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Validation results for the "one-table method" webpage:
http://community-1.webtv.net/Pwilliamandx/doc1

The only error/warning directly related to using this method is:

line 13: attribute `BACKGROUNDŽ for <<>table> is extended markup (use "-x <<>extension>" to allow this).


The entire validation report follows and any additional errors/warnings listed below are produced by the codes webtv automatically adds ( denoted by ( § ) ).


Weblint Gateway via
www.anybrowser.com/validateit.html

for
http://community-1.webtv.net/Pwilliamandx/doc1

Extensions: netscape

Warning Level: Gateway Default (-d quote-attribute-value)

Thu Nov 18 18:04:37 US/Central 1999


Weblint error/warning report

line 13: attribute `BACKGROUNDŽ for <<>table> is extended markup (use "-x <<>extension>" to allow this).
( § ) line 45: unknown attribute "HEIGHT" for element <<>tr>.
( § ) line 62: empty container element <<>B>.
( § ) line 72: empty container element <<>B>.
( § ) line 73: unmatched <<>/TD> (no matching <<>TD> seen).
( § ) line 74: unmatched <<>/TR> (no matching <<>TR> seen).
( § ) line 84: IMG does not have ALT text defined.


Source code with errors/warnings:

1:<<>html>
2:<<>head>
3:<<>META NAME="generator" CONTENT="WebTV Page Builder v1.1">
4:<<>META NAME="description" CONTENT="Webtv PageBuilder: one table background">
5:<<>title>one table background<<>/title>
6:<<>/head>
7:<<>body text="#cccccc" bgcolor="#333333" link="#ffcc00" vlink="#ffff99" background="clipart/styleMedia/spacefield.gif">
8:<<>center>
9:<<>P>
10:<<>TABLE>
11:<<>TR><<>TD>
12:<<>CENTER>


Codes and contents of webpage used in the "one-table method"

13:<<>table background="http://community.webtv.net/Pwilliamandx/images3/scrapbookFiles/importD12.gif" width="100%" bgcolor="#2F4F4F" cellpadding="20"><<>tr><<>td><<>br>

--- attribute `BACKGROUNDŽ for <<>table> is extended markup (use "-x <<>extension>" to allow this).

16:<<>center><<>strong><<>font size="6" color="#000000">One Table Background<<>/font><<>/strong><<>br>
17:<<>br>
18:<<>font size="5" color="#000000">A Possible Solution<<>/font><<>br><<>font color="#000000">to blank computer screens<<>/font><<>br><<>a href="#maybe"><<>font color="#FF8C00" size="2">( with a  drawback )<<>/font><<>/a><<>/center><<>br><<>br><<>br><<>font color="#000000">One particular problem that some computer viewers may have with webpages that contain more than one set of opening and closing html and body tags is that the webpage will appear blank or white when accessed by some computer viewers.<<>br><<>br> The method below does not use extra <<>html> or <<>body> code tags at all and it will work on any webpage, regardless of the "page style" initially chosen. <<>br><<>br> Most of the page will have the background you want, but it will have an outside border of the webtv page style initially chosen (the space background for this webpage).<<>br><<>br> Use only one "add an item"--"text" area for the entire webpage, and use a table construction in the text editing area.<<>/font><<>br>
19:<<>br>
20:<<>strong><<>font size="4" color="#000000">Do not use any opening or closing <<>br>
21:<<>html> or <<>body> codes tags in any editing area.<<>/font><<>/strong><<>br>
22:<<>br>
23:<<>font color="#000000"><<>br>
24:The "add an item"--"text" area for this webpage looks like this:<<>/font><<>br>
25:<<>br>
26:<<>font color="#ffff00"><<>table background="http://community.webtv.net/Pwilliamandx/images3/scrapbookFiles/importD12.gif" width="100%" bgcolor="#2F4F4F" cellpadding="20"><<>br>
27:<<>tr><<>br>
28:<<>td><<>br>
29:<<>br>
30:Title of page here<<>br>
31:<<>br>
32:Add all the webpage content here, <<>br>
33:including images (with urls and html codes), <<>br>
34:text, marquees, counters, other tables, etc.<<>br>
35:<<>br>
36:<<>/td><<>br>
37:<<>/tr><<>br>
38:<<>/table><<>/font><<>br>
39:<<>br>
40:<<>a name="maybe"> <<>/a><<>br>
41:<<>font color="#000000">NOTE: Be sure to add a bgcolor to the table in case the background image does not load up (for whatever reason).<<>/font><<>br><<>br> <<>font color="#FF8C00">Unfortunately<<>/font><<>font color="#000000">, not all computer viewers can see table image backgrounds, so while the method above will solve the "blank screen" problem they have (caused by using multiple html and body code tags), they may only see the bgcolor of the table instead of the background image you intended them to see. But at least they will see the contents of the webpage instead of the blank page.<<>/font><<>br><<>br><<>a href="http://community.webtv.net/buonafortuna/doc/"><<>font color="#FF8C00" size="2">An alternate method<<>br>http://community.webtv.net/buonafortua/doc/<<>/font><<>/a><<>br><<>font color="#000000">and<<>/font><<>br><<>a href="http://community-1.webtv.net/Pwilliamandx/MoreValidation/"><<>font color="#FF8C00" size="2">Validation results for buonafortuna's method:<<>br>http://community-1.webtv.net/Pwilliamandx/MoreValidation/<<>/font><<>/a><<>br><<>br><<>br><<>hr width="400" align="center"><<>br><<>br> <<>center><<>a href="http://community.webtv.net/Pwilliamandx/DrWatsonWeblint/index.html#return"><<>font color="#FF8C00" size="2">Return to Validation Page<<>/font><<>/a><<>br><<>br><<>a href="http://www.geocities.com/willxwill/index.html"><<>font color="#FF8C00" size="2">More Webtv PageBuilder Help<<>/font><<>/a><<>/center><<>br><<>br><<>/td><<>/tr><<>/table> <<>br>

End of codes and contents of webpage used in the "one-table method"


42:<<>/CENTER>
43:<<>/TD><<>/TR><<>/TABLE>
44:<<>table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="100%">

45:<<>tr height=0>

( § )--- unknown attribute "HEIGHT" for element
<<>tr>.


46:<<>td height=0>
47:<<>spacer type=block width=30% height=0>
48:<<>td height=0>
49:<<>spacer type=block width=30% height=0>
50:<<>td height=0>
51:<<>spacer type=block width=30% height=0>
52:<<>/tr>
53:<<>tr>
54:<<>td colspan="3">
55:<<>hr>
56:<<>/td>
57:<<>/tr>
58:<<>tr>
59:<<>td valign=middle width=30%>
60:<<>font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">
61:<<>b>

62:<<>/b><<>/font><<>/td>

( § )--- empty container element <<>B>.

63:<<>td valign=middle width=30%>
64:<<>center>
65:<<>font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size=-2><<>I>
66:<<>a href="http://www.webtv.net">Powered by WebTV<<>/a>
67:<<>/I><<>/font><<>/center>
68:<<>/td>
69:<<>td align=right valign=middle width=30%>
70:<<>font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">
71:<<>b>

72:<<>/b><<>/font><<>/td>

( § )--- empty container element <<>B>.

73:<<>/td>

( § )--- unmatched <<>/TD> (no matching <<>TD> seen).

74:<<>/tr>

( § )--- unmatched <<>/TR> (no matching <<>TR> seen).

75:<<>tr>
76:<<>td colspan="3">
77:<<>hr>
78:<<>/td>
79:<<>/tr>
80:<<>tr>
81:<<>td colspan="3">
82:<<>center>
83:<<>A href=http://bn.bfast.com/booklink/click.sourceid=5257443&categoryid=homepage>

84:<<>img height=72 width=392 src="clipart/styleMedia/bn1222_bn4.gif"><<>/A><<>/center>

( § )--- IMG does not have ALT text defined.

85:<<>/td>
86:<<>/tr>
87:<<>/table>
88:<<>/center>
89:<<>/BODY>
90:<<>/HTML>





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