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Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:14 pm**

Internet Explorer correctly shows the headlines of all posts in a big font on my frontpage:
http://atlanticreview.org/

Firefox, however, only shows the headline of the first post in a big font on my frontpage. All following headlines are in small fonts.

I am not sure, if this is a bug or whether it is just a problem with my Firefox.

Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:36 pm**

Hi!

I guess this is a HTML validation issue. Check http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1 ... iew.org%2F - it throws a lot of errors.

Tip 1: Switch your serendipity to "XHTML 1.1 compliant output". The rest is up to your template and entries/sidebar plugins.

Best regards,
Garvin

Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:58 pm**

Thank you, Garvin.

I have always had "Force XHTML 1.1 compliance" switched on in the configurations. Besides I am using the "Fix common XHTML errors" plugin.

Unfortunately, I don't know and understand enough HTML to fix all the errors myself.

Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:11 pm**

Hi!

The Fix-Plugin only helps you with most of the problems; it cannot fix unmatching tags or invalid tags.

This is what you need to check:

* Lowercase <META> tags. XHTML does not allow uppercase tags
* Wrong <ul><li> elemenets. After <ul> there must be a <li>, and all <li>s must be closed before </ul>. No texst is allowed within <ul>, only within <li>.
* Special characters must be escaped ("non SGML characters")
* All <div> tags must be properly matched by a closing </div>
* "border" is not a valid attribute, it must be removed for all tags and replaced with "style='border: 0px'".
* All <p> tags need a closing </p>
* Check all those seek="" shall="" not=""

Best regards,
Garvin

Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:50 pm**

* Wrong <ul><li> elemenets. After <ul> there must be a <li>, and all <li>s must be closed before </ul>.

It should be correct, but it isn't. The Vailidator says:

Error Line 58 column 87: document type does not allow element "div" here; assuming missing "li" start-tag.

...ner_serendipity_plugin_recententries">

This is the relevant code for the drop down menu in my index.tpl:

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<div id="navigation">
<ul id="nav_header_menu">

<li><a href="{$serendipityBaseURL}" accesskey="h">Home</a></li>

<li><a href="#">About</a>
	<ul>
		<li><a href="http://www.atlanticreview.org/archives/116-ABOUT-US.html">About the Atlantic Review</a></li>
		<li><a href="http://www.atlanticreview.org/archives/55-Impressum-and-Disclaimer.html">Impressum, Masthead, Disclaimer</a></li>
		<li><a href="mailto:editors@atlanticreview.org?subject=Regarding%20the%20Atlantic%20Review">Contact Us</a></li>
	</ul></li>
	
<li><a href="#">New Entries</a>
	<ul>{serendipity_showPlugin class="serendipity_plugin_recententries" side="hidden" negate="null"}</ul></li>

This continues with a few more drop down menues and then ends with

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</ul>
</div>

Thus I don't see where my error is.

Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:52 pm**

Hi!

You are not allowed to use

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<li><a href="#">New Entries</a>
	<ul>{serendipity_showPlugin class="serendipity_plugin_recententries" side="hidden" negate="null"}</ul></li>

You must use.

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<li><a href="#">New Entries</a>
	<ul><li>{serendipity_showPlugin class="serendipity_plugin_recententries" side="hidden" negate="null"}</li></ul></li>

Note how to properly wrap the plugin inside <li> and not <ul>.

Regards,
Garvin

Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:19 pm**

Thank you. That worked. Now there are "only" 45 errors left.

The validator says:

Error Line 230 column 47: document type does not allow element "div" here; missing one of "object", "applet", "map", "iframe", "button", "ins", "del" start-tag.

<div class="serendipity_entry_body">

But that is the original S9Y stuff. I did not mess with it, I think. Why is element div not allowed? There is an /div for closure. Why does div need a start tag?

Next error:

Error Line 231 column 3835: there is no attribute "border".

...edium none ;" marginwidth="0" border="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=at

But that is an iframe copied exactly from Amazon. I checked.

Next error:

Error Line 237 column 48: document type does not allow element "div" here; missing one of "object", "applet", "map", "iframe", "button", "ins", "del" start-tag.

<div class='serendipity_entryFooter'>

But that is also normal S9Y. I did not mess with it.

I have solved my problem with the headlines, by writing that post new. However, it would be nice to have an XHTML compliment blog. Though, how important is that?

Having 45 errors is not good for google page rank, I assume. However, will users experience problems due to these errors?

Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:08 pm**

Hi!

I think many of those errors stem from a previous error with an invalid <p> element enclosing stuff or so? Maybe the original creator of your template, Carl galloway, does know some help here?

...edium none ;" marginwidth="0" border="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=at

But that is an iframe copied exactly from Amazon. I checked.
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Amazon only gives a HTML4.0 example, but their code is not XHTML compliant, you need to remove the 'border'.

I have solved my problem with the headlines, by writing that post new. However, it would be nice to have an XHTML compliment blog. Though, how important is that?

The default template should validate as proper XHTML.

Best regards,
Garvin

Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:10 pm**

Thanks again, Garvin.

I have deleted all

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border="0"

in the Amazon code. And Carl has fixed by entrie.tpl

Now my page Is Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional!

The S9Y community is great!

Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:29 pm**

But I didn't do very much... Pleased to see it all working for you Josh

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