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annette tigwell
1,472 PointsI am having a problem validating my code, can someone shed some light please?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>annette | Designer</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<a href="index.html" id="logo">
<h1>Annette Tigwell</h1>
<h2>Designer</h2>
</a>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
<li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
<li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<div id="wrapper">
<section>
<ul id="gallery">
<li>
<a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
<p>Experimentation with color and texture.
</p>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
<p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.
</p>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
<p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows. </p>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
<p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes. </p>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
<p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p> </a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<footer>
<a href="http://twitter.com/AnnickBidwell"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
<a href="http://facebook.com/Annette Tigwell"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
<p>© 2014 Annette.</p>
</footer>
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</body>
</html>
Line 7, Column 143: Bad value http://fonts.googleapis.com/css? family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800 for attribute href on element link: Illegal character in query: not a URL code point. …ne|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> Syntax of URL: Any URL. For example: /hello, #canvas, or http://example.org/. Characters should be represented in NFC and spaces should be escaped as %20. Warning Line 27, Column 14: Section lacks heading. Consider using h2-h6 elements to add identifying headings to all sections. <section> ✉ Error Line 64, Column 56: Bad value http://facebook.com/Annette Tigwell for attribute href on element a: Illegal character in path segment: not a URL code point. …="http://facebook.com/Annette Tigwell"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="F… Syntax of URL: Any URL. For example: /hello, #canvas, or http://example.org/. Characters should be represented in NFC and spaces should be escaped as %20.
1 Answer
Gavin Ralston
28,770 PointsThe first (and probably most challenging) error you're getting has a simple fix:
In the google fonts link, they're warning that Characters should be represented in NFC and spaces should be escaped as %20
Just replace the pipe symbol | with a %7C and that error will go away.
The second error is semantic, and it's suggested that you add a heading element of some sort to indicate what the section means. Like a heading that says "Gallery" or something, if you wanted it.
Here's a resource on url encoding that may come in handy, as there are a lot of characters that can't go in a url, or don't work well in the html validator.
annette tigwell
1,472 Pointsannette tigwell
1,472 PointsThank you that sorted it :)
Gavin Ralston
28,770 PointsGavin Ralston
28,770 PointsAwesome. Glad to hear it.