h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Sorry to bother you all again.

I would of said I was pretty good with HTML so when I was checking my code on the W3C HTML validator (http://validator.w3.org/check) I was surprised when this (only) error apearred:

Line 15, column 6: end tag for "HEAD" which is not finished (explain...).




So I click explain:

"“end tag for ‘FOO’ which is not finished”

You have a ‘FOO’ element, but you have omitted some required sub-element of it. For instance, a TABLE with no TR's would cause this error."

What is the required sub element of HEAD I have disincluded in the following code:









?

Thanks a lot

CK

It is probally an issue with "White Space"

how about using /> for meta and link to close the tags...?

"how about using /> for meta and link to close the tags...?"

That itself doesn't validate and doesn't make the /HEAD validate

CK

Look at your code in notepad (or any other plain text editor) and see if there are any hidden characters in the white space.

"That itself doesn't validate and doesn't make the /HEAD validate"

...shows how much I know! Why's that then?

If you take a look at the HTML 4.01 spec, you'll note that is a required element.

Using / to close elements that only have one tag in them (e.g. meta or link) is only for XHTML and other XML documents.

Ion, It was a rough version of the page template which is why I had given it no title

CK

I always keep a copy of the specs for whatever I'm working on nearby just in case something funny happens .