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mavbritton · 10-20-2009

Hi guys

I've got some SEO guys going through my site at the moment and they have mentioned that they would like to sort out the following problems with the validation, and it appears to me to be the Simple Contact possibly causing the issue.

[Invalid] Markup Validation of http://www.severnsidemortgages.co.uk/ - W3C Markup Validator

It seems that the &'s are giving the validation jip, and presumably this has a knock on effect. The website is live so I don't really want to start guessing my own PHP skills, which are zip- but if someone could give me a heads up that would be great.

I realise it could be some other module that is tripping it up and having a knock on effect.

BTW I'm using the Mocha template

Any comments would be appreciated.

Mav

matt · 10-20-2009

Have you tried disabling the module to make sure it's the module? Just curious.

I will give Chris a poke to make sure he looks this issue over for yah. :)

mavbritton · 10-22-2009

Hadn't thought of that but just did it and its definately simplecontact

After disabling and running the validator:

Congratulations

The document located at <http://www.severnsidemortgages.co.uk/> was successfully checked as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. This means that the resource in question identified itself as "XHTML 1.0 Transitional" and that we successfully performed a formal validation using an SGML, HTML5 and/or XML Parser(s) (depending on the markup language used).

Sorry guys!

matt · 10-22-2009

thanks for checking. We will look into it and report back.

mavbritton · 10-22-2009

Cheers Matt

chris · 10-26-2009

Hi Mav,
I'm looking into this and will report back once i know more :)
Cheers,
Chris

chris · 10-26-2009

Hi Mav,
The issue is related to the ampersand used in the email us link. Its weird though, cos i am sure i had the url set with the correct & before. Anywho, i'll take a look at the packaged version and post a fix a bit later :)
Cheers,
Chris

chris · 10-26-2009

Hi Mav,
I've updated the module and the validation is fixed now :) You can download the latest version here:
Simple Contact Module - JoomlaJunkie Downloads
Thanks again for pointing that out :)
Cheers,
Chris

10-20-2009	#1 (permalink)
mavbritton [+] more user info Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 134 Thanks: 29 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Answered: HTML Validation What is your live site URL? (localhost if none): www.severnsidemortgages.co.uk What browser does this happen in: Firefox 3.x, IE 7 What version of Joomla: Joomla 1.5 What OS? (your computer, not your server): Window Joomla experience level: 4 Hi guys I've got some SEO guys going through my site at the moment and they have mentioned that they would like to sort out the following problems with the validation, and it appears to me to be the Simple Contact possibly causing the issue. [Invalid] Markup Validation of http://www.severnsidemortgages.co.uk/ - W3C Markup Validator It seems that the &'s are giving the validation jip, and presumably this has a knock on effect. The website is live so I don't really want to start guessing my own PHP skills, which are zip- but if someone could give me a heads up that would be great. I realise it could be some other module that is tripping it up and having a knock on effect. BTW I'm using the Mocha template Any comments would be appreciated. Mav Last edited by mavbritton; 10-20-2009 at 06:39 PM. Reason: Forgot to mention something

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10-20-2009	#2 (permalink)
matt Support Staff [+] more user info Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus Ohio Posts: 2,474 Thanks: 207 Thanked 243 Times in 213 Posts	Have you tried disabling the module to make sure it's the module? Just curious. I will give Chris a poke to make sure he looks this issue over for yah. :)

10-22-2009	#3 (permalink)
mavbritton [+] more user info Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 134 Thanks: 29 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Hadn't thought of that but just did it and its definately simplecontact After disabling and running the validator: Congratulations The document located at <http://www.severnsidemortgages.co.uk/> was successfully checked as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. This means that the resource in question identified itself as "XHTML 1.0 Transitional" and that we successfully performed a formal validation using an SGML, HTML5 and/or XML Parser(s) (depending on the markup language used). Sorry guys!

10-22-2009	#4 (permalink)
matt Support Staff [+] more user info Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus Ohio Posts: 2,474 Thanks: 207 Thanked 243 Times in 213 Posts	thanks for checking. We will look into it and report back.

10-22-2009	#5 (permalink)
mavbritton [+] more user info Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 134 Thanks: 29 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Cheers Matt

10-26-2009	#6 (permalink)
chris Co-Pilot & Owner [+] more user info Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 3,125 Thanks: 151 Thanked 819 Times in 677 Posts	Hi Mav, I'm looking into this and will report back once i know more :) Cheers, Chris

10-26-2009	#7 (permalink)
chris Co-Pilot & Owner [+] more user info Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 3,125 Thanks: 151 Thanked 819 Times in 677 Posts	Hi Mav, The issue is related to the ampersand used in the email us link. Its weird though, cos i am sure i had the url set with the correct & before. Anywho, i'll take a look at the packaged version and post a fix a bit later :) Cheers, Chris

10-26-2009	#8 (permalink)
chris Co-Pilot & Owner [+] more user info Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 3,125 Thanks: 151 Thanked 819 Times in 677 Posts	Hi Mav, I've updated the module and the validation is fixed now :) You can download the latest version here: Simple Contact Module - JoomlaJunkie Downloads Thanks again for pointing that out :) Cheers, Chris