HTML W3C Validation kicks out validation error related to "&"
I am running some validation tests on a new site that I am working on and validating against HTML5 kicks the following errors, should these ampersands all be "&"?
Thank you.
- Line 245, Column 118: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …vt_captchasecurityimages.php?width=225&height=75&field=Security_Code&bgcolor=7… ✉
- Line 245, Column 128: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …securityimages.php?width=225&height=75&field=Security_Code&bgcolor=776415&tran… ✉
- Line 245, Column 148: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …idth=225&height=75&field=Security_Code&bgcolor=776415&transparent=0&bgimage=&g… ✉
- Line 245, Column 163: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …=75&field=Security_Code&bgcolor=776415&transparent=0&bgimage=&gridfreq=50&grid… ✉
- Line 245, Column 177: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …rity_Code&bgcolor=776415&transparent=0&bgimage=&gridfreq=50&gridcolor=CC2849&g… ✉
- Line 245, Column 186: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …&bgcolor=776415&transparent=0&bgimage=&gridfreq=50&gridcolor=CC2849&gridorder=… ✉
- Line 245, Column 198: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …415&transparent=0&bgimage=&gridfreq=50&gridcolor=CC2849&gridorder=behind&noise… ✉
- Line 245, Column 215: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …&bgimage=&gridfreq=50&gridcolor=CC2849&gridorder=behind&noisefreq=10&noisecolo… ✉
- Line 245, Column 232: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …q=50&gridcolor=CC2849&gridorder=behind&noisefreq=10&noisecolor=0099FF&noiseord… ✉
- Line 245, Column 245: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …r=CC2849&gridorder=behind&noisefreq=10&noisecolor=0099FF&noiseorder=behind&cha… ✉
- Line 245, Column 263: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …=behind&noisefreq=10&noisecolor=0099FF&noiseorder=behind&characters=5&charheig… ✉
- Line 245, Column 281: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …10&noisecolor=0099FF&noiseorder=behind&characters=5&charheight=&font=fonts/MYT… ✉
- Line 245, Column 294: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …=0099FF&noiseorder=behind&characters=5&charheight=&font=fonts/MYTYPE.TTF&textc… ✉
- Line 245, Column 306: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …eorder=behind&characters=5&charheight=&font=fonts/MYTYPE.TTF&textcolor=E4D4AA"… ✉
- Line 245, Column 328: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …rs=5&charheight=&font=fonts/MYTYPE.TTF&textcolor=E4D4AA" alt="security code" w… ✉
- Line 245, Column 501: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.) …ng" height="18" onClick="document.getElementById('capt1').src+='&ref=1'"></div> ✉
- Line 245, Column 509: An img element must have an alt attribute, except under certain conditions. For details, consult guidance on providing text alternatives for images. …ng" height="18" onClick="document.getElementById('capt1').src+='&ref=1'"></div>