag to include rel="external" instead of target="_blank". I use this on my sites, it works fine and it validates. Hope this helps, John Fender Shane Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a site I am working on. All the pages I've created validate except: http://sonze.com/isl/res1.html An external link to another site doesn't validate (line 40). I get several errors. Is there anything I can do to make the page validate or is it a lost cause since I don't control the external site I'm linking to? Thank you in advance. Shane Helm { sonzeDesignStudio(tm) ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ***************************************************** ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
