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Adrian Schneider · #21 03-30-2008, 11:47 PM

I always go for compliance.

You can save yourself some work if you install Web Developer toolbar for Firefox, so you can right click > submenu > validate local HTML (as you see it).

If you write HTML very clearly (indent properly, use whitespace to help readability), then 90% of your errors you'll catch before even saving. For more complex fixings, you can create a barebones page, and then paste your template into it to test it independently.

Some editors also show tag pairings (I use Eclipse) so when I click on an opening tag, it will highlight the closing tag assuming some validity in the code. Compare this with indentation, and you can quickly find incorrectly nested tags.

Once you get really proficient with CSS, the markup becomes so simple validation is rarely an issue. It's all the nested tables that can make it tricky.

Ohiosweetheart · #22 03-31-2008, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boofo

"vB is xHTML compliant pretty much right out of the box" is wrong, sorry to say. I have reported a few of them lately and they have been fixed for the upcoming RC2. Granted, it is only a few of them, but there are a few that they had to work around to do. I have been testing my hacks lately for validation, so they will be up to snuff soon.

Boofo, does this tag happen to be something that you mentioned and is being fixed for RC 2?

Code:

</optgroup>

I do hope so, because it's giving me a fit on almost every page. And I didn't change any code, this is default vB code.

Quote:

Validation Output: 1 Error

Line 550, Column 12: end tag for "optgroup" which is not finished. </optgroup>
Most likely, you nested tags and closed them in the wrong order. For example ... is not acceptable, as must be closed before . Acceptable nesting is: ...
Another possibility is that you used an element which requires a child element that you did not include. Hence the parent element is "not finished", not complete. For instance, in HTML the <head> element must contain a <title> child element, lists (ul, ol, dl) require list items (li, or dt, dd), and so on.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

Boofo · #23 03-31-2008, 07:28 AM

I have never gotten that error.

Ohiosweetheart · #24 03-31-2008, 08:12 AM

When I go to forumdisplay and showthread, that's when I get it.

Jase2 · #25 03-31-2008, 02:36 PM

I don't get that error either. Are you sure it's not an hack?

Regards Jason

Boofo · #26 03-31-2008, 03:01 PM

It has to be a hack or an edit someone did.

Ohiosweetheart · #27 03-31-2008, 05:58 PM

Nope, I'm getting this on my test forum, on the default style. I have no hacks on the board, no edits have been made.

Boofo · #28 03-31-2008, 06:03 PM

No way that can be, Peggy. Something had changed somewhere. Make sure all closing tags are there.

Jase2 · #29 03-31-2008, 06:04 PM

I'm running the default and I'm not getting this. Try reverting your templates.

Regards Jason

Ohiosweetheart · #30 04-01-2008, 12:02 AM

Whether you think it can be or not, I'm telling you, it IS. Look at my screenies below.

This is a fresh upgrade to 3.7 RC1 (this morning in fact). This is the default style, no hacks added, no template edits, no nothing. Look at my forum home. IT validates.

Now look at the screenie of forum display, then look at the validator. Look at my screenie of showthread, again look at the validator. I know what I'm talking about

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