Posted by Neredbojias on 03/18/06 16:06

With neither quill nor qualm, xyZed quothed:

> I asked this question on the Dreamweaver site and despite adding a
> second post it still lies dead in the water after several days with no
> one caring to comment.
>
> I have Dreamweaver 8 and it's set to validate XHTML 1.0 Transitional
> but it misses lots of errors (compared to W3C validator)
>
> For example (and this is only on one page) it hasn't picked up my
> erroneous use of more than one "id" element, 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
>
> 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's
> supposed to be a professional tool.

It's the same in politics. If you know what you can (truthfully) say
isn't what the people want to hear, you don't say anything at all. Or
you lie.

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Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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