Dear Shlomi,
Why to validate a code that not made for the validation.
Make the website, follow the restrictions and then validate...
This is still just a validation for as correct coding as possible,
that does not mean it will work exactly perfect i all browsers anyway...
To build the website in XHTML makes it much much easier to develop and
make general changes...
that is my reason, and validation is not as important as you think...
Michael
Elle Meredith wrote:
Shlomi Asaf wrote:
Hi
I have a question that crossed my mind, and i wish to get help from you
guys: HTML Validation- what is it good for?
I try to find the disadvantages of a non validated site against one
validated, and let me try to explain what i mean.
If i build a website, according to his declaration - let say Strict
XHTML,
and its answering all the roles of Strict Xhtml, but its not valid cause,
for example, i haven't used "" to surround values, or i haven't closed
single tags using Slash (< />), but other wise i did everything by the
scheme.
What can be the damage?
If i open the site and see that it works on my target browsers, why i
need
the validation for? what do i benefit from it?
It says it helps me improve my SEO, but i see all the first results at
Google, for lets say "Forex" keyword, and none of them are valid.
I assume the main price is time rendering cost, but what can be else?
Thank You.
Shlomi.A
Hi Shlomi,
I can definitely agree that you shouldn't take everything for granted
and decide for yourself whether it is important for you to follow or
not. But I think the question here is why would you choose xhtml
strict? or even more why choose xhtml doctype at all? why not stay
with good old html 4?
If you choose xhtml because you believe that xml is the way of the
future, than at least follow its rules such as enclose you attributes
in "" and close all tags and so forth. Besides most editors will this
automatically for you by selecting a preference of choice.
And then validating just helps making sure your syntax is correct,
which means if you do have problems with how your pages load if your
target browsers, you can eliminate possibilities quicker and easier.
If you wish to not follow the language rules, at least declare it as
html and then you can leave your tags unclosed and all that other
things you have to do when using xhtml strict as doctype.
All the best
Elle
waznelle.com
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