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Posted by Sachin Utkar
Sachin Utkar
1,789 Points

Validation error in google font link

My html code is giving error while validation at google font link line

Mirko Reimbold
Mirko Reimbold
6,584 Points

Hey Sachin, can you paste in your code? Without your code we can't see which problem is in there :)

Sachin Utkar
Sachin Utkar
1,789 Points

ok, here is my code...

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>My First Web App</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Slab:400,700|Archivo+Black' 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>MY First Website</h1>
  <h2>Temporary Down</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 of Photoshop</p>  
          </a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
          <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
          <p>Trying to create 80's style of code</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 with Repetetion</p>  
          </a>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </section>

    <footer>
      <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lakshya27"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>     
      <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sachin.utkar"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
      <p>
        &copy; 2014 sachin utkar.
      </p>
    </footer>
  </div>

</body> </html>

1 Answer

Ryan Field
PLUS
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points
Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

Hi, Sachin. The W3C validator likes non-alphanumeric characters to be encoded as NFC, so by switching the pipe character (|) to %7C, it should validate properly.

Sachin Utkar
Sachin Utkar
1,789 Points

Thanks for helping.

Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

You're very welcome! :)