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Website Validation
While many website design sites that I have visited recently, ensured their clients that the pages
would be validated for errors, however their own site had lots. Most sites were missing their document title, and alternate
text scripts missing from their images. No big deal I guess? Or is it?
Let's take a walk down memory lane. Everybody remember Windows98™
when it would crash out? Those little gray boxes telling us their were errors on the page? And the dreaded blue screen?
Melt down time! That was Windows™ way of telling us the errors we accquired on line and off line, had reached it's
maximum. Fortunatley, Windows™ cured that with 2000NT, XP and beyond.
A professional, optimized, and well organized website will help you find
more customers, retain your existing customers, showcase your goods and services, and most importantly give your website
the credibility and exposure it needs to succeed. In getting your website to succeed with search engines, the pages need to be
recognized by the different browsers and web crawlers.
What is Validation?
According to W3C standards, each document requires a document type declaration. The "DOCTYPE" begins the HTML document and
tells a validator which version to use in checking the documents syntax. Page validation is a matter of pride in your work and it tells
your visitors that you have taken the time to have a well written website. Document declarations gives information for browsers support
and compatibility. Web pages can freely be validated from many sources on the Internet. This is what we do before your web pages are
delievered. Common errors are missing "alt" tags, improper nesting, and closers.
Leer Digital Validation
At the bottom of our pages is a XHTML 1.0 link. This link shows our visitors that Leer Digital Design has taken the time to write validated
pages without any scripting errors. We proudly display this symbol of excellence. By clicking the link, a new page will open up taking you to
W3C Consortium where you can see the
validation results for Leer Digital Design as a validated xhtml document. More validation services are available on the Internet by doing a
search at Google. We have found that to learn to write pages correctly the first time around with validation, saves countless hours with
corrections as page templates are copied to other pages. Top webmasters know that validated websites will be visited more often by web
crawlers, than pages that are poorly written.
HTML Document Types
DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"
This declares the
document to be HTML 4.01 strict, which is a trimmed down version of HTML 4.01 that emphasizes structure over presentation. Deprecated
elements and attributes (including most presentational attributes), frames, and link targets are not allowed in HTML 4 strict. By writing to
HTML 4 strict, authors achieve accessible, structurally rich documents that easily adapt to style sheets and different browsing
situations.
DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"
This declares
the document is HTML 4.01 transitional. HTML 4 transitional includes all elements and attributes of HTML 4 strict but adds presentational
attributes, deprecated elements, and link targets. HTML 4 transitional recognizes the relatively poor browser support for style sheets,
allowing many HTML presentation features to be used as a transition towards HTML 4 strict document titles.
DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd"
This declares it to be HTML 4.01 frameset.
DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"
This declares it to be XHTML 1.0 strict.
DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"
This is XHTML 1.0 transitional.
DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd"
This is XHTML 1.0 frameset. |
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