[thelist] Confused about what HTML Validation is telling me

[Eric Vitiello]

-- Bob Boisvert [Thu, 7 Feb 2002 16:12:37 -0500]:
><script language="JavaScript">
>                ^
>Error: required attribute "TYPE" not specified
>
>I'm pretty new to JavaScript and I don't know what this means, can
>someone clarify this for me?.

I'm assuming that you have a specific document type definition at the top of this HTML?

In any case, the proper script tag is:

<script type="text/javascript">


but because older browsers don't understand the type attribute, you should use:

<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">


more than likely you don't have a DTD specified at the top of your document, and the validator is assuming that you're coding in XHTML/1.0.  check out what DTD the validator says it is validating your document against.


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Eric Vitiello
Perceive Designs
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