|  | Posted by Adrienne on 06/15/05 10:10 
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Travis Newbury<TravisNewbury@hotmail.com> writing in news:ccIre.589$mD6.108@fe07.lga:
 
 > Simon wrote:
 >> I know that a site that validates is a good site, because it follows
 >> the rules given by W3c.
 >> But I am about to employ a web designer/programmer should I
 >> automatically reject them if their site does not validate?
 >> Should I expect the site created by them to validate?
 >
 > You should evaluate them on the ability to get the job done the way you
 > need it to be done.  If every site they have ever worked on validates
 > or not is completely irrelevant.  Can they make the site that you need
 > them to make?  If so, then they are a candidate for the position.
 >
 
 I have to disagree with you there.  You can buy a brand new car, but it
 turns out to be a lemon because no one looked under the hood.  Same thing
 with a site.  The site may look great, but the underlying markup, and/or
 server side coding could be a mess.  Making changes to it in the future
 could be costly in terms of time and money.
 
 Trust me, I know.  Nothing like nested tables and nested includes with no
 commenting.
 
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 Adrienne Boswell
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