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[matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

the same way it was always done ?

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On Dec 13, 2005, at 11:16 AM, Susan LaBarre wrote:

> I think I'm really confused. Aren't xhtml comments written the same  
> way as
> comments in html? I've been commenting pages for many years...  
> <!---- all
> the same way ---->
>
> When I took my Dreamweaver couse months ago, the instructor advised  
> us to
> begin using only xhtml tagging. But she didn't say anything about  
> writing
> the comment tags differently. Can someone please show me the way I  
> should
> write a comment that will pass the validator?
>
> Thanks so much... very anxious to get these pages up and running.  
> This is a
> pro bono project and they're having their holiday meeting tonight.
>
> Susan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: half Of Steven Champeon
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:52 AM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Need Help Troubleshooting HTML Page
>
>
> on Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:52:15AM -0500, Susan LaBarre wrote:
> > Well, I've fixed all comments and Netscape flags. My DW validator  
> > shows a
> > clean page... yet when I view source online, I see two large sections
> being
> > commented out. I haven't a clue what is wrong here.
> >
> > Appreciate any support (kind vs condescending is always much  
> > nicer) you
> can
> > offer.
> >
> > http://www.wildwackywonderfulwomenoftheworld.org/wcwc/ 
> > holidaycatalog1.htm
>
> Hi, Susan -
>
> You're not validating your page, you're sending it through what is  
> more
> properly known as a "lint" - and it's still very broken, in the  
> same way
> that it was before, as you can see from the output from a real  
> validator:
>
> http://www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/validate.cgi?url=http:// 
> www.wildwackywonderf
> ulwomenoftheworld.org/wcwc/holidaycatalog1.htm
>
> Or, if you prefer,
>
> http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http:// 
> www.wildwackywonderfulwomenofthewor
> ld.org/wcwc/holidaycatalog1.htm
>
> Actually fix yer comments, and you'll fix the problem.
>
> HTH,
> Steve