ICT1513
Chapter 2
Lesson 5
Using Symbol Entities
Validating HTML
documents
Objectives
• You will have mastered the material in this
lesson when you can:
– Insert symbol codes and other character entities
– Describe and use heading elements
– Describe the benefits of validating web documents
– Validate an HTML template
Using Symbol Entities
• A symbol can be added to an HTML
webpage by typing its HTML entity name
or entity number
– Inserting an HTML character entity in the
code displays a reserved HTML character
on the webpage
– Entity name is an abbreviated name
– Entity number is a combination of the pound
sign (#) and a numeric code
Using Symbol Entities (continued 1)
• Add content and a symbol to the footer
section
Figure 2-24
Using Symbol Entities (continued 2)
• Add text and nonbreaking spaces to the
nav section
Figure 2-23
Validating HTML Documents
• After creation of an HTML file, the
document is validated to verify HTML
code validity
– Validator checks for errors, indicates where
they are located, and suggests corrections
• If the validator detects an error in an HTML
code, it displays a warning in the header bar
• Result line below the header bar shows the
number of errors in the document
Validating HTML Documents (continued 1)
• Validate the webpage template
Figure 2-26
Validating HTML Documents (continued 2)
• Validate an HTML document with errors
Figure 2-29
