Really 2 questions. Why is it that these bits of code dont validate to XHTML 1.0 Strict. XHTML 1.0 Strict is a project requirement.
Line 2 causes the problem
document type does not allow element ‘input’ here; missing one of ‘p’, ‘h1’, ‘h2’, ‘h3’, ‘h4’, ‘h5’, ‘h6’, ‘div’, ‘pre’, ‘address’, ‘fieldset’, ‘ins’, ‘del’ start-tag.
<form enctype='multipart/form-data' action='upload.php' method='post'> <input type='hidden' name='max_file_size' value='1048576' /> <table><tr><td><b>Image location: </b></td><td><input type='file' name='file' size='30'/></td></tr> <tr><td><b>Caption: </b></td><td><input type='text' name='caption' size='30'/></td></tr> <tr><td><input name='submit' type='submit' value='Upload' /></td><td>*(png, jpeg, jpg and gif files < 1mb)</td></tr></table> </form> And for line 2 and 3
document type does not allow element ‘input’ here; missing one of ‘p’, ‘h1’, ‘h2’, ‘h3’, ‘h4’, ‘h5’, ‘h6’, ‘div’, ‘pre’, ‘address’, ‘fieldset’, ‘ins’, ‘del’ start-tag.
<form action='#'> <input type='text' size='30' name='query' value='' onkeypress='return disableEnterKey(event)' /> <input type='button' name='searchButton' value='Search' onclick='loadResults(this.form)' /> </form>
You need to put your form inputs in a <fieldset> or other block tag. <input> elements are inline form elements, and inline elements may not appear in a block context. Try