Website Validation - Irish SEO, Marketing & Webmaster Discussion

ph3n0m · #1 (**permalink**) 27-01-2006, 12:19 PM

Quick question to those of you that believe in validation

Do you normally try to ensure the entire site is valid or just your primary entrance pages (homepage, sitemap, etc)

blacknight · #2 (**permalink**) 27-01-2006, 01:03 PM

I'd start with the main page and work from there..
Of course if you are using the same base template it would make sense to check that first

ph3n0m · #3 (**permalink**) 27-01-2006, 04:57 PM

yes but after that - I mean do people go through their entire site and make sure every single page is valid?

blacknight · #4 (**permalink**) 27-01-2006, 08:00 PM

No idea

I'm sure that the companies that specialise in this area would be able to answer the question...

louie · #5 (**permalink**) 29-01-2006, 04:21 PM

if is a static page then YES validation is a good thing, but if you try to validate a dynamic website (where you can not control what the "customer" you have design it for, types in ) then you can forget about it.

blacknight · #6 (**permalink**) 29-01-2006, 04:23 PM

Louie - what do you mean ?

louie · #7 (**permalink**) 29-01-2006, 04:34 PM

I am talking about W3C Markup Validation.

At design time you might get the website to validate 100%, but after you pass it on to the customer, and they start adding images and text, you W3C validation will 50% fail.

blacknight · #8 (**permalink**) 29-01-2006, 04:37 PM

So it would validate when you hand it over, but the client might mess it up?

louie · #9 (**permalink**) 29-01-2006, 04:39 PM

yes indeed.

SlitheryImp · #10 (**permalink**) 29-01-2006, 05:05 PM

Also, a dynamic website where users can add their own code/text will be almost impossible to validate. My earlier websites don't validate at all, but they're doing OK, all of my newer pages are tested every now and again though.

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