5641 2008-04-13 09:45:20 +0000 character "" not allowed in prolog 2009-01-29 15:54:14 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator check 0.8.2 PC Windows XP RESOLVED INVALID http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmaple-records.com%2F P2 normal --- 0 quick.webmaster dave.null ot www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 19795 0 quick.webmaster 2008-04-13 09:45:20 +0000 Error Line 1, Column 0: character "" not allowed in prolog. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3. Why is the above error even being displayed? Nothing before the DOCUTYPE declaration is a good thing! 19796 1 quick.webmaster 2008-04-14 01:18:56 +0000 The character  appears as nothing on the screen. Turning BOM off seemed to fix it but it still is a problem that needs to be fixed. 23324 2 ot 2009-01-29 15:54:14 +0000 The validator seems to be doing the right thing here. Two BOM chars at the beginning of the document is likely to be the sign of a buggy editor.