Feb 26

Validating your CSS

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Most of us are familiar with validating our html code. If you are now check out my previous blog entry. However, you can and should also validate your css code. Most modern websites today use css, or cascading style sheets, to help the web developer bring common styles with extra html code. This common case also needs to be validated to help you website be read by search engines.

I use a simple one listed here. http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

1. You have a couple of options to validate. You can insert the url to your css file, and have it check.

2. You can take a local copy you have onj your hard drive and upload.

3. Or you can cut and paste the code directly into a text box.

Once the website reads your code, it will return information on whether the code is valid or now. The good news is if its not, it will also tell you where the problems exist. Just like the html validator, its best to start making corrections at the top and work down. The reason for this is sometimes the errors you fix at the top repairs the errors below.

Remember is you want you web pages to rank high with google be sure to validate you css code.

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Feb 05

Validate your HTML

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Most people build a website and never go through the motion of validating their html.  Search engines are automated and go through and scan your website on a regular basis.  If your html is invalid, they have a harder time reading your web pages. It also shows that your are not serious about your website and gives your pages a lower pangerank.  Remember the robots are just computers and they scan your pages with a certain set of rules.

These rules can be checked using a website validation tool, or markup validator. One that works very easy is located here.  http://validator.w3.org/

Its very simple to use the program, just type the url into the input box, and then click check. Once the validator runs, it will come back and let you know if your html is valid. If its not, it will tell you what line the problem is on, and what type of error it found. It will also give you recommendations on how to fix the error.  The best way to fix is to start at the top. Sometimes fixing an error at the top will fix errors below.

Thats it. Its very easy to validate your html. And it will help your website page rankings.

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