Posted by David Dorward on 03/18/06 13:26

xyZed wrote:

> I have Dreamweaver 8 and it's set to validate XHTML 1.0 Transitional
> but it misses lots of errors (compared to W3C validator)

Then it is broken.

> For example (and this is only on one page) it hasn't picked up my
> erroneous use of more than one "id" element,

I assume you mean the use of the same id on multiple elements? Ouch, nasty
bug.

> and missed a "end tag for "img" omitted but OMITTAG NO was specified".
> Plus it misses a "required attribute "alt" not specified" and even an
> extra </div> where a div was never opened

Certainly not a tool you can depend on then.

> I've been relying on dreamweaver's validator which is why so many
> mistakes have crept in as I've modified, checked an uploaded. I just
> wondered if it was known that Dreamweavers validator is useless?

It is now.

> It's supposed to be a professional tool.

So is Frontpage ... :)

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