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Customizing SMF => Graphics and Templates => Topic started by: 061 on August 14, 2005, 06:10:54 AM

Title: Why validate?
Post by: 061 on August 14, 2005, 06:10:54 AM
Why it is necessary to validate  css and xhtml of a theme...Even with out v
Title: Re: Why validate?
Post by: Chris Cromer on August 14, 2005, 06:13:07 AM
It's not necessary, but it helps with accessability for it to be valid xhtml and css.
Title: Re: Why validate?
Post by: forsakenlad on August 14, 2005, 06:32:34 AM
It also ensures that it is viewed nearly the same with all the browsers ;)
Title: Re: Why validate?
Post by: 061 on August 14, 2005, 06:49:45 AM
Well my theme is working fine with both ie and firefox without being validated. But any way i think its good to get valid stuff around thanks for ur time
Title: Re: Why validate?
Post by: Orstio on August 14, 2005, 06:52:17 AM
It can also help search engine crawlers index your site.
Title: Re: Why validate?
Post by: 061 on August 14, 2005, 07:08:08 AM
Hum now thats a good point :)
Title: Re: Why validate?
Post by: 1MileCrash on August 14, 2005, 12:45:40 PM
why validate? So nobody comes to you and say "you should get that validated"

99% of the time, it makes no difference. But it's good to do it anyway, it's more professional.
Title: Re: Why validate?
Post by: Alexandre P. on August 14, 2005, 04:20:37 PM
Standards are not meant just for "professionalism".  Like Chris and Forsakenlad said, it helps with accessibility with every browsers and technologies.

Your page is well displayed in Internet Explorer and Firefox: great, those two browsers are the most used.  But what about other browsers users (Safari, Opera, IE Mac, Konqueror, Omniweb, Lynx, ...) or other technologies users (screen-to-voice, cell phones,  search engine bots, ...) ?

Of course, you can't test your pages with all theses technologies, so that's why web standards exist: to ensures that your pages are viewed nearly the same with all the browsers.
Title: Re: Why validate?
Post by: [Unknown] on August 14, 2005, 04:34:23 PM
You seem to be using a wireless browser - that's another reason!

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