[Zpt] XHTML validation and <span>

Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:22:29 -0500

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I may be the only one goofing this up, but XHTML doesn't allow =
"arbitrary" use of <span>.  I have been using spans pretty liberally, =
but this is illegal:

<span metal:define-macro=3D"something">
   <p> Just something </p>
   <p> That needs to be said... </p>
</span>

Span cannot contain elements like <p>. It is supposed to only be used =
for inline-elements. Browsers don't complain and non-validating parsers =
(like ZPT), don't complain, but I guess I should be doing stuff  like:

<div metal:define-macro=3D"something">
  <p> Just something </p>
  <p> That needs to be said... </p>
</div>

-- todd

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" =
http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
<META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.3018.900" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I may be the only one goofing this up, =
but XHTML=20
doesn't allow "arbitrary" use of &lt;span&gt;.&nbsp; I have been using =
spans=20
pretty liberally, but this is illegal:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&lt;span=20
metal:define-macro=3D"something"&gt;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;p&gt; Just something=20
&lt;/p&gt;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;p&gt; That needs =
to be=20
said... &lt;/p&gt;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&lt;/span&gt;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Span cannot contain elements like =
&lt;p&gt;. It=20
is&nbsp;supposed to only be used for inline-elements. Browsers don't =
complain=20
and non-validating parsers (like ZPT), don't complain, but I guess I =
should be=20
doing stuff&nbsp; like:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&lt;div=20
metal:define-macro=3D"something"&gt;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp; &lt;p&gt; Just something =
&lt;/p&gt;
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;p&gt; That needs to be =
said...=20
&lt;/p&gt;</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&lt;/div&gt;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-- todd</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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