Re: JavaScript & Validating

by Michael Jon Muehlendorf <haoka(at)wi.tds.net>

 Date:  Wed, 17 May 2000 13:22:29 -0500
 To:  "John Shriver" <johnshriver(at)hotmail.com>,
hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
 In-Reply-To:  hotmail
  todo: View Thread, Original

Hello John!

...a mistake many of us have made, and one remedied quite easily.

At 10:32 AM 5/17/00 PDT, John Shriver wrote:
>Hi All,
>I'm just learning (huh) JavaScript and added a small snip to a page.  The 
>page Validated via W3C Validator prior to adding the script.  I added the 
>script - within a comment - and now I receive an error message when I 
>attempt to validate it.  It looks like this in my document:
>
>(quotes added)

Change your script tag from this:
>"<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!-- code here --></SCRIPT>"

To this:
"<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><-- code here
--></SCRIPT>"

HTH,

Mike

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