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**jimmybt** · 01-14-2008, 01:29 PM

Hi there
Can anyone explain where I've gone wrong here:
<a name="01" id="01"></a>
Where are the Cotswolds?
Two hours West of London and one hour South of Birmingham in the heart of England.
<a href="#">back to top</a>

I get this error: there is no attribute "name". <a name="01" id="01"></a>

and then this: value of attribute "id" invalid: "0" cannot start a name.
<a name="01" id="01"></a>

Working my way through validating this page: http://www.cotswold-scenes.com/faq.php

**joder** · 01-14-2008, 01:59 PM

If you use the W3C Validation Service
http://validator.w3.org/
you will notice the errors starting with
Conflict between Mime Type and Document Type

In a Strict DOCTYPE, name is not used and is replace with id.

From running your page through the validator.

Quote:

It is possible that you violated the naming convention for this attribute. For example, id and name attributes must begin with a letter, not a digit.

An id cannot begin with a number.

**LadynRed** · 01-14-2008, 02:36 PM

In addition to that, if you're going to use an ID for an anchor, you don't even need the <a name=...> thing at all. Just put the ID on the element where you need it.

**jimmybt** · 01-14-2008, 02:56 PM

Thanks Joder and LadynRed. I took both your advice. I removed the id and also but in "A" instead of "1", seemed to work.
I've been using the w3c validator. Should I sort out the "Conflict between Mime Type and Document Type" warning that appears first?

**joder** · 01-14-2008, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmybt

Thanks Joder and LadynRed. I took both your advice. I removed the id and also but in "A" instead of "1", seemed to work.
I've been using the w3c validator.

You removed the id and left the name? You should use id.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmybt

Should I sort out the "Conflict between Mime Type and Document Type" warning that appears first?

Definitely.

**jimmybt** · 01-14-2008, 03:18 PM

Thats what I meant to say.

Is the MIME/Doctype a simple fix?

**joder** · 01-14-2008, 04:07 PM

I think the XHTML1.1 doctype may not be supported fully in the browsers yet. LadynRed would have a better answer there.

Here is my DOCTYPE line which is XHTML 1.0 Strict

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

**jimmybt** · 01-14-2008, 04:41 PM

I added this and seems to work
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

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