Try the following from http://www.hixie.ch/advocacy/xhtml: <script> and <style> elements in XHTML sent as text/html have to be escaped using ridiculously complicated strings. This is because in XHTML, <script> and <style> elements are #PCDATA blocks, not #CDATA blocks, and therefore <!-- and --> really _are_ comments tags, and are not ignored by the XHTML parser. To escape script in an XHTML document which may be handled as either HTML4 or XHTML, you have to use: <script type="text/javascript"><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- ... //--><!]]></script> To embed CSS in an XHTML document which may be handled as either HTML4 or XHTML, you have to use: <style type="text/css"><!--/*--><![CDATA[/*><!--*/ ... /*]]>*/--></style> Yes, it's pretty ridiculous. If documents _aren't_ escaped like this, then the contents of <script> and <style> elements get dropped on the floor when parsed as true XHTML. (This is all assuming you want your pages to work with older browsers as well as XHTML browsers. If you only care about XHTML and HTML4 browsers, you can make it a bit simpler.)
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Rahe Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 2:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [WSG] Need help with CSS breadcrumbs and navigation Thanks Ben, but that wasn’t the problem. The problem is with the little bit of JavaScript (when I comment it out, it validates, but doesn’t work in IE6) Here is the message I get when trying to validate: Below are the results of checking this document for XML well-formedness <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#sec-conformance> and validity. 1. Error Line 11 column 29: character ";" not allowed in attribute specification list. for (var i=0; i<sfEls.length; i++) { ✉ <http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bremenhospital.org%2Ftestsite%2Findex2.html;errmsg_id=81#errormsg> 2. Error Line 11 column 29: element "sfEls.length" undefined. for (var i=0; i<sfEls.length; i++) { You have used the element named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not define an element of that name. 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 "Frameset" document type to get the "<frameset>" element), * by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "<spacer>" or "<marquee>" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead). * by using upper-case tags in XHTML (in XHTML attributes and elements must be all lower-case. ✉ <http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bremenhospital.org%2Ftestsite%2Findex2.html;errmsg_id=76#errormsg> 3. Error Line 21 column 8: end tag for "sfEls.length" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified. </script> You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">". Chris Rahe Executive Director of Marketing and Development 1020 High Road - P. O. Box 8 Bremen, IN 46506 Telephone 574.546.8011 Facsimile 574.546.4312 Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Dodson Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 2:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WSG] Need help with CSS breadcrumbs and navigation Hi there, The reason it's not validating is because you haven't unescaped the spaces in your URLs - replace all spaces with %20 and you should be fine :-) Ben -- e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://www.bendodson.com/ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ****************************************************************************** NOTICE: The information contained in this message is intended for the addressess(s) only and may be confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged. If you have received this message in error or there are any problems with the transmission, please immediately notify us by return e-mail. The unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. The sender will not be liable for any damages arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third-party or as a result of any virus being transmitted. This notice is automatically appended to each e-mail message transmitted from the sender's e-mail domain. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
