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How to fix: Attribute name not allowed on element meta at this point.
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Hello,
HTML validator brings "Attribute name not allowed on element meta at this point" for all my meta tags. Yet, as I understand, it is essential to keep meta-description for SEO, for example. I read a couple of articles on how to fix that and one of them suggests considering HTML5 custom data attribute instead of name:
Do you think I should try to validate my page? And instead of ?
I will appreciate your advise very much!
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Hi Zach,
The screenshot is here: http://sirocco-web-design.com/metatags-screenshot.png
Thanks for replying!
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Hello,
Thanks for your reply! Please see the screenshot here: http://sirocco-web-design.com/metatags-screenshot.png
It looks like there is nothing wrong with it. I am really confused.
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Could you please provide screen shot of code or code sample? Thanks!
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Without seeing that section of code it's hard to say. I would assume that the meta tags are in the wrong position on the page from what you have posted. They need to be in the head element and should go: name="description" content=XXX"/>
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