Common problems found in HTML

Problem 2 - The use of the ampersand "&"

You should not use only the ampersand "&" to represent "and" in any text to be displayed in HTML. The ampersand "&" is a special code character used to define different ASCII text characters in HTML or XHTML and your browser may have difficulty with its interpretation. If you want an ampersand "&" to appear in the text, use the HTML character code "&" (don't forget the semi-colon at the end of "&") which will be interpreted correctly by any browser as the ampersand "&" and the browser will display only the ampersand. Browsers are currently ignoring the error, but will start giving your readers an error message in the future.

Problem 3 - The use of the element

The use of the element is being deleted and soon will give browsers an error on your page content. Use the "" or "" element in place of the deprecated "font" element in your code or add the style in your CSS. For example:

Instead of:


Write:


or


or in CSS, write a style class to be called from the CSS file.
.fontstyle {
color:#900;
font-size:14px;
}

Then use the class attribute in your HTML, such as:


<tr class="fontstyle">
<td class="fontstyle">

Using class definitions in your CSS file will save a lot of redundant typing in your HTML.

Common HTML Problems

Problems when writing HTML

Common problems found in HTML

Problem 2 - The use of the ampersand "&"

Problem 3 - The use of the <font> element