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validator w3.org Line 7, Column 142: Bad value

validator w3.org reflect I have an invalid url

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Ron Smith | Adventurer</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> </html>

3 Answers

Hey Ron,

The problem is the | symbol in the Google Fonts URL. I've sent them word about this, so hopefully they start handing out URL encoded URLs here soon. But, change any | symbol in a URL to %7C, which is the encoding for a | symbol:

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One%7COpen+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
Daisy Lloyd
Daisy Lloyd
1,472 Points

I had the same problem...thanks Marcus, this solved it :)

Well you're very welcome, Miss Daisy. =]

This solved my problem as well! Thanks

Awesome blossom, Katie! :D

Jeffrey Casselton
Jeffrey Casselton
1,039 Points

Thanks for your help Marcus.... I too had the same problem. Your tip worked perfect! I was getting a little frustrated.

Good deal, Jeffrey! =]

Jon Hux
Jon Hux
846 Points

Thanks a lot, this helped me. I was losing my mind.

No problem, Jon!

Nathan Brazil
PLUS
Nathan Brazil
Courses Plus Student 2,756 Points

Yeah I had to go to stackoverflow.com and find the answer from someone else's post. My question is how come it didn't throw any errors for Nick in the video?

My guess is that the standards changed in the time since this video was made.