TT280 - Validators and Site Checking tools
HTML Code Validators
W3C's HTML validator - World Wide Web Consortiums own HTML validator
W3C's CSS validator - World Wide Web Consortiums own CSS validator
CSE HTML Validator Pro 4.05 -This one was being given away on magazine disks recently
Site Checking tools
NetMechanic - Provides a variety of free services for your web site including; browser compatibility testing, graphic file size reduction, link check, HTML check, load time check, spell check and more.
Make sure you view your first web page in different browsers and screen resolutions. Once you get it looking great for everyone, you can use it as a template for the rest of your website. This technique can save you a great deal of time.
Other Tools
- Dr. Watson, HTML & link verifier
- Alpine HTML Doctor
- See what your site looks like in Lynx
- Xenu's Link Sleuth
- Websafe Colour Chart
- Pangloss Colour Helper
- HTML Help by The Web Design Group
- A Dictionary of HTML META Tags