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HTML How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Website Testing

Posted by Merissa Acosta
Merissa Acosta
6,163 Points

W3C markup is telling me that I have an error in the font link. I chose the same one as in the class.

When I test my code in the W3C markup validation service, it gives me an error with the link to my font in my index. I used the same link as in the class. The link is shown below. When Nick Pettit brings his html into the validation service, he doesn't get an error even though we have the same code.

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

Ryo Kinjo
Ryo Kinjo
Courses Plus Student 4,703 Points

Could you possibly give a sample of the HTML Code you tried to run on the W3C? It'll just help speed up the problem solving and it just may be a problem with the W3C service. One more thing that I would suggest is that if your not already, try using the same Browser as Nick was using, not sure if it will help but it may.

3 Answers

Alex Heil
Alex Heil
53,547 Points
Alex Heil
Alex Heil
53,547 Points

hey merissa, the reason for the link to fail in the validator is currently the "|" character. if you try and remove this you'll see the validator is going to pass. of course in order to have the included font work correctly you shouldn't do that on the project - but for testing purposes to get rid of the validator you can give it a try.

hope that helps and have a nice day ;)

Merissa Acosta
Merissa Acosta
6,163 Points

Thank you Alex! Much appreciated!

Have a nice day as well!

Ryo Kinjo
Ryo Kinjo
Courses Plus Student 4,703 Points

Alex is indeed right, I just read that on Stack Overflow, quite a bit of people were having this problem as well so you weren't alone.

Merissa Acosta
Merissa Acosta
6,163 Points
Merissa Acosta
Merissa Acosta
6,163 Points 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Merissa Keelikolani Acosta | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' 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>Merissa Keelikolani Acosta</h1>
        <h2>Designer</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 create and 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="http://twitter.com/merissakeeliko"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
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        <p>&copy; 2014 Merissa Keelikolani Acosta</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

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Ryo Kinjo
Ryo Kinjo
Courses Plus Student 4,703 Points

Much appreciated.

Merissa Acosta
Merissa Acosta
6,163 Points

thank you for helping!

Jason Anello
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Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Merissa,

As mentioned already, it's the vertical bar | that causes the error. It's considered an unsafe character in a url.

You can fix the error by url encoding that character. Replace the vertical bar with %7C