Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-26 Thread Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh
Are there any good lists--populated by serious developers, like this one--wear "on topic" includes all the trades real developers use, like server side scripting, databases, javascript AND CSS? There are many such forums. But forums tend to be populated by beginners while lists tend to be populat

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-26 Thread MiB
nov 25 2014 17:49 Barney Carroll : > A task runner like Gulp would be useful for this kind of thing. This guy > wrote an excellent introduction (and starter kit) [0] that covers automated > SASS & Browserify code compilation and filesystem-browser synchronisation. > > I've used Gulp for my las

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Philip Taylor
Barney Carroll wrote: That's an interesting approach. Any particular reason(s) not to use HTML5 at all times? Yes, but this is not the place to discuss it/them ! Philip Taylor __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] htt

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Barney Carroll
On Tuesday, 25 November 2014, Philip Taylor wrote: > …HTML 5, but ONLY if new elements such as , or are > required. > That's an interesting approach. Any particular reason not to use HTML5 at all times? -- Regards, Barney Carroll barney.carr...@gmail.com +44 7429 177278 barneycarroll.com

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Philip Taylor
"Validating CSS : When ?" -- For me : a) Whenever something does not behave as anticipated; b) Before signing anything off as complete. If it fails at either stage, then ensure that any deviations from the specification are (a) intentional, (b) essential, and (c) have no undesirable or unant

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Barney Carroll
> > I only run stylesheets through the validator when: 1) I can not find one > of my own "disable this declaration" markers, 2) I can not manage to debug > a problem in browsers locally, and/or 3) I have to share my CSS code with a > developer who is paranoid when it comes to validity -- something

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Georg
Den 25.11.2014 10:50, skrev MiB: As I often feel inclined to use vendor-prefixes in order to meet business requirements, my CSS typically don’t validate fully. I always know why and using SASS have shielded me somewhat from seeing this issue, as I can postpone any prefixes to the final phase.

Re: [css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread Barney Carroll
A task runner like Gulp would be useful for this kind of thing. This guy wrote an excellent introduction (and starter kit) [0] that covers automated SASS & Browserify code compilation and filesystem-browser synchronisation. I've used Gulp for my last 2 major project for all my development and buil

[css-d] validating CSS when?

2014-11-25 Thread MiB
As I often feel inclined to use vendor-prefixes in order to meet business requirements, my CSS typically don’t validate fully. I always know why and using SASS have shielded me somewhat from seeing this issue, as I can postpone any prefixes to the final phase. Are you developers handling this d

Re: [css-d] validating CSS

2009-09-04 Thread Thierry Koblentz
Mostly to give a different POV here... > I was discussing some CSS techniques the other day and someone brought up a > point of a certain "fix" that I use not validating in the CSS validator. I > have never really been overly concerned with validating my stylesheets as > long as the html was good.

Re: [css-d] validating CSS

2009-08-27 Thread David Dorward
2009/8/27 jeffrey morin : > I was discussing some CSS techniques the other day and someone brought up a > point of a certain "fix" that I use not validating in the CSS validator. I > have never really been overly concerned with validating my stylesheets as > long as the html was good. Is there a ce

Re: [css-d] validating CSS

2009-08-26 Thread Theresa Mesa
To me, that's like saying that you don't care if your text or layout looks okay, as long as the HTML is okay. Or saying you don't care if it works in any other browser except IE6, or any other platform than the PC. That might be fine for a site only you and a few friends are going to visit,

Re: [css-d] validating CSS

2009-08-26 Thread Michael Adams
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:57:36 -0400 Came this utterance formulated by jeffrey morin to my mailbox: > I was discussing some CSS techniques the other day and someone brought > up a point of a certain "fix" that I use not validating in the CSS > validator. I have never really been overly concerned wit

[css-d] validating CSS

2009-08-26 Thread jeffrey morin
I was discussing some CSS techniques the other day and someone brought up a point of a certain "fix" that I use not validating in the CSS validator. I have never really been overly concerned with validating my stylesheets as long as the html was good. Is there a certain benefit to validating your C

Re: [css-d] validating css to account for accessibilty

2008-10-07 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Jen Strickland wrote: > Hello! > > I've validated my code, and wanted to be tidy and validate my css, so > I tried using http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ > > ... and it validates, but has warnings. I understand why, but it's so > confusing how all the background-colors need to be accounte

[css-d] validating css to account for accessibilty

2008-10-07 Thread Jen Strickland
Hello! I've validated my code, and wanted to be tidy and validate my css, so I tried using http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ ... and it validates, but has warnings. I understand why, but it's so confusing how all the background-colors need to be accounted for. Is there some handy-dandy

Re: [css-d] Validating CSS problems.

2007-01-19 Thread ~davidLaakso
Christopher Blake wrote: > I am trying to validate this site; > http://www.neilp.newwavemedia.co.uk/index.html > http://www.neilp.newwavemedia.co.uk/stylefile/style1.css > It has this error report; > Servlet has thrown exception:javax.servlet.ServletException: Timed out > It (the w3c validation

Re: [css-d] Validating CSS problems.

2007-01-19 Thread Bjoern Hoehrmann
* Christopher Blake wrote: >It has this error report; >Servlet has thrown exception:javax.servlet.ServletException: Timed out This is some internal error, there is presumably nothing you can do about it. You should download the style sheet to your computer and use the file upload feature of the va

[css-d] Validating CSS problems.

2007-01-19 Thread Christopher Blake
Hi all, I am trying to validate this site; http://www.neilp.newwavemedia.co.uk/index.html http://www.neilp.newwavemedia.co.uk/stylefile/style1.css The xml now validates thanks to some wonderful help from david Laasko but the css won't. It has this error report; Servlet has thrown exception: