Posted 4 years ago #
This was my first time using wordpress, so everything was pretty new to me (the whole theme setup and such), but I think I got the job done.
I modified a theme called dreamy-10 ( http://themes.wordpress.net/columns/2-columns/1383/dreamy-10/ )or something like that and it came out like this:
http://forthelose.org
What do you guys think?
i think you need to validate :)
Posted 4 years ago #
Meh, validating. I read that and I don't even get half of it. Most of the time it's highlighting a ">" or something and saying that I did it wrong. I'll worry about validating it when I make the next version. This was basically all practice, the next version will look better and will be nicely validated.
I read that and I don't even get half of it.
It's not all that difficult to understand. What part do you need help with?
Most of the time it's highlighting a ">" or something and saying that I did it wrong.
True. Probably because you did something wrong.
I'll worry about validating it when I make the next version.
I don't understand this sort of attitude. Validation is not optional. A non-valid site is incorrect, broken, non-functional. If it's not valid, then it's wrong.
If you want to be a web designer (defined as somebody who designs a web site), then you need to create correct code. A web designer who creates invalid code is just a hack, at best.
I mean, you have really basic errors here that need to be fixed. Like the first one there is no attribute "NAME". That one's easy, you can't capitalize attributes. "NAME" should be in lower case, as should all tags in the code.
Other things, like not closing the link tags with />, or using embed, or not enclosing attributes in quotes.. These things do matter. When you don't make a page valid, then browsers treat it as tag soup, and the fact that it renders at all is luck, not design.
Posted 4 years ago #
Oh I get it. I always saw that (the "no attribute NAME" thing) and I never got it. Same with the ">" error. I didn't know it meant that NAME should be name and > should be />. Ooooohhhh...
And yeah, I'm sorry about that attitude, it's just, the site works in all the main browsers fine (firefox, IE7, IE6, Safari, Opera) yet people always kept telling me to validate or the site wouldn't work.
But yeah, I WILL...er..will validate it next time.
Posted 4 years ago #
@Ralph23:
Even better, work on fixing the code you have now. The more you learn about what is right and what isn't, the easier your next design will be. Learn why everything isn't necessarily correct; make the habit of validating.
One great advantage of validating is compatibility with future browser standards, so saying it "works" with all major browsers is, at most, a moot point.
I don't say all of this to be mean, but to help you learn why web standards are very important. Good luck with your design! I like your site!
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