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Glenn Basgaard
Glenn Basgaard
7,987 Points

&7c is not fixing my validation error

I went ahead and changed the | to &7c and I get these error prompts on the validator: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.)

Here's my code: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Glenn Basgaard | Web Developer</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One&7cOpen+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800&7cOpen+Sans+Condensed:300,300italic,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html" id="logo"> <h1>Glenn Basgaard</h1> <h2>Web Developer</h2> </a> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> <div id="wrapper"> <section> <ul id="gallery"> <li> <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p> </a>
</li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt=""> <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p> </a>
</li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt=""> <p>Trying to creat an 80's style of glows.</p> </a>
</li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt=""> <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p> </a>
</li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt=""> <p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p> </a>
</li> </ul> </section> <footer> <a href="https://twitter.com/gBasgaard"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gbasgaard"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a> <a href="https://instagram.com/gbasgaard/"><img src="img/instagram-wrap.png" alt="Instagram Logo" class="social-icon"></a> <p>Ā© 2015 Glenn Basgaard.</p> </footer> </div> </body>
</html>

I'm stumped. Any help would be appreciated!

2 Answers

Hi Glenn,

Instead of &7c can you try %7C please?

Hope that helps.

-Rich

Glenn Basgaard
Glenn Basgaard
7,987 Points

Ahhh. That was the problem. Thanks so much for your help!

No problem :)

-Rich