[thelist] Target="_blank" error

[Nan Harbison]

How can XHTML 1.0 strict not have the target attribute! I use that often,
esp when a link takes people off the website to another site! Does this just
mean I will almost never use XHTML 1.0 strict?

Nan

-----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 3:45 PM
To: thelist html
Subject: Re: [thelist] Target="_blank" error

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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