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CSS How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Website Testing

Posted by Andrew Schrenk
Andrew Schrenk
11,557 Points

Fixing Google font validation error

At the bottom of the page regarding website testing it says that "For example, in this project, the vertical pipes in a Google Font URL might cause an error because they're not escaped using HTML entities." However, you do not say how to resolve the issue. How would I do that? I have not been able to find a way to resolve the issue. Thanks.

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

If you want to get rid of the validation error you have to replace the pipe symbol with %7C (make sure the C is Uppercase and no space before the % sign or after the C).

It doesn't have to be done. It only affects the code validator. It won't actually affect the stability or actions of your site.

Keep Coding! :)

Andrew Schrenk
Andrew Schrenk
11,557 Points

Thank you very much Jason for the help with this. I was looking all over the web to find the right code to replace the pipe with but could not find it. Could you please give me a reference where I should have looked? Even though I am not a complete newbie, some of the stuff I referenced was so highly technical that I couldn't wade through it to even find an answer.

Thanks again,

Andy

Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

You're very welcome. I'm glad I could help with that for you.

A really good reference for this (and many things) that I use often because it is written in 'plain' english :) can be found here:

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp