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e.boal · 28-03-2007, 18:02

This XHTML Transitional is not validating because of three tags...all meta tags! Why?:

Warning Line 17 column 1: character "<" is the first character of a delimiter but occurred as data.
<meta name="description" content="Trinity Presbyterian Church is a community wh...

This message may appear in several cases:

You tried to include the "<" character in your page: you should escape it as "<"
You used an unescaped ampersand "&": this may be valid in some contexts, but it is recommended to use "&", which is always safe.
Another possibility is that you forgot to close quotes in a previous tag.

pgo · 28-03-2007, 18:51

Care to share the tags or are we supposed to use our psychic powers?

28-03-2007, 18:02	#1 (permalink)
e.boal Loveable loser. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 231	Validation This XHTML Transitional is not validating because of three tags...all meta tags! Why?: Warning Line 17 column 1: character "<" is the first character of a delimiter but occurred as data. <meta name="description" content="Trinity Presbyterian Church is a community wh... This message may appear in several cases: You tried to include the "<" character in your page: you should escape it as "<" You used an unescaped ampersand "&": this may be valid in some contexts, but it is recommended to use "&", which is always safe. Another possibility is that you forgot to close quotes in a previous tag.

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28-03-2007, 18:51	#2 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Care to share the tags or are we supposed to use our psychic powers?

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