W3 Validator Ampersand error ... HELP!

When I try to validate my page http://www.doe.k12.de.us/dev/pcs/bus...arketing.shtml

in the W3 validator I keep getting the error [ character "&" is the first character of a delimiter but occurred as data. ]

Here is the code:

<div id="pageTitle">

<h3>Business, Finance "& Marketing Education Curriculum Framework Content Standards</h3>
</div>

I'm new to html coding and know just enough to be dangerous. Can someone help me before I hurt myself?

Wendy

Feb 23 '07 #1

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When I try to validate my page http://www.doe.k12.de.us/dev/pcs/bus...arketing.shtml

in the W3 validator I keep getting the error [ character "&" is the first character of a delimiter but occurred as data. ]

Here is the code:

<div id="pageTitle">

<h3>Business, Finance "& Marketing Education Curriculum Framework Content Standards</h3>
</div>

I'm new to html coding and know just enough to be dangerous. Can someone help me before I hurt myself?

Wendy

Hi Wendy,
I ran the below code through the validator with no problems:
[html]
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Validate</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="pageTitle">

<h3>Business, Finance "& Marketing Education Curriculum Framework Content Standards</h3>
</div>
</body>
</html>
[/html]
I don't think this should make a difference but try to validate it without the quotation mark in front of the ampersand.

Aric

Feb 23 '07 #2

cheezylu

If you are still having problems, try using " instead of the quotations marks.

Apr 18 '07 #3

KevinADC

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Expert 2GB

make life easy, use the word "and" instead of the & symbol.

Apr 18 '07 #4

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