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Ricky Deacon
Ricky Deacon
2,163 Points
Posted by Ricky Deacon
Ricky Deacon
2,163 Points

Illegal character '|' in page validation?

When validating my code on vaalidator.w3.org I get an error stating that the pipe symbol is an illegal character, yet I have only used it in the same way as Nick has in his tutorial. What has happened here, the line of code is below;

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Fugaz+One|Copse' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

5 Answers

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Ricky,

I think you need to use the escape character codes for non-standard stuff like that. Instead of the pipe, try using %7C - that should do it for you, I think.

Steve.

Daniel Friend
Daniel Friend
2,339 Points
Daniel Friend
Daniel Friend
2,339 Points

Doing this worked for me as well

Ricky Deacon
Ricky Deacon
2,163 Points
Ricky Deacon
Ricky Deacon
2,163 Points

Thanks for the quick response Steve,

I'm still confused how is doesn't show up the error for the Nick though, in the code he copies I can clearly see the same line of code (different fonts) with the pipe symbol

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

I don't know about that, unfortunately; maybe the W3C standards were amended.

Steve.

mendelbakaleynik
mendelbakaleynik
1,009 Points
mendelbakaleynik
mendelbakaleynik
1,009 Points

I placed a comma instead of a vertical hyphen, and it seemed to work for me.

Viv Fouracre
Viv Fouracre
9,062 Points
Viv Fouracre
Viv Fouracre
9,062 Points

%7C worked for me too, thanks

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

:+1: :smile: