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 Nov 17 2005, 03:03 AM
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Newbie [Level 1]  Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 16-November 05 Member No.: 14,418  |
Did you ever do a script and think... How do I know if it is going to display right for everyone.... How do I know my HTML is pure 100% clean, well, think no more... http://validator.w3.org/ - on that URL, you can put in your URL and it tells you how many errors and it displays the errors in your coding!!
example: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%...&doctype=Inline Displays 51 errors! Enjoy  Jack |
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Nov 17 2005, 04:26 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 102 Joined: 23-September 05 From: Ontario Canada Member No.: 12,186 |
I went to this site as you suggested and from what I can see, it
QUOTE validates conformance to W3C Recommendations and standards It doesn't check your html for errors but for non-conformance to those standards. I entered the URL for my own website, which by the way displays and performs very well, and came up with 17 compliance issues....not html errors. So I think you may have misunderstood what this organization does. |
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Nov 17 2005, 04:32 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,161 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Brisbane, QLD Member No.: 6,818 |
QUOTE(moogie @ Nov 17 2005, 02:26 PM) So I think you may have misunderstood what this organization does. No, I think it's you who's misunderstood. If the validator finds errors, they're errors, not compliance issues. Just cos your site might display how you think it should doesn't mean that your code doesn't have errors, especially if you're using a loose doctype (or even if you have one at all). |
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Nov 17 2005, 04:55 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 102 Joined: 23-September 05 From: Ontario Canada Member No.: 12,186 |
Thanks Tyssen. You are right of course. Errors are errors. And you're also right about a site displaying even if it has errors and mine did come up with errors.
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Nov 17 2005, 12:03 PM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 503 Joined: 22-September 04 From: Worcester/Milton Keynes (UK) Member No.: 1,226 |
newbie questions . . . .
but why do you need to make a website 100% validated? Whats the problem if it views allright in all borwsers? How can you make your code "correct"? Why doesn't software liek Dreamweaver create the "correct" code in the first place? |
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Nov 17 2005, 12:11 PM
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 3,965 Joined: 24-July 05 From: In Trouble Again... still? Member No.: 9,787  |
Another point to be made here.
Even if your page goes through the validation process without errors it may not (actually probably won't) display the same in all browsers. The Standards applied are reccomended standards. Not enforced. So various browsers read and interpret them differently which results in the displayed output being similar perhaps, but almost never the same on any two browsers. Firefox (and I am not going to rant about how good it is or isn't) and Opera (same) seem to be the most compliant to the standards. IE requires the most hacks or fixes. I believe the standards are a good thing and I hope the next version of Internet Explorer moves closer to the standards. It would be so much nicer to not have these issues. |
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Nov 17 2005, 12:13 PM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 503 Joined: 22-September 04 From: Worcester/Milton Keynes (UK) Member No.: 1,226 |
I just dont see the point of spending the time if the most used browser isn't very compliant.
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Nov 17 2005, 07:56 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 177 Joined: 21-April 05 From: Scotland Member No.: 5,976 |
All it really did for my site is tell me things like
"Marginwidth = 0" and would say thats wrong because i didnt need margin width in there at all......still wouldnt make a difference..just really cleared up exess ..uneeded html if you ask me  ...and gave me into trouble for not having a # before my colour numbers ..but at least i finally found out what this validated stuff was all about.. .
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Nov 25 2005, 04:50 PM
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Never alone with Christ Group: Members Posts: 647 Joined: 22-July 05 Member No.: 9,713 |
Hey thanks for the topic, this will be great. My site is scratch HTML and I am sure it has plenty of errors that could stand to be fixed. I can't believe someone didn't think of this sooner, it will allow people to perfect their codes. Just need one for javascript, html combined. Thanks again!
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