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leet8845
post Sep 21 2007, 08:41 AM
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Hi all,

I have built a web site in dreamweaver, and i have been validating my pages as I go along.

Everthing has been fine so far however, I get a error for every text field on my contact form;

'the tag: "input" has an XML style closing syntax for an empty element even though version: "HTML4" is not an XML tag language.[HTML 4.0]'

I'm not sure what the proper way for inserting a input tag is, so it validates.

Any help appreicated

Thanks for looking

Here is my form;

CODE
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
      <table width="100%" cellpadding="3">
        <tr>
          <td width="23%" class="style1">Name: </td>
          <td width="54%"><input type="text" name="textfield" /></td>
          <td width="23%"> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td class="style1">Company Name: </td>
          <td><input type="text" name="textfield2" /></td>
          <td> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td class="style1">Message:</td>
          <td><textarea name="textarea" rows="3" cols="21"></textarea></td>
          <td> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td class="style1">Address Line 1: </td>
          <td><input type="text" name="textfield4" /></td>
          <td> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td class="style1">Address Line 2 </td>
          <td><input type="text" name="textfield5" /></td>
          <td> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td class="style1">Postcode:</td>
          <td><input type="text" name="textfield6" /></td>
          <td> </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td> </td>
          <td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"></td>
          <td> </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
        </form>
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post Sep 21 2007, 10:40 AM
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'the tag: "input" has an XML style closing syntax for an empty element even though version: "HTML4" is not an XML tag language.[HTML 4.0]'

I don't know what tool said that, but it seems to say that you use XHTML syntax in a HTML document. That's a no-no. smile.gif

Also, if you really use a HTML 4.0 doctype I strongly encourage you to change that to HTML 4.01.
http://htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/doctype.html

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I'm not sure what the proper way for inserting a input tag is, so it validates.


Just ditch the XHTML slash at the end of the tag.
http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/forms/input.html
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post Sep 21 2007, 10:54 AM
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QUOTE(pandy @ Sep 21 2007, 10:40 AM) *

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'the tag: "input" has an XML style closing syntax for an empty element even though version: "HTML4" is not an XML tag language.[HTML 4.0]'

I don't know what tool said that, but it seems to say that you use XHTML syntax in a HTML document. That's a no-no. smile.gif

Also, if you really use a HTML 4.0 doctype I strongly encourage you to change that to HTML 4.01.
http://htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/doctype.html

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I'm not sure what the proper way for inserting a input tag is, so it validates.


Just ditch the XHTML slash at the end of the tag.
http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/forms/input.html


Many thanks for helping!

My document is 4.01 i think

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">


How do I ditch the xhtml slash at the end of the tag? sorry im a noob, can you give me a example of what you mean by this?

Lee

This post has been edited by leet8845: Sep 21 2007, 10:55 AM
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Darin McGrew
post Sep 21 2007, 11:01 AM
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The word "ditch" is slang for "get rid of".

Just change <input ... /> to <input ...> and so on.
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post Sep 21 2007, 11:09 AM
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QUOTE(Darin McGrew @ Sep 21 2007, 11:01 AM) *

The word "ditch" is slang for "get rid of".

Just change <input ... /> to <input ...> and so on.


Thanks for your help!!!

Kindest Regards

Lee
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post Sep 21 2007, 11:13 AM
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Sorry. I'll try to watch my language. Not easy for us ESLers. tongue.gif
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post Sep 21 2007, 11:39 AM
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I knew what you meant by the term 'ditch', i'm from the uk but know alot US slang from TV and online gaming smile.gif

My problem was, I didn't what I had to ditch!

This is solved now thanks to you 2, do I need to mark the post solved or anything?

Many thanks

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post Sep 21 2007, 01:31 PM
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There's no need to mark the thread. You're welcome!
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post Sep 27 2007, 09:36 AM
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Hi All

The concern I have about this - I have te same problem, is why is Dreamweaver adding these XML tag endings? Is there a settting in DW that makes it happen?

Any ideas?

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post Sep 28 2007, 02:29 AM
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I don't use DW, but DW probably does that when you use a XHTML doctype setting for your document. Surely you should be able to set which doctype DW should use by default. Somewhere in the preferences? Or search the manual or for help at adobe.com.
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