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Posted by Ranish Malhan
Ranish Malhan
Courses Plus Student 37 Points

W3c validation error Bad value for attribute href on element link: Illegal character in a query: not a URL code point.

W3c validation error Bad value for attribute href on element link: Illegal character in a query: not a URL code point. [HTML5] Pls help!!!! I have given the code below:

    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Slab:400,100,300,700|Roboto+Condensed:300italic,400italic,700italic,400,300,700|Roboto:400,100,100italic,300,300italic,400italic,500,500italic,700,700italic,900,900italic' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
15,419 Points
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
15,419 Points

Hi Ranish, I've formatted your code in markdown so it will be visible to other students.

1 Answer

Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
15,419 Points
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
Jeff Jacobson-Swartfager
15,419 Points

You've almost got it! You just need to url encode both of the | in your href. The encoding for | is %7C.

So, you should use this instead:

    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Slab:400,100,300,700%7CRoboto+Condensed:300italic,400italic,700italic,400,300,700%7CRoboto:400,100,100italic,300,300italic,400italic,500,500italic,700,700italic,900,900italic' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
Ranish Malhan
Ranish Malhan
Courses Plus Student 37 Points

Thank you very much sir for help It works