validation error: why?

MasonC

Question: Why does the W3C validator complain
three times of:

Line: 0 Context : BODY
Parse Error - [empty string]

BODY {
font-size : 100%;
background-attachment : fixed;
background-image : url(goldglow3.jpg);
background-color : #ffffff;
}

(the pages look ok)

Thanks,

Mason C

Jul 20 '05 #1

Jukka K. Korpela

MasonC <ma****@ix.netcom.xyz.com> wrote:

Question: Why does the W3C validator complain
three times of:

Line: 0 Context : BODY
Parse Error - [empty string]

Because its error reporting and recovery procedures are suboptimal.

If you wish to get help with your CSS code, please post the URL instead
of cutting & pasting snippets. The problem is _not_ in the snippet you
included.

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Jul 20 '05 #2

Harlan Messinger

MasonC <ma****@ix.netcom.xyz.com> wrote:

Question: Why does the W3C validator complain
three times of:

Line: 0 Context : BODY
Parse Error - [empty string]

BODY {
font-size : 100%;
background-attachment : fixed;
background-image : url(goldglow3.jpg);
background-color : #ffffff;
}

I got "no error or warning found".

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Harlan Messinger
Remove the first dot from my e-mail address.
Veuillez ôter le premier point de mon adresse de courriel.

Jul 20 '05 #3

MasonC

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:11:21 GMT, MasonC <ma****@ix.netcom.xyz.com> wrote:

Question: Why does the W3C validator complain
three times of:

Line: 0 Context : BODY
Parse Error - [empty string]

BODY {
font-size : 100%;
background-attachment : fixed;
background-image : url(goldglow3.jpg);
background-color : #ffffff;
}

Thanks for the comments. No doubt the validator is complaining
of my use of unrecognized properties (they work and I like them :-)

BODY { SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #bbbb99; SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #aaaa66;
SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #000000;
}

and, as Jukka pointed out, not in the other body { } I posted.

Mason C http://masonc.home.netcom.com

Jul 20 '05 #4

Johannes Koch

MasonC wrote:

Thanks for the comments. No doubt the validator is complaining
of my use of unrecognized properties (they work and I like them :-)

BODY { SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #bbbb99; SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #aaaa66;
SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #000000;
}

Then use them in your user stylesheet.
--
Johannes Koch
In te domine speravi; non confundar in aeternum.
(Te Deum, 4th cent.)

Jul 20 '05 #5

Harlan Messinger

MasonC <ma****@ix.netcom.xyz.com> wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:11:21 GMT, MasonC <ma****@ix.netcom.xyz.com> wrote:

Question: Why does the W3C validator complain
three times of:

Line: 0 Context : BODY
Parse Error - [empty string]

BODY {
font-size : 100%;
background-attachment : fixed;
background-image : url(goldglow3.jpg);
background-color : #ffffff;
}

Thanks for the comments. No doubt the validator is complaining
of my use of unrecognized properties (they work and I like them :-)

BODY { SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #bbbb99; SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #aaaa66;
SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #000000;
}

Then why in the world didn't you mention those the first time?

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Harlan Messinger
Remove the first dot from my e-mail address.
Veuillez ôter le premier point de mon adresse de courriel.

Jul 20 '05 #6

MasonC

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 06:32:40 -0400, Harlan Messinger <hm*******************@comcast.net>
wrote:

MasonC <ma****@ix.netcom.xyz.com> wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:11:21 GMT, MasonC <ma****@ix.netcom.xyz.com> wrote:

Question: Why does the W3C validator complain
three times of:

Line: 0 Context : BODY
Parse Error - [empty string]

BODY {
font-size : 100%;
background-attachment : fixed;
background-image : url(goldglow3.jpg);
background-color : #ffffff;
}

Thanks for the comments. No doubt the validator is complaining
of my use of unrecognized properties (they work and I like them :-)

BODY { SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #bbbb99; SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #aaaa66;
SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #000000;
}

Then why in the world didn't you mention those the first time?

simple: stupidity

Mason C well, actually the validator complained of those, then
issued a separate complaint I assumed was for something else. Validators
are stupid.

Jul 20 '05 #7