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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	You're confusing the <tag/> syntax with the normal <tag>...</tag> syntax. Let's review: 1. In XML or XHTML, all tags must be closed. <div>...</div>, <br></br>, and <img...></img>, for instance. 2. When a tag is empty, you're allowed to replace it with the simpler <tag/> syntax. For instance, <br/> replaces <br></br>, <img.../> replaces <img...></img>. 3. When using this shortcut, you're allowed to put an extra space before the trailing slash, so that older browsers don't choke: <br />, <img... /> for instance. What you've done in index1 is this: <div id="logo"> <a href="http://www.ozoneasylum.com"><img src="images/asylum_logo.jpg" width="299" height="84" alt="Home of the Mad Scientists" border="0"><a/> <div/> <div id="box"> <a href="http://www.ozoneasylum.com/">OZONE Asylum, home of the Mad Scientists<a/> <div/> ... which is equivalent to this: <div id="logo"> <a href="http://www.ozoneasylum.com"><img src="images/asylum_logo.jpg" width="299" height="84" alt="Home of the Mad Scientists" border="0"><a/> <div></div> <div id="box"> <a href="http://www.ozoneasylum.com/">OZONE Asylum, home of the Mad Scientists<a/> <div></div> See? index2, however, was correct. If a tag is not empty, you cannot use the <tag/> syntax with it in any way. Loading...
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