Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-15 Thread Audun Myhra Bergwitz
Sandy skrev: > I'm of two minds about the next idea: Divide skins into two groups. > > Skins that follow the PmWiki guidelines, and validate with most > markups. We get a lot of questions about how to hide the > header/footer, or change other parts of the skin. The normal advice > should work for

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-09 Thread Sandy
> In that case (same page validates with another skin) the skin uses a wrong > DOCTYPE. And could be fixed by using another DOCTYPE. > Again, the *skin* might specify the use of XHTML Strict, but page > authors may choose to use whatever markup they wish -- valid XHTMLStrict > or otherwise. A

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-07 Thread Petko Yotov
On Wednesday 08 April 2009 07:36:50 Patrick R. Michaud wrote: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 03:19:55AM +0200, Petko Yotov wrote: > > I'll be happy to help authors fix their recipes if they are unable or > > unwilling to do it, or disable on pmwiki.org those demos that fail to > > validate. ... > While

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-07 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 03:19:55AM +0200, Petko Yotov wrote: > I want PmWiki to make good impression on newcomers, especially on advanced > users, professionals, webmasters and designers, and the valid HTML and CSS > are important (to me and to them). > > So, at least at PmWiki.org, documentatio

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-07 Thread Petko Yotov
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 05:55:10 Petko Yotov wrote: > > >>> I'll be happy to help authors fix their recipes if they are unable or > > >>> unwilling to do it, or disable on pmwiki.org those demos that fail to > > >>> validate. > > >> > > >> With respect to skins, I think this is a rather ridiculous

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-06 Thread Petko Yotov
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 05:15:43 DaveG wrote: > Petko Yotov wrote: > > In that case (same page validates with another skin) the skin uses a > > wrong DOCTYPE. And could be fixed by using another DOCTYPE. > > Sure -- we could change all skins to use non-strict doctypes. Even then > though it's poss

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-06 Thread DaveG
Petko Yotov wrote: > In that case (same page validates with another skin) the skin uses a wrong > DOCTYPE. And could be fixed by using another DOCTYPE. Sure -- we could change all skins to use non-strict doctypes. Even then though it's possible to invalidate the skin by simply throwing in a f

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-06 Thread Petko Yotov
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 04:04:04 DaveG wrote: > Petko Yotov wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 April 2009 01:36:29 DaveG wrote: > >> > Petko Yotov schrieb: > >> > I was surprised to > >> > find out that in the first 20 skins, 17 failed to validate. > >> > >> The w3 validation doesn't validate skins. It v

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-06 Thread DaveG
Petko Yotov wrote: > On Tuesday 07 April 2009 01:36:29 DaveG wrote: >> > Petko Yotov schrieb: >> > I was surprised to >> > find out that in the first 20 skins, 17 failed to validate. >> >> The w3 validation doesn't validate skins. It validates HTML pages. The >> validation results can provide

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-06 Thread Petko Yotov
On Tuesday 07 April 2009 01:36:29 DaveG wrote: > > Petko Yotov schrieb: > > I was surprised to > > find out that in the first 20 skins, 17 failed to validate. > > The w3 validation doesn't validate skins. It validates HTML pages. The > validation results can provide useful direction to both the

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-06 Thread DaveG
> Petko Yotov schrieb: > I was surprised to > find out that in the first 20 skins, 17 failed to validate. The w3 validation doesn't validate skins. It validates HTML pages. The validation results can provide useful direction to both the skin author *and* the specific page that is being validat

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-06 Thread noskule
Petko Yotov schrieb: > I was surprised to > find out that in the first 20 skins, 17 failed to validate. This is probably also true for cookbook receipts . ... ___ pmwiki-users mailing list pmwiki-users@pmichaud.com http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listi

Re: [pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-05 Thread DaveG
Petko Yotov wrote: > Hello. > > Today I added a "validate" link in the SkinHeader page to make it easier to > check an installed PmWiki.org skin for (in)valid HTML. I was surprised to > find out that in the first 20 skins, 17 failed to validate. (I didn't check > the others.) In *some* cases t

[pmwiki-users] Skin authors : Many PmWiki skins fail to validate

2009-04-05 Thread Petko Yotov
Hello. Today I added a "validate" link in the SkinHeader page to make it easier to check an installed PmWiki.org skin for (in)valid HTML. I was surprised to find out that in the first 20 skins, 17 failed to validate. (I didn't check the others.) If you are a skin author or maintainer, you may