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**Bykenhaal**

Well I thought I should share this site it helps me fix errors in my html.

http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input

**Bykenhaal**

I need to use the Validation to check my webpage to make sure I have no errors. When I fix the errors my pages changes and does not look the same. What can I do to fix all the errors without loosing my pages look.

**Bykenhaal**

I have three problems with my site. Can you help me fix these errors.

Line 76, Column 42: required attribute "action" not specified
<form name="Fountains" id="order" >
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The attribute given above is required for an element that you've used, but you have omitted it. For instance, in most HTML and XHTML document types the "type" attribute is required on the "script" element and the "alt" attribute is required for the "img" element.

Typical values for type are type="text/css" for <style> and type="text/javascript" for <script>.

Line 216, Column 8: end tag for "tbody" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified
</table>
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You may have neglected to close an element, or perhaps you meant to "self-close" an element, that is, ending it with "/>" instead of ">".

Line 81, Column 11: start tag was here
<tbody>

Line 224, Column 17: end tag for "select" which is not finished
</select> <span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an
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Most likely, you nested tags and closed them in the wrong order. For example <p><em>...</p> is not acceptable, as <em> must be closed before <p>. Acceptable nesting is: <p><em>...</em></p>

Another possibility is that you used an element which requires a child element that you did not include. Hence the parent element is "not finished", not complete. For instance, in HTML the <head> element must contain a <title> child element, lists require appropriate list items (<ul> and <ol> require <li>; <dl> requires <dt> and <dd>), and so on.

**Bykenhaal**

I have had help thanks you everyone. I still have no been able to fix this error.

Line 231, Column 17: end tag for "select" which is not finished
</select> <span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an
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Most likely, you nested tags and closed them in the wrong order. For example <p><em>...</p> is not acceptable, as <em> must be closed before <p>. Acceptable nesting is: <p><em>...</em></p>

Another possibility is that you used an element which requires a child element that you did not include. Hence the parent element is "not finished", not complete. For instance, in HTML the <head> element must contain a <title> child element, lists require appropriate list items (<ul> and <ol> require <li>; <dl> requires <dt> and <dd>), and so on.

**Bykenhaal**

</div><span id="spryselect1"><select name="select1" id=
"select1">
</select> <span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an
item.</span></span> <script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[

//]]>
</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Where should the </select> be?

**requinix**

So you know: When we see people answering their own questions within hours or minutes, we'll leave their thread alone because they'll probably continue to answer their own questions.

Originally Posted by Bykenhaal

Where should the </select> be?

Allow me to answer that with

Originally Posted by Bykenhaal

Another possibility is that you used an element which requires a child element that you did not include. Hence the parent element is "not finished", not complete. For instance, in HTML the <head> element must contain a <title> child element, lists require appropriate list items (<ul> and <ol> require <li>; <dl> requires <dt> and <dd>), and so on.

Here, the parent element is the <select> and the required child element is an <option>. It is only required for HTML 4; HTML 5 allows for empty <select>s.

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