Hi All

I have just hit an interesting problem... I am using a Masterpage with 2 contentplaceholder controls within it. The content fed into these placeholders can vary and on quite a few pages include <p> and <table> tags.

When trying to XHTML validate theses pages using http://validator.w3.org I can't get passed the following error:

document type does not allow element "table" here; missing one of "object", "applet", "map", "iframe", "button", "ins", "del" start-tag .
One possible cause for this message is that you have attempted to put a block-level element (such as "<p>" or "<table>") inside an inline element (such as "<a>", "<span>", or "").


... What I have noticed is that the contentplaceholders produce <span> tags on the client side which stuff my validation up.

Has anyone found a way to overcome this obstacle? If so it would be great if you could share with all of us.

Warm Regards

Rit

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Hi Rit,

Can you link to, or show us the code for the offending page?

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Beginning Dreamweaver MX / MX 2004

Really sorry about this. I rushed into this one too quick.. Its not the contentplaceholder control but rather the Label control which I am using to deliver my data driven content.

It produces Span tags such as:

<span id="ctl00_MainContent_Content_pgContentLabel">MY CONTENT</span>

And according to the W3C error above, I am not allowed <table> or <p> nested within <SPAN> tags.

Is there a better way to deliver content rather than using a asp:Label control?

Many thanks

Rit

When done with this string I will rename the title so that it is referring to my real issue rather than my misunderstanding... at least then it may be useful for others similar to me.

Ta

Rit

Hi Rit,

Right, I see. Indeed a label shouldn't be used for this kind of content. A label is just that, a piece of text describing or defining something.

I think what you're looking for is the asp:Literal control.

This control behaves more or less the same as the Label, but it doesn't render any markup itself.

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Beginning Dreamweaver MX / MX 2004

Imar, Once again you are spot on.

A BIG thank you!

Rit

You're welcome....

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Beginning Dreamweaver MX / MX 2004