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 | | From: | Howard Brazee | | Subject: | Syntax checker | | Date: | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:15:00 GMT |
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 | There is some discussion at my work about making sure that all of their web
pages are standards compliant. I'm a mainframe guy, but I'm also a user of
Opera and applauding this trend.
What resources do you recommend that I make them aware of in this effort?
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| | From: | Lee Harvey | | Subject: | Re: Syntax checker | | Date: | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:44:27 -0500 |
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| Howard Brazee wrote:
> There is some discussion at my work about making sure that all of
> their web pages are standards compliant. I'm a mainframe guy, but
> I'm also a user of Opera and applauding this trend.
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> What resources do you recommend that I make them aware of in this
> effort?
Validate, test, debug, repeat:
http://validator.w3.org/
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
http://w3c.org/QA/Tools/#validators
Of course, I also recommend that they have access to all major browsers and
platforms for better testing/support coverage.
Also, make sure they are using an editor that does auto-insert invalid
markup. Microsoft Visual Studio and FrontPage are both horrible editors in
this regard.
Usability, accessibility, and navigation are also very important.
For some tips, see: http://usability.gov/
HTH
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| | From: | Lee Harvey | | Subject: | Re: Syntax checker | | Date: | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:45:42 -0500 |
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| Lee Harvey wrote:
> Also, make sure they are using an editor that does auto-insert invalid
> markup.
Big typo here, sorry:
It should've read "that does NOT auto-insert..."
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| | From: | Rijk van Geijtenbeek | | Subject: | Re: Syntax checker | | Date: | Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:15:27 +0100 |
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| On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:44:27 -0500, Lee Harvey wrote:
> Howard Brazee wrote:
>> There is some discussion at my work about making sure that all of
>> their web pages are standards compliant. I'm a mainframe guy, but
>> I'm also a user of Opera and applauding this trend.
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>> What resources do you recommend that I make them aware of in this
>> effort?
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> Validate, test, debug, repeat:
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> http://validator.w3.org/
> http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
> http://w3c.org/QA/Tools/#validators
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> Of course, I also recommend that they have access to all major browsers
> and platforms for better testing/support coverage.
Yes, these are good tools for testing the code for validity.
They are, hopefully, also interested in learning about standards-based web
design:
Learn web standards
http://www.westciv.com/style_master/house/
New York Public Library Style Guide
http://www.nypl.org/styleguide/
A list apart
http://www.alistapart.com/
Or try to sell them on the idea of using Opera as a web development tool:
http://my.opera.com/community/dev/web/
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The Web is a procrastination apparatus: | Rijk van Geijtenbeek
It can absorb as much time as | Documentation & QA
is required to ensure that you | Opera Software ASA
won't get any real work done. - J.Nielsen
|http://my.opera.com/Rijk/journal
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