when i validated the following page [http://www.cyklotron.com/journal/countries/colombia/19941221a] at the w3c website I got the following error: * Line 59, column 828: ... n Spanish about El Parque de San Antonio." target="_new" href="http:// ... ^ Error: there is no attribute "target" here is the link i am using: <a title="click here to see a short article in Spanish about El Parque de San Antonio." target="_new" href="http://trmde.laciudad.com/entretenimiento/arte/contenido_arte.php3?cod igo=55"> here</a> tia! i can't figure it out Regards, GEORGE DONNELLY george at cyklotron.com http://cyklotron.com/ "There are no absolutes," they chatter, blanking out the fact that they are uttering an absolute. -Ayn Rand >> apparently target is no longer a valid attribute in xhtml 1.0. is this >> right? > > I'm not aware of any problem with the target attribute, and my > reading of the XHTML spec doesn't suggest any problems, either. What prompts > your question? > > James Aylard