HTML code optimizer?

[Aaron1]

I maybe have a nice bandwidth tip, i haven't seen here before:

Download Absolute Html Compressor (Freeware)

And run all the contents from your templates through this tool.
That might save some kb's! Because it can:

- merge lines;
- remove unnecessary whitespace characters;
- remove unnecessary quotation marks

[Xenon]

@Aaron: nice script, but not needed, i like my templatestructures

Ok, think the beta is finished soon if there don't appear any more bugs....
Other Pages, yes, will do, but it's not that easy....
I currently look closer into showthread, but it's very hard to optimize it without rewrite it completly

@Lanigironu: Well, for forumdisplay a quite similar method can be used, there is already something in my mind
For thread viewing look above at my answer to Aaron

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by Aaron1
Download Absolute Html Compressor (Freeware)

I don't like the look of that:

remove unnecessary quotation marks. For example,
<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" align="center"> will be converted to
<table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 align=center>;
remove <!DOCTYPE ...> tags;

^^ Removing both of those is wrong, all attributes should be in " and a DOCTYPE should also be present at the top of each page.

[Aaron1]

Originally posted by NTLDR
Removing both of those is wrong, all attributes should be in " and a DOCTYPE should also be present at the top of each page.

The "" marks are not needed for a page to function properly, and with Doctypes its the same thing. Btw you can always turn of some of the options if you're using that tool.

If you can get a page from 80kb to 70kb, its always worth an effort i guess.

[NTLDR]

If your following proper standards, which as a webmaster you should, the DOCTYPE is required for all HTML documents and the " are required if you use XHTML and therefore should be included if you want all users to be able to view the site correctly.

[Aaron1]

Originally posted by NTLDR
If your following proper standards, which as a webmaster you should, the DOCTYPE is required for all HTML documents and the " are required if you use XHTML and therefore should be included if you want all users to be able to view the site correctly.

Doctype is not required at all (maybe for future browsers compatibility, and that's what a Macromedia Team Member said) Try making and viewing a page without that. And as you will see its no problem it all. XHTML? Who is talking about XHTML?

As i already said: you can turn off any option if you don't like it. Did i release my tip as a full release hack or something? Man you need to loosen up.

Forget i even mentioned that program...

[NTLDR]

Take a look at http://www.w3.org/ maybe then you will find out how to write HTML properly. A DOCTYPE is required for all HTML documents to be valid. But of course you don't know how to write HTML.

Anyway thats all I have to say on the matter, w3c proves me to be correct.

[Aaron1]

I won't go into discussion with you anymore, first of all you don't read my messages, second: this flaming your doing is totally inappropriate. I tried to give some tips, and apperently its not appreciated. Thanks

[NTLDR]

I was giving a tip too, don't use the program as it will ruin the HTML, you were the one who took it further.

And where have I flamed? I've stated my opinion and the facts, nothing more nothing less.

Anyway this has nothing to do with the this or Xenons hack. My appologies to Xenon for going OT.

[Chris M]

@Aaron1 - I don't wish to spoil Xenon's thread with a long arguement - NTLDR is correct - Pages are required to have a DOCTYPE for it to be HTML compliant according to http://www.w3.org/

He is also right in saying that it should have the quotation marks to make it XHTML compliant...

@Xenon - I would be interested to see how the showthread optimisations go - I think it is one of the largest query-makers in vB

Satan