W3C Validator Question/Problem

[Dave]

Hello all,

I'm getting a strange error when I try to validate my page(s). The
error occurs when I use SELECT and INPUT tags inside of the FORM tag.
I am trying to use the XHTML 1.0 Strict standard. I am also using
ColdFusion, but I having been using regular FORM tags instead of the
proprietary CFFORM tags. If you can't put SELECT and INPUT tags inside
of the FORM tag, where are you supposed to put them???

Take a look and tell me what you think:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...ically%29&ss=1

Much thanks in advance. -Dave

[Dave Patton]

Arne <ar********@tel ia.com> wrote in
news:Sf******** ************@ne wsc.telia.net:

Dave Patton wrote:

Arne <ar********@tel ia.com> wrote in
news:Aq******** ************@ne wsc.telia.net:

I was positively suprised how easy it was to get a nice looking field
for a mailto form on my "testing site"
(http://w1.978.telia.com/~u97802964/kontakt.html), using the
<fieldset> tag. Hell of a job to make the same as a table!
BTW I don't have CGI on that server so I used a remote server.

"nice looking" doesn't describe this:
http://members.shaw.ca/caninfosys/temp/kontakt.jpg

Dave, read my post once again. I was pointing out the use of
<fieldset>, and not the page! But, by all means try it again if you like.

I wasn't suggesting that there was anything wrong with the use
of the <fieldset>, but took the screen capture in case you
didn't know the page didn't "look nice" :-)

--
Dave Patton
Canadian Coordinator, Degree Confluence Project
http://www.confluence.org/
My website: http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/

[Arne]

Dave Patton wrote:

Arne <ar********@tel ia.com> wrote in
news:Sf******** ************@ne wsc.telia.net:

Dave Patton wrote:

Arne <ar********@tel ia.com> wrote in
news:Aq***** *************** @newsc.telia.ne t:

I was positively suprised how easy it was to get a nice looking field
for a mailto form on my "testing site"
(http://w1.978.telia.com/~u97802964/kontakt.html), using the
<fieldset > tag. Hell of a job to make the same as a table!
BTW I don't have CGI on that server so I used a remote server.
"nice looking" doesn't describe this:
http://members.shaw.ca/caninfosys/temp/kontakt.jpg

Dave, read my post once again. I was pointing out the use of
<fieldset>, and not the page! But, by all means try it again if you like.

I wasn't suggesting that there was anything wrong with the use
of the <fieldset>, but took the screen capture in case you
didn't know the page didn't "look nice" :-)

I understand, but as the link goes only to a "testing page", my first
concern is to make something I test work properly and also validate
(in this case the form with using fieldset). When it does, I try to
fit it in to a page that hopefully can "look nice" with it :)

--
/Arne
http://w1.978.telia.com/~u97802964/

[Dave]

Thanks to all... I feel a bit sheepish for not spotting the problem
when looking at the XHTML 1.0 spec. Too many hours of staring at this
screen I guess. -Dave
ba********@hotm ail.com (Dave) wrote in message news:<5e******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...

Hello all,

I'm getting a strange error when I try to validate my page(s). The
error occurs when I use SELECT and INPUT tags inside of the FORM tag.
I am trying to use the XHTML 1.0 Strict standard. I am also using
ColdFusion, but I having been using regular FORM tags instead of the
proprietary CFFORM tags. If you can't put SELECT and INPUT tags inside
of the FORM tag, where are you supposed to put them???

Take a look and tell me what you think:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...ically%29&ss=1

Much thanks in advance. -Dave

[David Dorward]

Arne wrote:

BTW: I have trouble to get that form with the fieldset to centering
horizontaly. The style "text-align:center" don't help, <center> do it
but don't validate. Any clue?

http://dorward.me.uk/www/centre/#block
--
David Dorward <http://blog.dorward.me .uk/> <http://dorward.me.uk/>
Home is where the ~/.bashrc is

[Brian]

Arne wrote:

> I was positively suprised how easy it was to get a nice
> looking field for a mailto form on my "testing site"
> (http://w1.978.telia.com/~u97802964/kontakt.html), using
> the <fieldset> tag.

my first concern is to make something I test work properly and also
validate (in this case the form with using fieldset).

Validation is all well and good, but perhaps you'd consider what
<fieldset> is for. It isn't to provide borders to make the form look nice.

--
Brian (remove ".invalid" to email me)
http://www.tsmchughs.com/

[Arne]

David Dorward wrote:

Arne wrote:

BTW: I have trouble to get that form with the fieldset to centering
horizontaly . The style "text-align:center" don't help, <center> do it
but don't validate. Any clue?

http://dorward.me.uk/www/centre/#block

Thank's! Now I get it :-)

Only one small "problem" left. The fieldset with the submit button
don't get as wide as the others, even if I set the wide to 100%.

--
/Arne

[Arne]

Brian wrote:

Arne wrote:

>>I was positively suprised how easy it was to get a nice
>>looking field for a mailto form on my "testing site"
>>(http://w1.978.telia.com/~u97802964/kontakt.html), using
>>the <fieldset> tag.

my first concern is to make something I test work properly and also
validate (in this case the form with using fieldset).

Validation is all well and good, but perhaps you'd consider what
<fieldset> is for. It isn't to provide borders to make the form look nice.

Yes, I understand that to. The "nice" was a "bonus" that give me the
suprise, but not the reason I wanted to try it. :-)

--
/Arne