Validation error for anchors

eggheadbooks1 · 09-08-2016, 06:55 PM

I added three anchors within a chapter so that I could create links to them in the NCX TOC. When I check the file in Sigil (F7), no errors arise. However, when I validate the file in Pagina's ePub-Checker (the IDPF's site is down right now), I get an error for each anchor:

"Error while parsing the file 'element "a" not allowed here; expected the element end-tag or element "address", "blockquote"... [and so on]."

The code for the anchor, and its position, is this:

Code:

<a id="Links"></a><p class="Left">FOLLOW LINKS</p>

I tried moving the closing </a> to the end of the line but that did not work.

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

DNSB · 09-08-2016, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eggheadbooks1

I added three anchors within a chapter so that I could create links to them in the NCX TOC. When I check the file in Sigil (F7), no errors arise. However, when I validate the file in Pagina's ePub-Checker (the IDPF's site is down right now), I get an error for each anchor:

"Error while parsing the file 'element "a" not allowed here; expected the element end-tag or element "address", "blockquote"... [and so on]."

The code for the anchor, and its position, is this:

Code:

<a id="Links"></a><p class="Left">FOLLOW LINKS</p>

I tried moving the closing </a> to the end of the line but that did not work.

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

I'd suggest moving the <a></a> tags within the </p></p> tags.

Code:

<p class="Left"><a id="Links"></a>FOLLOW LINKS</p>

FlightCrew and EpubCheck running as Sigil plugins are both happy with that structure.

DiapDealer · 09-08-2016, 07:22 PM

Remember that F7 is only a quick and dirty well-formed check, to make sure tags are properly closed and not illegally nested. It's not a standards validator. It's only meant to catch that which would prevent you from saving an epub or switching to Book View and the like.

eggheadbooks1 · 09-08-2016, 07:32 PM

David,

That worked, thank you!

The mistake I made when first trying to fix it, besides moving the closing </a> tag, was placing my cursor inside the text and trying to add an anchor that way; that resulted in a Sigil error telling me I had to select text, but that resulted in unwanted hyperlinked text.

09-08-2016, 06:55 PM	#1
eggheadbooks1 Read, don't parrot. Posts: 224 Karma: 110242 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle Fire, Kobo Touch, Aldiko for Android	Validation error for anchors I added three anchors within a chapter so that I could create links to them in the NCX TOC. When I check the file in Sigil (F7), no errors arise. However, when I validate the file in Pagina's ePub-Checker (the IDPF's site is down right now), I get an error for each anchor: "Error while parsing the file 'element "a" not allowed here; expected the element end-tag or element "address", "blockquote"... [and so on]." The code for the anchor, and its position, is this: Code: <a id="Links"></a><p class="Left">FOLLOW LINKS</p> I tried moving the closing </a> to the end of the line but that did not work. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Thanks

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DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Remember that F7 is only a quick and dirty well-formed check, to make sure tags are properly closed and not illegally nested. It's not a standards validator. It's only meant to catch that which would prevent you from saving an epub or switching to Book View and the like.

09-08-2016, 07:32 PM	#4
eggheadbooks1 Read, don't parrot. Posts: 224 Karma: 110242 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle Fire, Kobo Touch, Aldiko for Android	David, That worked, thank you! The mistake I made when first trying to fix it, besides moving the closing </a> tag, was placing my cursor inside the text and trying to add an anchor that way; that resulted in a Sigil error telling me I had to select text, but that resulted in unwanted hyperlinked text.

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