[thelist] Target="_blank" error

[Stacie Pearson]

That worked! No errors. Thanks Paul.


On 1/16/09 3:19 PM, "Paul Wampler" <pwampler at cupahr.org> wrote:

> If you're using a strict DOCTYPE, you can't specify a target for a link. If
> you switch the DOCTYPE to xhtml 1.0 Transitional, you should be fine setting
> targets for your links.
> 
> Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org]
> On Behalf Of Stacie Pearson
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 3:04 PM
> To: thelist html
> Subject: [thelist] Target="_blank" error
> 
> How come I am getting this error when I validate my markup?
> 
> The tag: "a" doesn't have an attribute: "target" in currently active
> versions.[XHTML 1.0 strict]
> 
> The error is referring to: target="_blank".
> I thought that is what I was supposed to use if I wanted the browser to open
> a new tab/window, and not be taken from my site.
> 
> Below is the code:
> 
> <p>Portfolio photography by <a href="http://www.paulpearsonphoto.com/"
> title="See Paul's site" target="_blank">Paul Pearson Photography</a></p>
> 
> Thanks,
> Stacie
> 
> 
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