Validate menu with parameters passed by GET method

[asdru]

Hi all,
first of all... GREATE WORK WITH THIS FANTASTIC MENU'!

Now, my problem is this...
I need to pass via-menu GET Method parameter so my submenu urls are something like this:

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 aI("text=Rings;url=index.php?nav=objects&rings=rings;"); 

Now come my prob... I want to validate my HTML... All my errors depend on the "&" and I can't replace with "&" because ";" will end url string...

There's a way to validate that?

Regards,
Asdru

[Ruth]

Hi,

Have you tried using the ampersand instead of the &? For example if you were to put in the text=objects&Rings; it would not consider the ; at the end of the ampersand as the end of the text string. Can you post a url so I can test things?

Ruth

[asdru]

Hi,

Have you tried using the ampersand instead of the &? For example if you were to put in the text=objects&Rings; it would not consider the ; at the end of the ampersand as the end of the text string. Can you post a url so I can test things?

Ruth

Can't post any link because I'm working on local computer...
Yes I tried... but like I wrote:

I can't replace with "&" because ";" will end url string...

and menu isn't shown...

[Ruth]

Hi,

Well, the w3c validator doesn't parse javascript so it should be ignoring it. If you have the menu on the page in script tags, then to force the validator to ignore it, try using cdata tags

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<script type="text/javascript"> 
// <![cdata[ 
_menuCloseDelay=500;
_menuOpenDelay=150;
_subOffsetTop=2;
_subOffsetLeft=-2;


menu stuff

// ]]> 
</script> 

That should make it ignore the &. Without having something for experiment, that's all I can suggest. Since the validator doesn't read js, it shouldn't be reading the menu_data.js file, so I have to assume you have this on the page in script tags.
If this isn't the case, perhaps you can paste a sample page with your menu data file and I'll experiment.

Ruth