JerryK Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 Hello, I am using a template that contains 'XHTML 1. 0 Strict' and 'CSS Valid' links at the bottom of the Main page. I assume these must link to an engine that checks the web page(s) for standards. What is it exactly, should I use it, and should I keep the links on the web page?? This is my first web page for a client and I am sure they will ask what it is. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhaslip Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 If your pages/site meets the requirements as per the W3C Validators, you are entitled to display them on your site as confirmation that the page has been coded according to the standards in place. You can find the (x)html and css validators at the w3c.org site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryK Posted October 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 Thank you, When I click on them I get a message about missing header information. So something is not set up right I guess. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstonishDesigns Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Hi Jerry, When you have completely valid CSS and XHTML, you will get a green message when you click on those buttons. Go here: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ and type in www.yahoo.com You should get a correct validation message. This is not required, but is often regarded as good practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhaslip Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Thank you, When I click on them I get a message about missing header information. So something is not set up right I guess. Jerry Can you copy the error message into a posting here, please.The file needs to be on the web (live) for the validator to work properly. It won't link to aq file on your local machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtual Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 Jlhaslip wrote: The file needs to be on the web (live) for the validator to work properly. It won't link to aq file on your local machine. If you have Firefox web developper tool bar, you can validate local files by going to Tools - Validate Local HTML or CSS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSW Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 NOTE: Those buttons are not site wide, they stipulate that the page which has them validates, so if a page does not you don't use them on that page, as it is a template they are automatically included even if you break validation in your content for instance. I would argue the "Best Practice" comment, I know of few who consider it best practice. It only strokes the owner/designer's ego. It is meaningless to normal folks and to designers... we would expect it to validate with or without. They are useless on templates because pages show them rather they validate or not... and odds are if you use for instance a Flash header in the template, no pages will validate. Then you can break validation in your content easily to invalidate a single page... or in the case of Blogs etc., odds are hight that the user will invalidate your pages through their comments. So at any one time you may have many pages not validate and not know it. Bit embarrassing to claim validation when it in fact does not. So most designers I have discussed this with find them useless and/or misleading and therefore not best practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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