As long as its valid and well-formed markup then the validator will acknowledge your site as compliant.
However, if not, then it will provide you a list of errors when using inproper markup with either HTML or XHTML depending on your DOCTYPE. I'm sure not sure what version of HTML the validator uses, therefore I'll defer to my knowledgeable colleagues associated with the WSG to provide that answer. > So does that mean if I put "XHTML 1.0 Transitional that any code that is > of either HTML 4.0 or XHTML 1.0 will be accepted by validators? > > I see my validator is presently set at HTML 4.0 Transitional so I assume > that means that the validator will accept anything between HTML 3.2 > (which I believe is the version just prior to 4.0) or 4.0. > > > At 06:45 PM 5/14/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>If you use strict then the code and syntax is far more stringent in >> order to validate because many tags/elements have been deprecated. >> >>Transitional allows for more flexibility, and less stringent adherence >> to standard/compliant markup. > > > ----------------- > Tina > > > ***************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ***************************************************** ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
