There is no 'alt' attribute for the <a> element. If you'd like to display information about the link, use the title attribute:
<li><a href="http://asic.bc.cx/asic_history.php"; title="ASIC history">ASIC history</a></li> The alt attribute is only (as far as I know) legal in <img> tags...The validator was right. On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 20:00:09 -0800, InfoForce Services (Angus MacKinnon) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope this is not off topic. If it is, please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I am starting to get very fustrated. When I try to use the W3C validator for > an HTML file, I keep getting the following error. > > Line 13, column 53: there is no attribute "alt" > > <li><a href="http://asic.bc.cx/asic_history.php"; alt="ASIC history">ASIC > history</a></li> > > You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the document > type you are using does not support that attribute for this element. This > error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a > document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Transitional" document > type to get the "target" attribute), or by using vendor proprietary > extensions such as "marginheight" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to > achieve the desired effect instead). > > This error may also result if the element itself is not supported in the > document type you are using, as an undefined element will have no supported > attributes; in this case, see the element-undefined error message for > further information. > > How to fix: check the spelling and case of the element and attribute, > (Remember XHTML is all lower-case) and/or check that they are both allowed > in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute. > > Angus MacKinnon > MacKinnon Crest Saying > Latin - Audentes Fortuna Juvat > English - Fortune Assists The Daring > Web page: http://members.shaw.ca/dabneyadfm > Choroideremia Research Foundation Inc. > http://www.choroideremia.org > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > -- Jalenack.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 ******************************************************
