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Pages wrapped in a form element. What effect would this have on SEO or other machine-readability?
I'm helping somebody with a site and I've noticed that all the main pages are wrapped inside a form. I mean:
<body>
<form>
[ everything in the page ]
</form>
</body>
...
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2answers
342 views
Is <a href=“#”>link</a> a broken link?
When using empty URL fragment links, to send a user to the top of the page (e.g. <a href="#">return to top</a>), are these links considered broken or invalid? One of my tools is returning ...
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1answer
554 views
Fixing validator error “cannot generate system identifier for general entity”
The W3C validator shows a "cannot generate system identifier for general entity" error when attempting to validate a page that contains the following code:
<script type="text/javascript" ...
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votes
1answer
164 views
HTML encoding in the alt attribute
Why is it that » valid for an alt atribute but » is not?
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1answer
131 views
What are the most common “normal” HTML errors? [closed]
I'm trying to find real-world HTML pages that are actually valid (in the sense that they are displayed by modern browsers), but are not compliant with HTML specification and are considered invalid.
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4
votes
4answers
344 views
Does valid HTML, CSS and/or XML affect SEO?
Can a page's HTML validity affect search engine optimization (SEO)?
Assuming all other factors are exactly equal, will an HTML document with 0 errors and 0 warnings (W3C provides a tool to validate ...
2
votes
1answer
4k views
How can I resolve HTML validation errors when using Facebook Comments?
I am trying to validate my document that has the following facebook comments tag
<fb:comments width="425"></fb:comments>
I am getting validation error:
Line 333, Column 45: Element ...
1
vote
2answers
220 views
Link of image and text
I am currently linking related and text (caption) in the following way:
<a href="/link"><img src="image.jpg" ... />This is caption</a>
Meaning I combine both and text inside the ...
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4answers
1k views
Linux HTML/XML W3C Validation Utilities
What programs can I use to validate HTML/XML markup?
Basically, I want a local, command-line based, version of W3C HTML validation service (like lint) that I can use for detecting errors.
Update
I ...
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5answers
2k views
How can I validate HTML offline?
When I'm developing a website locally sometimes I want to check if the html is valid but I haven't been able to find a good tool. I want it partial as a sanity check when I'm troubleshooting layout ...
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16answers
1k views
HTML validation: is it worth it?
What are the advantages and disadvantages (if any) of making sure that all pages validate compared to having non-valid HTML that however works on all major browsers?
Also, is having valid HTML after ...
