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Alex Rodriguez
2,144 PointsMake your own website #8, stuck on the check html.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Alex Rodriguez | Entrepreneur </title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" 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" type="text/css" href="css/main.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/responsive.css">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, intial-scale=1.0">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<a href="index.html" id="logo">
<h1>Alex Rodriguez</h1>
<h2>Entrepreneur</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 Photoshops.</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/headhanchoarod"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/alexrodriguez57"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
<p> © 2014 Alex Rodriguez.</p>
</footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>
!!!!That is the code I enter into validator.w3.org to test my code and this is the error that it displays:
Validation Output: 1 Error
Error Line 7, Column 140: 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 IRI reference: Any URL. For example: /hello, #canvas, or http://example.org/. Characters should be represented in NFC and spaces should be escaped as %20.
!!!!Someone please help em figure this out. Have spent hours, agh!
p.s) part of #8 in 'make your own website'
1 Answer
Chris Hinton
Courses Plus Student 12,588 PointsHi Alex,
The validator doesn't like the Pipe character - the "|" near the middle of the Google Fonts address. It seems daft that Google provides a URL that doesn't pass validation, but I found that by replacing the pipe with it's URL encoded version (%7c), it sorted that problem for me.
Try changing the URL in your Google fonts import to this:
http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+one%7cOpen+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800
Hope this helps, Chris
Tracy Mason
Courses Plus Student 2,446 PointsTracy Mason
Courses Plus Student 2,446 PointsOh my goodness Chris, I was having the same problem! Thank you for an answer! I was feeling so proud of myself until I got that message that my site didn't pass validation. Bummer. But your fix worked (and yes - completely bewildering that Google provides a url that doesn't pass validation)