Validation issues with generated HTML:

  • Resolved llaughy

    (@llaughy)


    13 years, 9 months ago

    I am loving this plugin, but I am getting validation errors on the generated HTML for the tables. There is a paragraph being started, and then the table is inserted in the paragraph, and then the paragraph is ended. HTML looks like this:

    <p id="top" /><strong>
<table id="wp-table-reloaded-id-10-no-1" class="wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-10"> . . .

. . . </table>
</strong></p>

    Is there some way to correct this so that my pages with tables will validate? I can’t find where this “<p id=”top” />” is being generated but it may have something to do with the description section of the table. I took out my description and changed the settings so that the description isn’t shown, but this bit of HTML is still being inserted. Thanks for any help!

    Using version 1.9.1

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  • Plugin Author Tobias B?thge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    the <p> is probably added by your theme. To check that, can you temparily switch to the WordPress Default theme and check if that validates?

    The <strong> might be coming from copy and pasting the Shortcode into the post. Can you go to the “Edit” screen of your post/page and check what you see in the “HTML editor” (and not in the “Visual editor”)?

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter llaughy

    (@llaughy)

    Thank you Tobias for your quick reply –

    You are correct about the <strong> coming from the copy/paste of the shortcode, and I was able to eliminate that.

    The <p id="top" /> is still present when I switch to the Twenty Ten theme, so I started dissecting my page template and found that if I removed this from the page <?php the_content('Continue Reading &raquo;'); ?> the stray code disappears. I found information here:
    Link Jumps to More or Top of Page and added the suggested code to my functions.php file – which removed the <p id="top" /> but not the closing p. Will continue to see what I can do to clean this up.

    Thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction and helping me sort this out!

    Plugin Author Tobias B?thge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    then likely the <p> is added by another plugin, likely through the the_content filter hook.
    The WordPress core uses a <span> for the “More” link, so that’s not where it is coming from.
    Also, I don’t recommend to add the code that you added, as the page says that it should only be needed for older WordPress versions < 2.7.

    Can you try to find which plugin adds this, by temporarily deactivating them (and while using the WordPress Default theme)?

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter llaughy

    (@llaughy)

    Hello Tobias –

    That did the trick – thank you so much for helping! I found it on the first plugin I deactivated – Inline Posts – and now the pages are validating perfectly!

    I really appreciate your help with this, especially when it isn’t even your plugin causing the error. I am thrilled with WP-Table Reloaded – it is such a powerful tool to add to WordPress.

    Many, many thanks!

    Plugin Author Tobias B?thge

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    no problem, you are very welcome! ??

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

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