Neal Stublen
Course Road Map Create web page layouts using CSS Manage CSS Test website validity Create navigation menus using CSS Incorporate meta content and multimedia
Test HTML markup Test CSS What’s Ahead?
Validating HTML Markup Free service for validating page markup Specify a URL Upload a file Paste HTML
Practice Activity Validating Markup, Activity 1 Validate page markup (p.68)
Validating CSS Free service for validating CSS Specify a URL Upload a file Paste HTML
Practice Activity Validating CSS, Activity 2 Validate CSS content (p.74)
Common Mistakes Missing “punctuation” Semicolons Braces and brackets Typos Mismatched elements ○ (missing )
Validator Limits Ignores styling section Does not validate links Does not account for use of JavaScript JavaScript may use undefined attributes JavaScript may alter styles
What Does It Mean? Reveals improper syntax But browsers are very forgiving If you’re using other tools to generate your web pages, you may not be able to resolve all the errors it reports Look at other sites – no one is perfect!
Test HTML markup Test CSS What’s Behind?