How to fix: Attribute name not allowed on element meta at this point.

[kirupa]

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!

[kirupa]

Hi Zach,

The screenshot is here: http://sirocco-web-design.com/metatags-screenshot.png

Thanks for replying!

[kirupa]

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.

[zldoty]

Could you please provide screen shot of code or code sample? Thanks!

[Nigel_Carr]

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"/>