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Posted by Gιrard Talbot on 02/04/07 22:58
newspost2000 wrote :
> This may seem like a silly question of which I already feel like I
> know the answer... I am a web developer and I am working with a
> Content Manager... I am trying to convince him why he should validate
> all of the html code that he writes as he publishes content to his
> Company's Site. This could be done by running pages through HTML
> Validator or HTML Tidy. He feels that if his pages render as he would
> expect through Firefox and IE, even if there are some missing closing
> tags or deprecated tags... that at least the browsers are forgiving
> enough so that it will not affect the presentation. He feels that
> validating the code will actually slow down his development and
> deployment time of content.
Invite him to read:
Using Web Standards in your Web Pages
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_Web_Standards_in_your_Web_Pages
Mozilla Web Author FAQ
So my page isnβt standards-compliant, but good browsers should render
pages as the author intended anyway!
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/faq.html#intentions
My site doesn't work in x browser
http://www.webdevout.net/articles/my-site-doesnt-work-in-x-browser
>
> I argue that it is really a method of best practices and it will
> further ensure the integrity of the code that it will work in an
> optimum inter operable way between OS's and different Browser Types
> for generations to come.
It's a good answer for starters.
I also argue that it should actually speed up
> development and deployment of content time
He will have to learn how to develop according to standards. In the
short term, that will take some of his time. In the long run, he will
save development and deployment time.
because these tools can act
> as a pointer when your design is broken and you don't know why. I am
> looking to produce a more robust argument in order to get him on side.
>
Then
Using Web Standards in your Web Pages (Updated Dec. 2006)
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_Web_Standards_in_your_Web_Pages
> Can anyone out there give me other valid reasons that I can take back
> to him?
>
GΓ©rard
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Using Web Standards in your Web Pages (Updated Dec. 2006)
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_Web_Standards_in_your_Web_Pages
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