extended markup ?

[bumblingalong]

hi there, i have just been on a web site to check the
html of my site and throughout the whole report it says
<td> is extended markup(use "-x <extension>" to allow
this)

there are other things instead of <td> in these brackets
as well the remainder of the sentance is the same can
anyone tell me what it is trying to tell me. here is the
line of html it is talking about.

<td width="100%" class="ms-quicklaunch">

This was a template from sharepoint services. And i
don't really know if i need this quicklaunch thingy.???

my site is www.amplestamps.co.uk

Thanks for your trouble in advance

 

[Jack Brewster]

Can you point us at the site that was giving you this message? It's hard to
say without more detail.

 

[bumblingalong]

-----Original Message-----
Can you point us at the site that was giving you this message? It's hard to
say without more detail.

--
Jack Brewster
FrontPage MVP
www.maxgeek.com




.

here is the url
http://www.anybrowser.com/validateit.html

 

[Jack Brewster]

here is the url
http://www.anybrowser.com/validateit.html

I assume you're using the top one - HTML 3.2 Validator? I think the
reference to extended markup isn't a real error. The "-x extension"
reference probably means that you can feed the validator a parameter to
cause it _not_ cause those errors.

Instead, I'd use the "Really Fussy 4.0 HTML Validator" right below it.
You'll get better error reporting. Although when you first run it, you're
going to get a failure because you don't have a DOCTYPE. Without a DOCTYPE,
validation isn't very useful. Here's an article you may want to review.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/doctype/