CSS HTML Validator
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Overview
CSE HTML Validator is a software program for Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and above that was created by Albert Wiersch and is developed and sold electronically by AI Internet Solutions based near Dallas, TX. It is designed to help web developers create syntactically correct and accessible HTML, XHTML, and CSS documents by locating problems. The end result are web documents that are more easily and correctly viewed by a variety of web browsers and not just correctly viewed in the popular Internet Explorer browser. CSE HTML Validator also provides customizable advice while alerting developers to deprecated and proprietary tags and attributes.
CSE HTML Validator contains an HTML validator, XHTML validator, CSS validator, PHP checker, JavaScript checker, link checker, spell checker, accessibility checker, search engine optimization (SEO) checker, built-in HTML/XHTML editor, and more.
The latest version of CSE HTML Validator is v9.03 as of July 22nd, 2009 and includes accessibility checking (Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines), CSS syntax checking, link checking, spell checking, an integrated HTML/text editor, an integrated web browser, and a Batch Wizard tool that validates entire websites and multiple HTML/web documents by generating a single validation report in HTML format. The integrated web browser allows developers to browse the web while the pages are automatically validated.
CSE HTML Validator also checks for issues that can affect search engine rankings and gives advice that may help improve a web page's rank on web search engines.
Differences from Other HTML Validators
- CSE HTML Validator includes a DTD based validator which can optionally be used, however one of CSE HTML Validator's primary benefit is its custom validation engine which can perform many more checks on a document than a DTD based validator can. This is because DTD based validators are limited to checking for problems that can be specified in a Document Type Definition.
- CSE HTML Validator is an offline desktop application for Microsoft Windows. However, an online version based on the lite edition is available at OnlineWebCheck.com. This is in contrast to the online W3C Markup Validation Service.
- Checks HTML/XHTML syntax, CSS, links, spelling, accessibility, JavaScript, and PHP with one pass, while DTD based validators are often more limited, checking mostly for basic tag structure and allowable attributes.
Automatic Document Fixing
Using HTML Tidy and the Format and Fix Tool, CSE HTML Validator can automatically fix certain problems with HTML and XHTML documents.
Limitations
While such tools are extremely helpful, they cannot guarantee that a document will display as intended in all browsers. Developers should still test documents in a variety of browsers to locate problems that cannot be found with a computerized tool.
Integration with Other Software
CSE HTML Validator integrates with other 3rd party software like those listed below. This allows validation using CSE HTML Validator from within the 3rd party program.
Three Editions of CSE HTML Validator
There are three editions of CSE HTML Validator. These include the professional edition, standard edition, and the free (for personal and educational use) lite edition.
Online Version
An online version of the free lite edition is available at OnlineWebCheck.com. The online version can check documents via file upload, URL, or snippets.