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Suzanne Reeve
Suzanne Reeve
1,582 Points
Posted by Suzanne Reeve
Suzanne Reeve
1,582 Points

WC3 Markup Validation Error

I am getting an error when I test my index.html file. I went through the whole file and it's really not any different than Nick's file in the video. The error I get is: Error Line 7, 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.

Could you please help?

Thanks Suzanne

3 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Suzanne,

The validator is giving you an error about the vertical bar | This is considered an unsafe character and should be url encoded.

Replace the vertical bar with %7C and that should get rid of the error. I think that the validator must have been updated to catch this since the time Nick recorded the video and so it doesn't show up for him.

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Suzanne, here's also a guide on unsafe characters in URLs if you're interested in what's safe and what should be encoded.