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Top_Gun
March 9th, 2001, 04:31
Like the HTML Validator at http://www.w3c.org - checks if conventions/syntax etc. are right... except one I can install and use off-line.
Woofcat
March 15th, 2001, 13:47
Install theirs - it's open source you know...

http://validator.w3.org/source/
polestar
April 1st, 2001, 14:07
Try the HTML editor called Arachnophilia.

It's quick, uncluttered and quite powerful. It highlights errors in mis-matched tags etc and corrects some of them automatically.

Plus it's freeware.

go to http://www.arachnoid.com to download!
Koolguy
April 1st, 2001, 15:46
http://www.htmlworks.com is another one
Woofcat
April 1st, 2001, 17:29
And there's also HTML Tidy, not really a "validator," but...

http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/
meow
April 2nd, 2001, 13:36
Top_Gun, if you like WDG's validator at http://www.htmlhelp.com, you can buy the off line version from Liam Quinn http://arealvalidator.com/. In fact I think it's the only off line validator (true validator) with a friendly interface, but I might be wrong.

It's well spent money, believe me. Free trial and it comes with WDG's HTML4.0 reference in chm format *hint*. ;)
Cheap Bastard
April 3rd, 2001, 13:11
has anyone tried CSE HTML Validator Pro v4.5?
meow
April 3rd, 2001, 13:42
It has a bad rep. It isn't a true validator if you care about the difference. It's a lint. And is said to make unseemly many mistakes considering the price tag. I may be a little biased towards true validation, w3c, WDG and Quinn, but I think the following sites have good info.

http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/differences.html
http://www.htmlhelp.com/links/validators.htm
http://arealvalidator.com/real-validation.html

Old, but clear explanation to the difference between a validator and a lint for those who don't know.
http://www.awpa.asn.au/html/validate.html