Since '97?

To be "accurate" you have to both validate AND check with the entire series
of browsers (all types, all versions). Validation doesn't help you solve
browser bugs!

One thing you can to to ease the testing burden is to mine the logs for the
existing site (if any, or a similar audience if not) and see what browsers
(and versions) visitors are using. Then you can test what 99.9% of visitors
use and hope for the best for the rest.

On large projects there is a complete specification including the testing
plan. By the time I make the proposal I have a pretty good feel for what
the client wants and specify the testing plan accordingly. Some want as
cheap as possible and could deal with IE-only compatibility, others want the
99.9% or better level and are willing to pay for it.


"Jeff" wrote in message ...
Been doing this since 1997, I dont bother with that validate stuff, I dont
think
its very accurate.
I just check pages with different browsers and if they load fine I am
happy.


Peter Gottlieb wrote:

I have had good luck with Proxomitron for blocking pop-ups. If I had to
live with pop-ups all the time I would probably end up hardly using the
net.
There are other good blockers out there also.

Please, please, PLEASE do *NOT* use his page as an example of how to
code
HTML. It is a total mess internally. The "table" you are referring to
is a
long string of erroneous closing tags for tables and table elements that
aren't open. It's lucky this page displays at all.

When you make a web page it should pass validation. Here's one to try:
http://www.w3schools.com/site/site_validate.asp . Pages that validate
properly stand a much better chance of working on different platforms
(PC,
Mac, Linux) with different browsers (IE, NS, Opera, etc). Any sites I
make,
or have made for me, must validate.

Peter

"BTIZ" wrote in message
news:svEtb.3269$Ue4.933@fed1read01...
more OT..

Jay.. I am also learning HTML and MS FrontPage...

which "Theme/Style" did you use to create the left menu with the hover
button added... or was it some other java script you picked up and
inserted.. also there seems to be a rather large "table" at the bottom
of
the main page.. you can see it in the source code.. but it does not
display
on the web..

BTW.. I did not get the "pop up", but I have most pop ups disabled via
Norton and MS IE. I tend to only get the MS Popups now..

Bill T
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:UdBtb.10159$Dw6.66595@attbi_s02...
I changed some of the metafiles (or "meta tags") in my website this
afternoon, emphasizing "hotels" more. I did this in an effort to
get
search
engines to "see" our site more clearly, and (hopefully) move us up a
few
notches in the "results".

Well, something worked. Within an hour I had acquired a "pop-up" ad
that
now shows up every time I open my website. (I assume you ALL see
this,
right?) It appears to be "keying" on the "hotels" meta tag? (See
it --
and
hopefully our site -- at www.AlexisParkInn.com )

As most of you know, I'm learning HTML on the fly here -- so excuse
the
potentially dumb question, but: Is there anything I can do from the
webmaster's side to eliminate this kind of "pop-up parasite"?

Thanks in advance...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"