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Kevin Deconinck
5,353 PointsW3c validatie HTML file
when i validate my html on validator it gives one error: Line 6, Column 142: 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.
2 Answers
Rich Bagley
25,869 PointsHi Kevin,
Just to add on to what Jonathon has said, you'll need to change the pipe symbol to %7C, e.g.
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One%7COpen+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
Hope that helps :)
-Rich
Jonathon Lumpkin
3,806 PointsChange the pipe symbol (|) to a percent sign. That's what I had to do to make it recognize the code.
Kevin Deconinck
5,353 PointsThanks im gonna try this out when i get home !
Jonathon Lumpkin
3,806 PointsJonathon Lumpkin
3,806 PointsOops, forgot the 7c bit. I remember that causing me trouble when I was validating as well.
Kevin Deconinck
5,353 PointsKevin Deconinck
5,353 PointsThanks for the response !
Rich Bagley
25,869 PointsRich Bagley
25,869 PointsNo problem, glad you got it sorted :)
-Rich