XHTML validation

[SubZero.]

Hello guys,I've got some errors while doing validation (Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional):1) document type does not allow element "b" here; missing one of "dt", "dd" start-tag.2) document type does not allow element "span" here; missing one of "dt", "dd" start-tag.3) end tag for "dl" which is not finished. here:

<dl class="logo">      <b><span style="color: black">13</span><span style="color: red">th</span></b> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Division</span>    </dl>

4) document type does not allow element "br" here; missing one of "dt", "dd" start-tag. here:

<dl class="alt">    	<dt>Adam '<b>bonq</b>' Cieslik</dt><br />    	<dd class="img"><img src="img/bonq.jpg" alt="bonq" /></dd>    	<dd>        xxx</b>ok<br />      	test<b>ok</b>      </dd>    </dl>

Link: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%...irteen%2Fnew%2F

[vchris]

Here's how the DL element should be used: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_dl.asp that should solve your 3 first problems. For #4 I'm guessing you didn't use an XHTML DTD so it's giving you an error at <br /> either change your DTD to XHTML or change your <br /> to <br>.DTDs: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_doctype.asp

[SubZero.]

Thank you, I fixed all already :-)I've one more question;In my XHTML code I've got

<div id="footer">    <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer">W3C CSS Validator</a>  </div>

And I've already made in my CSS a:hover class, but I want to make another one a:hover only for div id="footer".I tired to put in my CSS a#footer:hover and a.footer:hover, but none worked. How to name this clas?

[vchris]

close but here it is:#footer a:hover { }

[SubZero.]

Thank you, everything works well =]My next question is about coding letters.In my XHTML I've got <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />, but when I'm using polish letters like ą, ę, ć, ż, ź, I only see something like this �. I think thats because I'm editing my XHTML doc in simple Windows XP Notepad, so which editor should I use for utf-8 coding? Maybe there is another problem?UPDATE: Ok, problem solved with PSP Editor.

[vchris]

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp

[the_scyphe]

the w3c validator has a lot of bugs. why not try using validome?