to fix euro symbol, simply use € entity.
i still have problems with tables...
since i was afraid i made a mess somewhere in index.php, i just tried with a new fresh copy of index.php.
so, this is the part of code:
<?php
} else { // default page
?>
<td width="100%" valign="top"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="pageHeading"><?php echo HEADING_TITLE; ?></td>
<td class="pageHeading" align="right"><?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'table_background_default.gif', HEADING_TITLE, HEADING_IMAGE_WIDTH, HEADING_IMAGE_HEIGHT); ?></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '10'); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="main"><?php echo tep_customer_greeting(); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '10'); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="main"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_STAR_PRODUCT); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '10'); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_NEW_PRODUCTS); ?></td>
</tr>
<?php
include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS);
?>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
<?php
}
?>
but now it's worse than before, since i can see with my eyes there are problems with tables looking at the page... (right column doesn't begin on top...).
and this is the interesting part on the validation page:
any hint?