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Re: Your validation results. - F
From Baz at Gettynet.com on 19 Feb '99
replying to Your validation results. - F posted by Bill

See my post above....

And.....

Have a look at this site:
http://www.visitbritain.com

It is the official website of the British Tourist Authority

You may have read about it in some Internet magazines, I believe that it has won (amongst others) Best commercial use of the Internet, Best Commercial site and best Tourism site.

Now for the bad news.... The layout was designed using Frontpage.
I probably don't expect it to pass your standards test either.

Then look at the stats.. It got 914,000 page views in December, from 148,000 visitors. I'm sure they didn't care what the HTML looked like, as long as the site did what they wanted it to do and provided them with the information they where after quickly.

If you think that people are going to come to a website, open the source up - say "Oooh that's good quality HTML that is I think I'll buy from these people" then think again.

Baz

>If you believe that FontPage is better than DreamWeaver, you have
>some serious issues to deal with. If I asked you what you thought
>of XML (the future of HTML) your eyes would probably glaze over,
>you'd get this strange, faraway stare going and maybe say you didn't
>know. If I asked you for an opinion of CSS (the future of markup),
>you'd probably tell me you tried it and didn't like it, oh and
>didn't Microsoft buy the patent or something?
>
>You obviously don't care what the backend of your pages look like,
>because you're completely satisfied with the results. Good for you.
>Thing is that your pages do not follow any standard except the one
>that comes from Redmond. The idea is to reach as many people as you
>can and by ignoring the ugly code of your pages, you are litterally
>telling the people who do know how to code that you don't care,
>"just as long as it looks good in [Insert your browser of choice]."
>
>If you don't know how to code by hand you'll never get beyond the
>level of a novice, no matter how long you do it. I'm have several
>RFPs (request for proposals) available to developers right now. The
>one who shows me a page that they created, that validates to the
>HTML 4.0 Specification, gets the job. The one that comes in with 3
>years of FrontPage experience won't even see my face.
>
>Oh, your results. (The graphics don't look very good at 800X600.)
>
>§ HTML Validation
>
>http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ackley-uniforms.com%2F&outline=
>
>W3C HTML Validation Service Results
>
>Here are the W3C HTML Validation Service results for the document at URI:
>
> http://www.ackley-uniforms.com/
>
>Jump to: Outline.
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>
>
>HTML Validation Results
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>Below are the results of attempting to parse this document with an SGML parser.
>
>Version of HTML selected: HTML 2.0.
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>Error at line 16: there is no attribute "BGCOLOR" (explanation...)
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>Error at line 19: there is no attribute "ALIGN" (explanation...)
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>Error at line 19: element "DIV" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 19: element "CENTER" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 20: f (5860 bytes)" border="0" startspan -->
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>Error at line 20: " border="0" startspan -->
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>Error at line 20: startspan -->
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>Error at line 20: MAP NAME="FrontPageMap">
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>Error at line 20:
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>Error at line 20: "RECT" COORDS="233, 35, 280, 47" HREF="stores.htm">
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>Error at line 20: "RECT" COORDS="174, 35, 224, 47" HREF="survey.htm">
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>Error at line 20: ECT" COORDS="103, 35, 169, 48" HREF="products.htm">
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>Error at line 20: APE="RECT" COORDS="53, 34, 94, 49" HREF="news.htm">
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>Error at line 20: E="RECT" COORDS="0, 36, 43, 49" HREF="default.asp">
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>Error at line 20: T" COORDS="0, 36, 43, 49" HREF="default.asp">
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>Error at line 20: PE="RECT" COORDS="53, 34, 94, 49" HREF="news.htm">
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>Error at line 20: T" COORDS="0, 36, 43, 49" HREF="default.asp">
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>Error at line 20: CT" COORDS="103, 35, 169, 48" HREF="products.htm">
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>Error at line 20: T" COORDS="0, 36, 43, 49" HREF="default.asp">
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>Error at line 20: RECT" COORDS="174, 35, 224, 47" HREF="survey.htm">
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>Error at line 20: T" COORDS="0, 36, 43, 49" HREF="default.asp">
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>Error at line 20: RECT" COORDS="233, 35, 280, 47" HREF="stores.htm">
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>Error at line 20: T" COORDS="0, 36, 43, 49" HREF="default.asp">
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>Error at line 20: border="0" startspan -->
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>Error at line 20: _bin/shtml.dll/default.asp/map">
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>Error at line 20: asp/map">
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>Error at line 20: mg ismap usemap="#FrontPageMap" border="0" height="50" alt="wpe1.gif ( there is no attribute "HEIGHT" (explanation...)
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>Error at line 20: "wpe1.gif (5860 bytes)" src="top_links.gif" width="586"> end tag for element "DT" which is not open (explanation...)
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>Error at line 21: document type does not allow element "STRONG" here; missing one of "DT", "DD" start-tag
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>Error at line 22: end tag for "STRONG" omitted, but its declaration does not permit this (explanation...)
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>Error at line 21: start tag was here
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>Error at line 22: end tag for "DL" which is not finished (explanation...)
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>Error at line 24:
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>Error at line 24: if" alt="Ackley Uniforms Scrubs photo" align="left" WIDTH="220" HEIGHT value of attribute "ALIGN" cannot be "LEFT"; must be one of "TOP", "MIDDLE", "BOTTOM"
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>Error at line 28: Uniforms & Scrubs there is no attribute "ALIGN" (explanation...)
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>Error at line 31: element "DIV" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 31: element "CENTER" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 32: Missouri's Largest Professional Uniform Su there is no attribute "COLOR" (explanation...)
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>Error at line 32: Missouri's Largest Professional element "FONT" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 32: Largest Professional Uniform Superstore end tag for element "DT" which is not open (explanation...)
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>Error at line 33: element "DIV" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 33: element "CENTER" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 34: Ackley stocks uniforms and scrub element "FONT" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 36: Plogs and Nurse Mates. We feature Red Kap and end tag for element "DT" which is not open (explanation...)
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>Error at line 37: element "DIV" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 37: element "CENTER" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 38: Dickies industrial apparel. element "FONT" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 38: Dickies industrial apparel. end tag for element "DT" which is not open (explanation...)
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>Error at line 40: ="Nurse_Mates_shoe1.gif (9134 bytes)" align="right"> value of attribute "ALIGN" cannot be "RIGHT"; must be one of "TOP", "MIDDLE", "BOTTOM"
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>Error at line 41: lign="center">Put Ackley on  your element "FONT" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 49: "46" alt="Browse Ackley's site banner" align="left"> value of attribute "ALIGN" cannot be "LEFT"; must be one of "TOP", "MIDDLE", "BOTTOM"
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>Error at line 56: • Take our
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>Error at line 56: • Take our
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>Error at line 56: • Take our
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>Error at line 58: • Plogs!
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>Error at line 61: and receive 20% off any one item. end tag for "STRONG" omitted, but its declaration does not permit this (explanation...)
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>Error at line 61: and receive 20% off any one item. start tag was here
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>Error at line 65: Ackley Uniforms. Headquarters:  9 end tag for element "STRONG" which is not open (explanation...)
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>Error at line 65: Ackley Uniforms. Headquarter element "SMALL" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 68: we do NOT have a mail order cat element "FONT" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 68: 0000">NOT have a mail order catalog. end tag for "STRONG" omitted, but its declaration does not permit this (explanation...)
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>Error at line 67:      E-Mail Ackley at
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>Error at line 74: element "DIV" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 74: element "CENTER" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 75: | Home |
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>Error at line 75: ylogo.gif" alt="wpe7.gif (3598 bytes)" align="left" WIDTH="214" HEIGHT value of attribute "ALIGN" cannot be "LEFT"; must be one of "TOP", "MIDDLE", "BOTTOM"
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>Error at line 77: end tag for "DL" which is not finished (explanation...)
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>Error at line 79:   element "SMALL" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 82: Copyright © 1998, 1999
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>Error at line 82: Copyright © 1998, 1999
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>Error at line 82: Copyright © 1998, 1999
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>Error at line 83: Thia page last modified:11/27/98 10:27 AM
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>Error at line 83: Thia page last modified:11/27/98 10:27 AM
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>Error at line 83: Thia page last modified:11/27/98 element "SMALL" undefined (explanation...)
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>Error at line 83: /27/98 10:27 AM
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>Error at line 86: 229" BORDER="0" width="88" height="31" align="left" alt="counter">
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>Sorry, this document does not validate as HTML 2.0.
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>Outline
>
>Below is an outline for this document, automatically generated from the heading tags ( through .)
>
> Uniforms & Scrubs
>
>If this doesn't look like a real outline, it is likely that the heading tags are not being used properly. (Headings should reflect the logical structure of the document; they should not be used simply to add emphasis, or to change the font size.)
>
>
>Gerald Oskoboiny $Date: 1998/12/16 11:29:17
>
>

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