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Posted by Katherine Halama
Katherine Halama
1,361 Points

Error Message When Checking index.html with validator.w3.org

When I paste my html code from my index.html document into the validator.w3.org website, I get an error message that says "Error Line 68, Column 7: End of file reached when inside an attribute value. Ignoring tag." How can I fix this so my code will pass the check?

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Katherine,

You'll need to post your html.

https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/posting-code-to-the-forum

Katherine Halama
Katherine Halama
1,361 Points 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Katherine Halama | Photographer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif:400,700,700italic%7COpen+Sans:700italic,400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Katherine Halama</h1>
        <h2>Photographer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Gallery</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/summerflowers1.jpg">
              <img src="img/summerflowers1.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Beautiful flowers in a Santa Barbara garden.</p>
            </a>
         </li>
         <li>
            <a href="img/santamonica_lifeguard.jpg">
              <img src="img/santamonica_lifeguard.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Lifeguard house in Santa Monica.</p>
            </a>
         </li>
         <li>
            <a href="img/malibupano.jpg">
              <img src="img/malibupano.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Panorama of a Malibu beach.</p>
            </a>
         </li>
         <li>
            <a href="img/lightning.jpg">
              <img src="img/lightning.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Lightning strikes over the view outside my house.</p>
            </a>
         </li>
         <li>
            <a href="img/skiing_gopro.JPG.jpg">
              <img src="img/skiing_gopro.JPG" alt="">
              <p>Skiing in Winter Park.</p>
            </a>
         </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/katherinehalama"><img src="img/facebooklogo.png" alt="Facebook logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://instagram.com/k_halama"><img src="img/instagram-wrap.png" alt="Instagram logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2014 Katherine Halama.</p>
      </footer>
      </div>
  </body>
</html>

The error message in the validator is, "Line 68, Column 7: End of file reached when inside an attribute value. Ignoring tag. </html>"

2 Answers

Mitchell Etter
Mitchell Etter
8,603 Points

I found your problem...

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Droid+Serif:400,700,700italic%7COpen+Sans:700italic,400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css">

You need to have a single quote at the end after text/css so that they match.

Hope this solves your problem!

Katherine Halama
Katherine Halama
1,361 Points

Thanks for finding that! I fixed the single quote and then used your "%20" tip in place of the "|" and it fixed the problem!

Thanks again for all your help!

Adama Sy
Adama Sy
7,076 Points
Adama Sy
Adama Sy
7,076 Points

Dude you may need to poste the code, and the good thing is, you have the line and the column where the error is, it's very easy you may miss something or wrote something you did not have too. Will be good if you can find it yourself , best way to learn .

If you copy and paste it in sublime text you may find the exact error marked in red I believe