HTML Checking for Large Sites

The <script> tag allows authors to include dynamic scripts and data blocks in their documents. When the src is present, this tag accepts a type attribute which must be either:

• an empty string
• text/javascript (that’s the default, so it can be omitted)
• module

Examples:

<!-- This is valid, without a type it defaults to JavaScript -->
<script src="app.js"></script>

<!-- This is valid, but will warn that it can be omitted -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="app.js"></script>

<!-- An empty attribute is valid, but will warn that it can be omitted -->
<script type="" src="app.js"></script>

<!-- The module keyword is also valid as a type -->
<script type="module" src="app.js"></script>

<!-- Any other type is invalid -->
<script type="wrong" src="app.js"></script>
<script type="text/html" src="app.js"></script>
<script type="image/jpeg" src="app.js"></script>

The async attribute is boolean: the presence of a boolean attribute on an element represents the true value, and the absence of the attribute represents the false value. As a boolean attribute, it does not need to be passed any value such as true or 1 to activate the async property.

For classic scripts, if the async attribute is present, then the classic script will be fetched in parallel to parsing and evaluated as soon as it is available.

For module scripts, if the async attribute is present then the scripts and all their dependencies will be executed in the defer queue, therefore they will get fetched in parallel to parsing and evaluated as soon as they are available.

<script async src="app.js"></script>

<script async type="module">
  /* JavaScript module code here */
</script>

The charset attribute on a <script> element can be used to specify the character encoding of an external script, whose URL should be specified on the src attribute.

If the script is not external, then the charset attribute should not be used, as the character encoding of the HTML document will be used.

The defer and async boolean attributes of the <script> element control how an external script should be executed once it has been downloaded. These attributes only make sense when referring to external scripts, so a src attribute must also be present to specify the location of the script.

Example:

<script defer src="app.js"></script>

If your script is not external, and is inlined within the HTML document, then you should remove the defer attribute, like in this example:

<script>
  console.log("hello");
</script>

An <iframe> element allows to embed an HTML document inside another HTML document, and its src attribute is indicated the source URL of the embedded web page. The src attribute is a required attribute, so it cannot be blank.

Example:

<iframe src="https://example.com/map.html"></iframe>

The src attribute on an <img> element contains an invalid character, that should be properly encoded as a URI percent-encoded character.

The src attribute for <img> tags is required, to define the source of the image, like in this example:

<img src="photo.jpg" alt="wombat" />

The value rocketlazyloadscript used in a <script> tag is not a valid one according to the HTML specification. It is introduced by the WP Rocket Wordpress extension.

An <iframe> element allows to embed an HTML document inside another HTML document, and its src attribute is indicated the source URL of the embedded web page. The query part of that URL contains one or more space characters, which are not allowed, for example:

<iframe src="https://maps.google.it/maps?q=2700 6th Avenue"></iframe>

You should properly escape all space characters as %20 like this:

<iframe src="https://maps.google.it/maps?q=2700%206th%20Avenue"></iframe>

This error message indicates that there is a backslash (\) used in a URL, which is not a valid character for URL paths.

You’ll need to replace the backslashes with forward slashes (/) in the URL path segments.

Here’s an example of a correct img tag using a valid URL path:

<img src="https://example.com/img/small/photo.png" alt="example image">

Also, make sure that the URL is correct and that the image file actually exists in the specified location.