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unbalanced div tags

Jun 25, 2012 1:03 AM

I have used the WC3 validator to find unbalanced div tags.

 

One error listed is as follows:

line 2209, Column 39: end tag for "div" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified 

      <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td>

For correcting this issue, where is the closing div tag to be inserted, is it immediately after the listed code, in this case it is immediately after </td>?

491 Views   4 Replies   Latest reply: MurraySummers, Jun 25, 2012 8:18 AM
 
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  • Ben Pleysier
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    1. Ben Pleysier,
    Jun 25, 2012 3:45 AM   in reply to aonefun
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    I don't understand. Why would you have the <td> tag inside an editable area and the </td> outside of an editable area. It's sort of like placing the top half of a corpse on one side and the bottom half on the other side of a closed guilotine. The two halves are no longer one body.

     

    Gramps

     
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  • MurraySummers
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    2. MurraySummers,
    Jun 25, 2012 4:04 AM   in reply to Ben Pleysier
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    We only  know that the </td> is outside the editable region.  But I do like your analogy!

     

    @aonefun, we'd need to see more code to answer your question.  Like where is the opening div tag placed?  But for SURE the closing </div> could never go immediately after </td> since the only thing that could go there would be <td> or </tr>.

     
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  • aonefun
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    3. aonefun,
    Jun 25, 2012 7:51 AM   in reply to MurraySummers
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    Thanks for the replies.

     

    This is the webpage in question:

     

    http://www.canchair.com/new_web_product_detail.asp?ProductID=862&Produ ctFamily=5&ProductFamilySub=

     

    If you can assist me with this div tag mess that would be great.

     

    For future reference I was wondering if the validator is directing me to the exact insertion point of the missing </div> tag by provided a line of code along with the error listing. If not, then what does the provided line of code indicate? Kindly clarify.

     

    I do understand that the missing </div> tag cannot succeed the </td> as the table has not yet been closed but have not paid enough attention to have noticed that, thanks!

     
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  • MurraySummers
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    4. MurraySummers,
    Jun 25, 2012 8:18 AM   in reply to aonefun
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    There are several missing or misplaced </div> tags on that page (I find 310 instances of <div and only 308 of </div>).

     

    The first should go here -

     

                    <!-- end of  country2 -->

                    </div>

                  </td>

              </tr>

            </table>

     

    The second most probably should go ABOVE the start point of the "Layer4" (LAYERS? EEK), although your code is not well chosen, so it's hard to know exactly -

     

                </table>

              </div>

            </div>

          </div>

         </div>

     

     

     

          <div id="Layer4" style="border-width: thin;border-style:solid;border-color:#666666; position:absolute; width:600px; height:610px; z-index:300; left: 0px; top: 0px;visibility: hidden;">

     

     

    Because of the poorly chosen code, the validator is confused. The insertion point it shows is incorrect.

     
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