Parsing errors

Gaia Neos · 09-09-2026, 11:27 AM

Ingram spark insists there's an error with one of my span tags. I've been through them all and can't find it so it's probably not something obvious, but I don't know much about how they work. Please tell me where the span error is
Thanks

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Doitsu · 09-09-2026, 11:47 AM

The validator does not like this line:

Code:

<span lang="en"><em><a >She</a></em></span>

You'll need to wrap the <span> tag in a block level tag. For example:

Code:

<p class="block_12"><span lang="en"><em><a >She</a></em></span></p>

Gaia Neos · 09-09-2026, 12:39 PM

I noticed that one was different but I didn't know it was a span issue. Thanks very much. it's working now

KevinH · 09-09-2026, 12:57 PM

And maybe in the future place these threads in the general EPUB forum where they can be seen by everyone since they really are not Sigil specific at all.

Thank you.

09-09-2026, 11:27 AM	#1
Gaia Neos Neophyte Mugwump Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2026 Location: Ireland Device: none	Parsing errors Ingram spark insists there's an error with one of my span tags. I've been through them all and can't find it so it's probably not something obvious, but I don't know much about how they work. Please tell me where the span error is Thanks Spoiler: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Unknown</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="page_styles.css"/> </head> <body class="calibre"> <p class="block_9" id="calibre_pb_1"> <span lang="en" class="text_3"> <span lang="en" class="text_4">Contents</span></span></p> <div style="white-space: pre"></div><p></p> <p class="block_11" lang="en" id="calibre_pb_4"><span class="calibre1"><a href="intro.html">Introduction</a></span></p> <p class="block_12"><span lang="en"><em><a href="in_the_forest.html">In the Forest of Antennas</a></em Moderator Notice Oops, something went south when I saved the spoilered. Please repost Last edited by theducks; 09-10-2026 at 11:59 AM. Reason: Please SPOILER Logs

09-09-2026, 11:47 AM	#2
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,934 Karma: 24259515 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	The validator does not like this line: Code: <span lang="en"><em><a >She</a></em></span> You'll need to wrap the <span> tag in a block level tag. For example: Code: <p class="block_12"><span lang="en"><em><a >She</a></em></span></p> Last edited by Doitsu; 09-09-2026 at 11:51 AM.

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09-09-2026, 12:39 PM	#3
Gaia Neos Neophyte Mugwump Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2026 Location: Ireland Device: none	I noticed that one was different but I didn't know it was a span issue. Thanks very much. it's working now

09-09-2026, 12:57 PM	#4
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 10,163 Karma: 7640000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	And maybe in the future place these threads in the general EPUB forum where they can be seen by everyone since they really are not Sigil specific at all. Thank you.