Is there a way to validate pages without 1 image having width height validation? I have a dynamic image which can change in width/height so cannot declare the dimensions in the img tag..

Nope. The 'rules' say an img must have the dimensions defined.

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Is there a way to validate pages without 1 image having width height validation? I have a dynamic image which can change in width/height so cannot declare the dimensions in the img tag..

I think it could be done if you replace the img tag with a call to a server-side script that will write the img tag, together with the name of the image and its dimensions. The page will be parsed by the server and sent to the validator or to the visitor's browser as plain HTML.

In so doing, you should have a valid page, and the scripted tag should always validate.

There may also be a Javascript alternative to my server-side scripting suggestion, wherein the validator doesn't choke on the Javascript and invalidate your page. I am no expert on Javascript, but I have run into a few that work great, but don't validate.

The validator will see the Javascript and not just its results, and you are dependent on the user having Javascript available and enabled. Therefore, if possible, a server-side solution is preferred.

Couldn't you just use percentages as the height and width???

That may work -- if a 640x480 pixel image is displayed as 640x480 with a width=100% and height=100%, then if a different image appears with say, 640x817 pixels, it should appear as 640x817 with the same 100% width and height values. I have no experience with that, but your question also caused me to search and come up with an article that suggests specifying images in ems and thus have the browser's text size changer affect image size too. That won't help the original poster's dilemma, but something worth looking at.

See http://www.bigbaer.com/css_tutorials...l.tutorial.htm

Originally Posted by L a r r y

That may work -- if a 640x480 pixel image is displayed as 640x480 with a width=100% and height=100%, then if a different image appears with say, 640x817 pixels, it should appear as 640x817 with the same 100% width and height values. I have no experience with that, but your question also caused me to search and come up with an article that suggests specifying images in ems and thus have the browser's text size changer affect image size too. That won't help the original poster's dilemma, but something worth looking at.

See http://www.bigbaer.com/css_tutorials...l.tutorial.htm

This is true the picture will stay the same width and height