W3c Validation

[Spangle]

I'm trying to get my site validated to W3c, but I'm getting 57 errors, I've only just started learning HTML and CSS, and I don't really understand the errors it's showing, has any one got their site W3c validated ?

[ozzy47]

I do believe their is some out there, but why is it so important? Your site runs just fine with a few eW3c errors.

[nhawk]

To some extent W3c validation guarantees the site will work with all browsers. Any errors can cause problems with some browsers.

My site was W3c validated up until I think it was 4.2. Then a nested <ul> cropped up in the navigation menu and I've just been too lazy to hunt down why it's there. So, it now produces 3 errors because you can't have a <ul> in a <ul>. It should be <ul> <li> <ul>. Not <ul> <ul>.

[Spangle]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

I do believe their is some out there, but why is it so important? Your site runs just fine with a few eW3c errors.

Good point ( I've heard though I can't find it) that windows users can be refused access to sites that are not W3C verified, in their internet access settings.

Plus when I tried to verify it, the errors to me ( a novice in HTML) looked like simple HTML errors, but I didn't want to edit the files just in case I broke something.

[ozzy47]

I have never seen any sites I could not get access to due to W3C validations. If you are not having anyone report issues on your site, I would not fix something that is not broke.

[Spangle]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

I have never seen any sites I could not get access to due to W3C validations. If you are not having anyone report issues on your site, I would not fix something that is not broke.

Very true, but that logo would look pretty at the bottom of the forum !!

[ozzy47]

Yeah it would look nice, but is it really worth the trouble. IIRC I tried this quite some time ago, and I believe vB out of the box was not compliant. Don't quote me on that, as I am not totally sure, but I seem to remember something like that.

[nhawk]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Yeah it would look nice, but is it really worth the trouble. IIRC I tried this quite some time ago, and I believe vB out of the box was not compliant. Don't quote me on that, as I am not totally sure, but I seem to remember something like that.

You are correct. As I stated in my post above there is an improperly nested <ul> in the out of the box navigation menu for vB.

[Spangle]

Originally Posted by nhawk

You are correct. As I stated in my post above there is an improperly nested <ul> in the out of the box navigation menu for vB.

Sorry I did read that, and didn't ignore it, my install 4.2.1 with a few plugins is producing 57 errors, all of them as I said appear to be HTML errors, which you would expect as I'm seeking HTML validation !

[nhawk]

Originally Posted by Spangle

Sorry I did read that, and didn't ignore it, my install 4.2.1 with a few plugins is producing 57 errors, all of them as I said appear to be HTML errors, which you would expect as I'm seeking HTML validation !

Are you getting 57 errors with the default vB style or a custom style you have installed?

If it's the default style, I'd disable all of your mods and then re-enable them one at a time to see which ones are causing the errors. As you find them, contact the author to correct the HTML problems with them.

If it's with a custom style, I'd contact the creator of the style to have them correct the HTML errors.