1065 2005-01-28 14:33:47 +0000 Untrue error statement 2005-01-29 12:38:00 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator check 0.6.7 PC Linux RESOLVED INVALID http://webworks.hdcompany.nl/cgi/engine.cgi/Contact2 P2 trivial --- 1 sinister link www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 2925 0 sinister 2005-01-28 14:33:47 +0000 At the given URL the validator complains of an unclosed </p>, yet this is not true... (I checked it twice) What is true; the html is not valid html-4.01-transitional, since the <p> tag contains a block-element (<form> to be precise). Instead of saying something like '<form> not allowed in <p>' you get a nice wild-goose-chase message. I tried the same with more simplified HTML (http://webworks.hdcompany.nl/test.html) but this gave the same results. 2926 1 ville.skytta 2005-01-29 12:38:00 +0000 The validator does not complain about an unclosed <p>, it's telling you that you have a </p> end tag for which you don't have an opening <p> for. Which is indeed what you've got. </p> is optional in HTML 4.x, and because <p> cannot contain <form>, it is implicitly closed just before the form begins. You'll see this by checking the "show parse tree" checkbox in the results view and revalidating. IOW, the following two are equivalent in HTML 4.x: <p><form>...</form></p> <p></p><form>...</form></p> The syntax of X(HT)ML is more explicit, so in case you wish to avoid pitfalls like this and other similar ones, looking into it might be a good idea.