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Having HTML/XHTML and CSS code that is compliant with standards is important for the following reasons: <ul><li>It increases the likelihood that visitors using different browsers are still seeing your website as you intended it to be seen. </li><li>It increases the likelihood that visitors accessing your website using devices other than a PC will be able to access it successfully. Don't forget that a significant number of people access the internet through portable devices, for instance! </li><li>It helps those with disabilities access your website. For a larger business in the United States, compliance with ADA standards may be an internal requirement. </li><li>It can assist with SEO. </li><li>I have personally found during the process of developing a website that validation usually results in cleaner code that is less bloated, which can help boost load times.</li></ul> Given these benefits, and the fact that there are a number of online tools that you can use to validate your website's HTML/XHTML and CSS, there is no reason not to validate! Here are some easy-to-use online tools for doing just that: <ul><li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/">W3C Markup Validation Service</a> The standard for checking the validity of HTML/XHTML pages. </li><li><a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/">W3C CSS Validation Service</a> The standard for checking the validity of cascading style sheets. </li><li><a href="http://www.cynthiasays.com/">Cynthia Says</a> Check to see if your website is compliant with <a href="http://www.section508.gov/">Section 508</a> standards and <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/">WCAG</a> guidelines. </li><li><a href="http://wave.webaim.org/">WAVE</a> WAVE is a nifty tool that provides a visual analysis of a web page's accessibility. I love this! </li><li><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/">WDG HTML Validator</a> This HTML validator supports the validation of multiple URLs and entire websites. </li><li><a href="http://www.delorie.com/web/purify.html">Web Page Purifier</a> This tool allows you to take a web page and restricts its HTML to the selected standard. Also be sure to check out the <a href="http://www.delorie.com/web/wpbcv.html">Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer</a>.</li></ul>

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2008-07-19T02:06:00+01:00

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Are you validating your website's HTML/XHTML and CSS? If not, you should be.

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