Help getting rid of red <tags> in my search template

[Former Member]

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iv got a ton of red tags iv just noticed, could someone show me where i'v gone wrong pls, its been like this for months so iv no idea how it still works.

thank you  

[Brian]

Hi, @joecool111.

You have closing </a> tags after several of the <img> tags in your template. If there's no opening <a> tag to go with any that are colored red then they can be removed.

Your image on line 12 isn't contained within a <th> element. Any elements you place within a table must be within a <th> or <td> element.

[Former Member]

all fixed thank you.


what do you mean by line 12 ? iv removed the </a> tag and it works. do i have to put <th> in there ?

<tr>
<img src="http://i1268./jj577/ted_holmes1/LVpvpoE_zps2beejt7d.jpg" />
<th colspan="2"><img src="http://i1268./jj577/ted_holmes1/ggVhbVi_zpskwkarjom.png" /></th>
</tr>

is this right? becuse it works, it looks right to me

[Brian]

<tr>
<img src="http://i1268./jj577/ted_holmes1/LVpvpoE_zps2beejt7d.jpg" />
<th colspan="2"><img src="http://i1268./jj577/ted_holmes1/ggVhbVi_zpskwkarjom.png" /></th>
</tr>

The line in red above is inside a <tr> element, which isn't allowed in HTML. Only <th> and <td> elements can be inside of <tr> elements. You need to move it down to the next line so that it's inside the same <th> element as the image after it.

[Former Member]

fixed thank you

jsut one question, how come it works if its not allowed ?

[Brian]

Your web browser attempts to automatically correct it so that the page can display.

[Former Member]

Mar 13, 2016 9:31:50 GMT -8 Brian said:

Your web browser attempts to automatically correct it so that the page can display.

ok, but its good to fix it though ? 

i cant understand why it needs fixing if the browser does it for you.

[Brian]

There are multiple reasons mostly related to good programming practice, future-proofing your page, and differences between browsers.

validator.w3.org/docs/why.html

[Former Member]

ok well thanks for all that

[Former Member]

wow theres alot to read there, wish i was back at school to find the time to learn it ALL.