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Michael Owens
5,591 PointsCannot validate html code. Used download's package's code.
At the time of my viewing, 01/09/15, I was unable to validate my html code on: http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input
To ensure it wasn't error on my part, I downloaded the zip associated with the video under downloads.
I opened the zip's index.html, copied and pasted that code into the validator and received the same errors that my code received.
2 Answers
Adam Young
15,791 PointsThis is actually explained in the Teacher's notes for the video:
"You may encounter validation errors when using the W3C validators. For example, in this project, the vertical pipes in a Google Font URL might cause an error because they're not escaped using HTML entities. It's a good idea to fix as many errors as possible, because more errors can mean increasingly unpredictable cross-browser results."
Michael Owens
5,591 PointsHow do you escape the pipes?
Adam Young
15,791 Points<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One%7C;Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
will allow this HTML to validate.
Here's a link with more info: