Strange W3C Validation Issue

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Using a Strict dtd, I’m getting an error for a line of code that
doesn’t even exist in the source for the page. The validator sees it
but I don’t. Is this just a validator hiccup or something else?

        <script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'

src=‘uctjd.js’>

Todd

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Could you post a link to the page where you get this error (not the
w3c, I mean the page that’s throwing the error). The validator is
usually pretty smart, so I doubt that’s it. But this script tag is
not valid, because there is no “language” property. Are you using any
Actions on the page?

Walter

On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Todd wrote:

Using a Strict dtd, I’m getting an error for a line of code that
doesn’t even exist in the source for the page. The validator sees it
but I don’t. Is this just a validator hiccup or something else?

        <script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'

src=‘uctjd.js’>

Todd

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It’s <http://www.xiiro.com/>. I’m using Weaver’s mooTools action, specifically the Effect on Load and the Remove DIV Style actions.

Todd

On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:42 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:

Could you post a link to the page where you get this error (not the
w3c, I mean the page that’s throwing the error). The validator is
usually pretty smart, so I doubt that’s it. But this script tag is
not valid, because there is no “language” property. Are you using any
Actions on the page?

Walter

On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Todd wrote:

Using a Strict dtd, I’m getting an error for a line of code that
doesn’t even exist in the source for the page. The validator sees it
but I don’t. Is this just a validator hiccup or something else?

Todd

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I see a slightly different error, but only that the filename is
different.

5

Nope. Nothing unusual in the markup dialog. It’s weird, why doesn’t
it show up in the actual html file? If the validator sees it then
shouldn’t it be visible in the source file?

Is it possible that someone nasty somehow added evil code through the
server? Last week the page validated with the same actions then
almost overnight it doesn’t. Nothing changed in between. It just
feels sketchy.

Todd

On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:

I see a slightly different error, but only that the filename is
different.

Line 42, Column 17: there is no attribute “language”.

This happens right around the statcounter code, take a look in your
Page > HTML Markup dialog and see if there’s any hand-written code
there with the language attribute. Be sure to check both the Master
page and the actual home “child” page too.

Walter

On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Todd wrote:

Using a Strict dtd, I’m getting an error for a line of code that
doesn’t even exist in the source for the page. The validator sees it
but I don’t. Is this just a validator hiccup or something else?

        <script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'

src=‘uctjd.js’>

Todd

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Take a look in your server with an FTP application, and see if there
are any JS files in the site root with similar names. The fact that
you and I saw different filenames in the same area of the code would
argue that there is something server-side which is inserting this code.

Walter

On Jan 1, 2008, at 2:07 PM, Todd wrote:

Nope. Nothing unusual in the markup dialog. It’s weird, why doesn’t
it show up in the actual html file? If the validator sees it then
shouldn’t it be visible in the source file?

Is it possible that someone nasty somehow added evil code through the
server? Last week the page validated with the same actions then
almost overnight it doesn’t. Nothing changed in between. It just
feels sketchy.

Todd

On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:

I see a slightly different error, but only that the filename is
different.

Line 42, Column 17: there is no attribute “language”.

This happens right around the statcounter code, take a look in your
Page > HTML Markup dialog and see if there’s any hand-written code
there with the language attribute. Be sure to check both the Master
page and the actual home “child” page too.

Walter

On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Todd wrote:

Using a Strict dtd, I’m getting an error for a line of code that
doesn’t even exist in the source for the page. The validator sees it
but I don’t. Is this just a validator hiccup or something else?

        <script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'

src=‘uctjd.js’>

Todd

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There are a lot of js files on the server but I don’t see anything
even remotely similar in name and the only ones having anything to do
with the actual site look ok, name-wise.

Todd

On Jan 1, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:

Take a look in your server with an FTP application, and see if there
are any JS files in the site root with similar names. The fact that
you and I saw different filenames in the same area of the code would
argue that there is something server-side which is inserting this
code.

Walter

On Jan 1, 2008, at 2:07 PM, Todd wrote:

Nope. Nothing unusual in the markup dialog. It’s weird, why doesn’t
it show up in the actual html file? If the validator sees it then
shouldn’t it be visible in the source file?

Is it possible that someone nasty somehow added evil code through the
server? Last week the page validated with the same actions then
almost overnight it doesn’t. Nothing changed in between. It just
feels sketchy.

Todd

On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:

I see a slightly different error, but only that the filename is
different.

Line 42, Column 17: there is no attribute “language”.

This happens right around the statcounter code, take a look in your
Page > HTML Markup dialog and see if there’s any hand-written code
there with the language attribute. Be sure to check both the Master
page and the actual home “child” page too.

Walter

On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Todd wrote:

Using a Strict dtd, I’m getting an error for a line of code that
doesn’t even exist in the source for the page. The validator
sees it
but I don’t. Is this just a validator hiccup or something else?

        <script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'

src=‘uctjd.js’>

Todd

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This is very disturbing. The code that was causing the error
previously is now gone. On the plus side, your page validates. On the
minus side, I think your server may be compromised in some way.

Walter

On Jan 1, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Todd wrote:

There are a lot of js files on the server but I don’t see anything
even remotely similar in name and the only ones having anything to do
with the actual site look ok, name-wise.

Todd

On Jan 1, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:

Take a look in your server with an FTP application, and see if there
are any JS files in the site root with similar names. The fact that
you and I saw different filenames in the same area of the code would
argue that there is something server-side which is inserting this
code.

Walter

On Jan 1, 2008, at 2:07 PM, Todd wrote:

Nope. Nothing unusual in the markup dialog. It’s weird, why doesn’t
it show up in the actual html file? If the validator sees it then
shouldn’t it be visible in the source file?

Is it possible that someone nasty somehow added evil code through
the
server? Last week the page validated with the same actions then
almost overnight it doesn’t. Nothing changed in between. It just
feels sketchy.

Todd

On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:54 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:

I see a slightly different error, but only that the filename is
different.

Line 42, Column 17: there is no attribute “language”.

This happens right around the statcounter code, take a look in your
Page > HTML Markup dialog and see if there’s any hand-written code
there with the language attribute. Be sure to check both the Master
page and the actual home “child” page too.

Walter

On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Todd wrote:

Using a Strict dtd, I’m getting an error for a line of code that
doesn’t even exist in the source for the page. The validator
sees it
but I don’t. Is this just a validator hiccup or something else?

        <script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'

src=‘uctjd.js’>

Todd

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Here’s something: I use Have Host and since the recent server upgrade
there is a new directory named ‘suspended.page’ with one index.html
file inside which I never saw before the server switch. I just now
deleted the directory just to see what would happen and the page now
validates. I assumed this was part of the new server system but could
it be something else?

Todd

On Jan 1, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Walter Lee Davis wrote:

Take a look in your server with an FTP application, and see if there
are any JS files in the site root with similar names.

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