Re: Another W3C strict query

Also covering the question about "Nested lists in Strict validation"

I made up a quick example that has a nested unordered list and a link that
opens in an external window (as long as the browser has javascript enabled).
It validates to XHTML1 strict.  Browsers without javascript will just load
the page in the existing window.

See www.betterwebdesign.com.au/examples/nestedlist.html

To addres some of the comments made:

1. Nested lists are fine if properly coded.

    See
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/lists.html#edef-UL

2. End tags are mandatory in XHTML

    See http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#diffs - particularly paragraph 4.1

3.  Optional closing tags

Some browsers have trouble when optional)end tags are left off in HTML too.
Try leaving out some closing tags for table cells and rows - if memory
serves me right, some versions of Netscape 4 refused to display the (by its
rules) incomplete table.  (But I could be mistaken)

HTH
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Bert Doorn, Web Developer
CIW Associate, IWA Member
www.betterwebdesign.com.au
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