Need help with boxes Options

[GavinsMommy]

I am working on a store for someone, they want me to add some boxes to the right side of their site... I have no clue how to do this. I am pretty good with HTML but not a PRO or anything lol Anyhow if anyone can help it would be appreciated.

[Darin McGrew]

What kind of "boxes"?

[GavinsMommy]

ok like I have for her here on the left.... http://www.nurturingmomandbaby.com/ also for some reason I can't change the link colors

[Darin McGrew]

It looks like you've got a layout table. Why can't you just add more TD elements on the right side of your layout table?

But first, I recommend that you fix the HTML errors reported by the online validator.

[GavinsMommy]

holy smokes there is alot lol this was an edit I am doing, I never heard of that validator, ty! glad I found this board lol

[GavinsMommy]

okay I guess I am more of an HTML rookie than I thought lol (and here I thought I knew it well enough LOL) I can't figure out how to correct the errors.... and still can't get those dang boxes on the right spot

[Darin McGrew]

and still can't get those dang boxes on the right spot

I find that tables are easiest to work with when the borders are turned on. You can turn them off when you're done, but while sorting them out, it helps to be able to see where everything is in relationship to everything else.

[Darin McGrew]

I can't figure out how to correct the errors....

Here's an explanation of the errors reported by the validator:

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Error: required attribute alt not specified

Images are required to have ALT attributes (with alternative text for browsers that don't/can't use the image). See Use of ALT texts in IMGs

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Error: attribute values must be quoted in XML

Just what it says. You need to quote the attribute values. For example, size=2 should be size="2" (although I recommend avoiding the <font> tag to begin with).

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Error: end tag for b omitted; end tags are required in XML for non-empty elements; empty elements require an end tag or the start tag must end with />

You have incorrectly nested tags. HTML elements are like containers. You can put one inside another <span><b>...</b></span>, but you can't have one partially inside and partially outside <span><b>...</span></b>.

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Error: value of attribute method cannot be POST; must be one of get, post
Error: value of attribute type cannot be Text; must be one of text, password, checkbox, radio, submit, reset, file, hidden, image, button

XHTML is case sensitive. If you're going to use XHTML (and I recommend that you stick with plain HTML unless you benefit from using XHTML in some specific way), then you need to use lower case for element names, attribute names, and many attribute values.

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Error: element ... not allowed here; possible cause is an inline element containing a block-level element

You can't put a block-level FORM inside an inline STRONG, or a block-level DIV inside an inline FONT.

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Error: end tag for ... omitted; end tags are required in XML for non-empty elements; empty elements require an end tag or the start tag must end with />

More XHTML details. HTML uses <input ...> and <br> but XHTML uses <input ... /> and <br />. Again, I recommend using plain HTML.

(And other elements require that closing tags be correctly nested.)

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Warning: character & is the first character of a delimiter but occurred as data

When & appears as part HTML data (even as part of a URL in an HREF attribute), it needs to be escaped as &

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Error: element a not allowed here; assuming missing caption start-tag

You can't put content directly in a table. It needs to go inside a TD (or TH or CAPTION) element.

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Error: required attribute type not specified

Use <style type="text/css">. However...

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Error: element style not allowed here; check which elements this element may be contained within

The STYLE element goes in the HEAD, not in the BODY.

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Error: ID submen already defined

ID values must be unique within a document. You've used the same ID value more than once. You can use the CLASS attribute (and change your CSS selectors accordingly), or you can change one of the ID attributes so they aren't the same.

Well, that's it for now. After you've fixed some of these errors, you can run the validator again and see what else it reports.

[GavinsMommy]

thanks for all your time and help

[GavinsMommy]

I guess I am more of a rookie than I thought LOL I was wondering if someone could point me to somewhere that will give me the proper coding and where I should put it? I surrender! LOL I'm repairing the errors as I have time but for now I'd at least like to get those boxes up for her... TIA

[Darin McGrew]

Please see the FAQ entry Where can I learn about HTML?

[GavinsMommy]

thanks I'll check it out