Explain the value of the W3C® validation tools. Why would you decide to include this logo on your web pages or?

Question

Explain the value of the W3C® validation tools. Why would you decide to include this logo on your web pages or not?

Answer 1

I use the logos for XHTML and CSS as they are linked to the pages themselves and clicking them on my site will show you the validation for that specific page. The CSS one validates the CSS file and/or any embedded CSS used on the page.



Validating your code helps you get closer to having a site cross-browser compatible. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule as you may have to forgo validation from practicality.



Ron

Answer 2

Well, because they validate the syntax of your xml/css/html/xhtml. That means they meet the standard and hopefully will work in most software without issue.



including the logo is simply an advertisment for w3c. Perhaps a way to state your concern about standards too.

Answer 3

Personally, I do not bother with validation.

You can use it initially to see what errors you have in your code, and correct them.

Once you have done it, you have to check your site on the major browsers (IE, FF, Opera, Safari and Chrome). You will then discover that your code does NOT work on all browsers.

To correct your incompatibilities, you will have NO CHOICE, but introduce pieces of code (CSS, HTML) that are not verified by W3C... and your validation will fail.

Hence, your choice: a validated site that does not work, or a non-validated that works!

Seeing the "W3C validation logo" on a site tells me that the developer is an amateur: his site wil NOT work on all browsers...

(Check ANY page, of ANY well know site, and you will see that NOT ONE validates... but they all work the same way on all browsers...)