Tables and certain xhtml elements!, Hey all! :) Options

[v0rtex]

Hi,

So, i have created my website and just went to validate it and its throwing up stupid errors about ( <p class= ... ) ... Errors that shouldn't be there! Now, i am pretty sure its because it is inside a table?

Does anyone know how to use these elements inside a table or will i have to go for a bit of a redesign?

Look forward to your help!

v0rtex

[Darin McGrew]

Can you provide the URL (address) of a document that demonstrates the problem?

Taking a guess, perhaps you have the P elements inside a TABLE element, but not inside a TD element. (And the TD element needs to be inside a TR element.)

[Effovex]

Are you putting the p directly in the table? A paragraph can be contained in a table CELL (td) but not directly in a table.

Anyway, it's impossible to help you without seeing the page and the errors thrown by the validator. What validator are you using btw? Are you certain it's a real validator?

Edit: muh? I opened the page 3 minutes ago and there were no replies, but Darin answered 15 minutes ago...

This post has been edited by Effovex: Feb 22 2007, 05:22 PM

[v0rtex]

Hi guys,

Thanks for your quick responces!!

The link is as follows:

http://www.abernightlife.com/uni/index.htm

Please let me know what you think! You may want to run it through the w3c validator! It brings up 9 errors! All to do with what i mentioned above!

Kind Regards

[v0rtex]

The validator i am using is:

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.aber...uni%2Findex.htm

Thanks

[Darin McGrew]

The report generated by our validator might be a bit easier to understand. Anyway, here's what it means:

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

You can't put a block-level element (like p) inside an inline element (like span). This has nothing to do with the tables.

Error: end tag for p 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're missing the closing </p> tag.

Error: end tag for div 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're missing the closing </div> tag.

While I'm at it, you should remove

CODE

<p class="first"> &nbsp; </p>

from your HTML and specify appropriate margins/padding in your CSS.

[v0rtex]

Cheers!

Guess i need to go do my homework on span then huh!

and how do i specify appropriate margins/padding in your CSS??

This is for a uni project btw to demonstrate my knowledge of css and xhtml strict! lol... Hopefully i will pass! Like the site design?

Thanks again for your help!

[v0rtex]

Should i close off the SPAN and put all my block level elements that are inside the table in DIV??

[v0rtex]

wow! thats weird, looking at the top of your validator! and i see WebDesignGroup! I am the owner of webdesigngroup.net! Funny huh! lol