When I validate my html on w3 validator, I get the following error:
Element a not allowed as child of element ul in this context. (Suppressing further errors from this subtree.).
The site is displaying properly (and the anchor is working) on my phone, tablet and desktop, and I don't really understand this error message. Can somebody tell me what I did wrong and how to do this properly?
Here's the part of the code that produces the error:
<section id="skills">
<div class="skills-header">
<p>Pozdravljen Svet! PiĊĦem lahko:</p>
</div>
<div class="skills-container">
<ul>
<li>< html5 ></li>
<li> { css3 }</li>
<li>javascript.js</li>
<li class="break">$(jQuery)</li>
<li class="break"><%= rails 4 %></li>
<li class="break">< div class="bootstrap" ></li>
<li class="break">$ sudo apt-get update</li>
<li class="profile-icon ion-social-linkedin"></li>
<li class="profile-icon ion-social-github"></li>
</ul>
</div>
</section>
<ul> can only contain <li> elements. It's as simple as that really.
<ul> is an "Unordered List", and an <li> is a "List Item". A list should only contain list items...
You may find it is working in your browser, but you shouldn't keep it that way. Some browsers will auto-correct your error and wrap an <li> around your <a> elements, others will just make it look awful.
If you want to correct your code I suggest the following:
<li></li>
<li></li>
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My link doesn't work in HTML and I don't know why.
<div class="banner-text">
<ul>
<li><h3>HOME</h3></li>
</li><h3>ABOUT US</h3></li>
</li><h3>CONTACT</h3></li>
</li><h3>STUDENT's CORNER</h3></li>
</ul>
<h1 class="big">CHAWLA CLASSES</h1>
</div>
Use a validator.
Only <li> elements may be children of <ul> elements.
Put the links in the list items, not the other way around.
Asides:
Level 3 heading elements should be used for headings. If the entirely content of a list item is a heading, you are using the wrong markup. Apply CSS if you want to format the list items.
Screen readers will tend to spell out words written in ALL CAPS letter-by-letter. If you want something to be visually rendered in capital letters: Use the CSS text-transform property.
You should change it like this
<ul>
<li> Home </li>
<li> About Us </li>
<li> Contact </li>
<li> Student's Corner </li>
</ul>
UPDATE: Well, I check again but it works. There is the screenshots
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Put the anchor tag inside the <li> tag. If it doesn't work, go-to developer console to trace it .
I am trying to put the BEM naming convention in action but having some confusions about naming the HTML elements. I really want to understand do I really need to provide the class name for each HTML element.
Let's say I have the following code and for example:
<ul class="nav">
<li class="nav__list"><a href="#" class="nav__link>Home</a></li>
<li class="nav__list"><a href="#" class="nav__link>Services</a></li>
</ul>
I don't want to apply CSS to the <li> elements.
So, in that case, do I need to use the element name for the <li> tag. i.e. <li class="nav__list">...</li> ?
Can I just use the element name for the anchor tag without giving element name nav__list to the <li> element?
Here is what I am thinking to do because I don't want to apply styles to the CSS to <li>:
<ul class="nav">
<li><a href="#" class="nav__link>Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="nav__link>Services</a></li>
</ul>
first of all, you should have to follow BEM most of the developer followers BEM only because BEM is good at the naming convention and it's shows the standard naming convention for coding. it depends on you if you want to use BEM you can use or else it's your wish but I suggest you follow BEM it's good in standard.
you can use this
<ul class="nav">
<li class="nav__list"></li>
<li class="nav__list"></li>
</ul>
as well as this one
<ul class="nav">
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
now you don't want to give style to li but in future client say you to give style to li that time what you will do again you will change the code so you have to use this below HTML code
<ul class="nav">
<li class="nav__list"></li>
<li class="nav__list"></li>
</ul>
I am working on a bespoke WordPress build and for some reason, I just cannot get some anchor links to work. It's driving me potty and I just don't know what the problem is.
I have discovered, static anchor links are working fine (the back to top button works). However, I am using Advanced Custom Fields to generate ID's for the anchor tags. The IDs are generating correctly, but won't work as anchor tags.
Anyone have any ideas? The bit I am referring to is the service boxes near the bottom of the page. The idea being you click on these and that they will take you to the services page, and down to the relevant section.
The markup I am using is:
<ul class="cf">
<li>
<div>
<a href="/services/#dimensional-surveys">
<div class="filter"></div>
<img width="500" height="600" src="pexels-photo-175771-500x600.jpeg" class="attachment-feature size-feature" alt="" />
<h3>3D Dimensional Surveys</h3>
</a>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="service-list cf">
<li id="#dimensional-surveys">
<div class="feature" style="background-image:url(pexels-photo-175771.jpeg);">
</div>
</li>
</ul>
Just remove the # from id and it will work.
<ul>
<li id="example"></li>
</ul>
I have looked at your page
The point where an ancor should jump to should have no #
You do: <li id="#dimensional-surveys">
But do just <li id="dimensional-surveys">
Fix that first and test again.
You don't want the '#' on the anchor: <li id="#example"></li> should be <li id="example"></li>
Can you guys please tell me that the following code is valid or invalid ? can i use div tag inside list?
<ul>
<li> Sample
<ul>
<li> Main </li>
<div>
<p> </p>
</div>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
No, it's not valid because <div> tag is not allowed inside a <ul> element, you'll need to add it inside a <li> tag to make it valid:
<li> Main </li>
<li><div><p> </p></div></li>
I recommend you to use http://validator.w3.org/check instead of asking here in SO.
I have a weirdest thing, in this peace of code a browser adds tags automatically. I disabled all javascript and css, left only simple HTML and still see tags added. Here is my code:
<div id="menu-contact" class="menuNew">
<ul class="navi-list">
<li class="goto">Go to:</li>
<li id="whats">Welcome!</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Shop</li>
<li><a class="active" href="#menu-contact">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
and here is what firefox4 sees:
<div id="menu-contact" class="menuNew">
<a> </a>
<ul class="navi-list">
<a>
<li class="goto">Go to:</li>
</a>
<li id="whats">
<a></a>
Welcome!
</li>
<li>
About
</li>
<li>
Shop
</li>
<li>
<a class="active" href="#menu-contact">Contact</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
It basically surrounds each tag by a tag. Again, I removed all js and css references..any idea what's going on?? Funny thing, that I have the same code (with unique IDs) in the same page and it renders normally.. only the last snippet adds tags..
My best guess absent a link to a live example is that there is a stray <a> somewhere above that element, and Firefox is attempting to apply it to all the elements below, and of course not having a very happy time of it. A quick HTML validation will reveal if something like that is going on, since either the <a> is unclosed (invalid) or the <ul> is inside it (also invalid).
If that doesn't explain it (which is entirely possible, since I'm just speculating wildly), consider crafting a live example we can inspect in detail. Certainly what you're describing is not normal Firefox behavior, so any clues we can get to what makes your situation different will help.