HTML Validation Error

Below is error that I'm receiving when I tried to validate my HTML at http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input.

Error Message:

This page is not Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional!
Result: Failed validation, 1 Error
File: upload://Form Submission

Encoding: utf-8
Doctype: HTML 4.01 Transitional
Root Element: html

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Validation Output: 1 Error
Line 22, Column 12: required attribute "ALT" not specified.
height="200"> ✉
The attribute given above is required for an element that you've used, but you have omitted it. For instance, in most HTML and XHTML document types the "type" attribute is required on the "script" element and the "alt" attribute is required for the "img" element.

Typical values for type are type="text/css" for <style> and type="text/javascript" for <script>.

Source Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01

Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<html>

<head>

<title>Rouse Webpage</title>

</head>

<body bgcolor="tan" link="blue" vlink="#ff33ff" alink="red">

<img src="Retirement.jpg" align="right" width="200"

height="200">

<p align= "center"><font color="FFFFFF"> <b>The following is

a biography of me and my family:</b></font> <br><br>We met

each other at Fort Huachuca, Arizona during the spring of

1992. <br>Auntrill and I later got married November 19,

1993. Auntrill was in the military at the time until she<br>

got out in 1994. Auntrill became pregnant with our daughter

and gave birth to our daughter October 3, 1992. Our daughter

was born three months premature, and had to remain in an

incubator in the hospital until she was able to come

home.</p>

<p align= "center"><br><br><i>My tours with my family

include:</i> <br><br>three assignments in Germany, three at

<u>Fort Huachuca, AZ, and one at South, Korea.</u> We have

been<br> married over 13 years, and our daughter is 11 years

old.I'm a native of South Carolina. I was born in small town

called Timmonsville, S.C.<br> They majority of my childhood

was raised in country with my parents. I never lived outside

the state of S.C. until I join the military<br> three weeks

after I graduated from high school in 1987. My wife is a

native of Louisiana. She was born in New Orleans, La.<br>

She lived most of her life in Lutcher, la and moved to Mount

Airy, La. ASA teen. She joined the military in 1989, a month

after finishing high school.<br> I'm retired at Fort

Huachuca, AZ with my family after more than 20 years of

service. Here is a picture of me, and my<br> wife during my

Retirement Ceremony April 27, 2007.<br></p>

<p align= "left">The follow URL is a link to my Internet

home page:<a href= "http://www.msn.com">Click here</a> to

view my home page.</p>

<p align= "left">Below is table with two columns and two

rows:</p>

<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>row 1, cell 1</td>
<td>row 1, cell 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>row 2, cell 1</td>
<td>row 2, cell 2</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>

</html>
[3842 byte] By [kottyn] at [2007-11-20 10:49:58]
# 1 Re: HTML Validation Error
I don't know what to say... It's all so clear in the error you got:
Validation Output: 1 Error
Line 22, Column 12: required attribute "ALT" not specified.
The attribute given above is required for an element that you've used, but you have omitted it. For instance, in most HTML and XHTML document types the "type" attribute is required on the "script" element and the "alt" attribute is required for the "img" element.
andreasblixt at 2007-11-10 3:26:47 >
# 2 Re: HTML Validation Error
just add the attribute alt="somecaption" to your img node. eg

<img src="Retirement.jpg" align="right" width="200"
height="200" alt="your caption here">
jkmyoung at 2007-11-10 3:27:50 >
# 3 Re: HTML Validation Error
Thanks - For the Help.
kottyn at 2007-11-10 3:28:48 >