HRWiki:Validation committee

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Revision as of 04:38, 4 July 2007

This committee helps to ensure that all wiki pages validate as proper XHTML and CSS. This means stripping out bad code, replacing it with good code, and helping to educate our community on what tags can and can't be used in valid code.

First order of business — font tags

There are many <font color="ABC">text</font> tags hanging out here and there. Many people are using them in their sigs. Since font tags are allowed in XHTML 1.0 Transitional, it's okay if people want to continue using them, but they should make sure to enclose the color declaration in quotation marks to keep things valid. However, we should try to switch to everyone to <span style="color: #abc;">text</span>. This method is much more forward compatible.

Second order of business — tag ordering

Another major problem that people tend to do is end their tags in the wrong order. For example, someone might put ''[[Homestar Runner'']]. This causes major issues with XHTML (or any HTML for that matter) and should be rectified to ''[[Homestar Runner]]''.

Firefox validation extension

For those who use Mozilla Firefox, there's a great extension for validating pages on the fly. It's called HTML Validator. This should be helpful in patrolling the wiki for invalid markup, and is recommended for all validation committee members who use Firefox.

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar

Similar functionality can be enabled in Internet Explorer by using the Developer Toolbar. It does, however, only use the W3C Online Validator, albeit a bit more convenient.

Online Validator

Pages may be validated online using the W3C Validation Tool.

Members