6308 2008-12-14 16:05:58 +0000 Bad value,,, for attribute href on element a: ILLEGAL_CHARACTER in FRAGMENT 2015-08-23 07:07:00 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML Checker General unspecified Macintosh MacOS X RESOLVED INVALID http://beta.handmade-paper.us/page/CPO/tk P2 minor --- 1 webmaster dave.null ot www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 22756 0 webmaster 2008-12-14 16:05:58 +0000 The url is for a fairly consistent test page at our dev site. W3C http://tinyurl.com/6ehmxk Bad value,,, for attribute href on element a: ILLEGAL_CHARACTER in FRAGMENT It is noting the closing bracket as a problem for this url Store_Code=CPO"> I am using doctype override feature of your form. # <a href="https://beta.handmade-paper.us/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=1e2d5d0f339cb704d2411cd7881f0173&amp;Screen=LOGN&amp;#38;Order=0&amp;#38;Store_Code=CPO">My Account</a> 22762 1 ot 2008-12-15 13:25:01 +0000 The "#38;" are the issue here. # is used in URIs to determine an fragment within the URI, e,g: http://example.com/resource#go_there but the fragment cannot have the "#" character in it. As a result, the validator complains (as it should) when seeing two of those in a URL.