--- Steve Raeburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have committed the first step in transitioning the web site
> documentation
> to valid XHTML.
> 
> All documents should now validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. If any have
> slipped through the net, please feel free to let me know.
> 
> Next steps:
>  - Replace inline formatting (font tags - Ugh!) with CSS.
>  - Remove the printer friendly version and handle print layout with CSS.
>  - Tackle the web apps.
>  - Merge XSL style sheets into one.
> 
> There are a few things you should watch out for when updating the source
> XML
> docs to ensure that the HTML pages continue to validate. They all
> basically
> fall under the category of "make sure you use valid XHTML", but
> specifically:
> 
>  - All images must have "alt" tags
>  - valign is not valid for images
>  - ensure that nested lists are valid: the nested <ol> <ul> etc.
>    tag must be contained in a <li> tag. (These are a p.i.t.a to
> unravel.)
>  - lists not allowed inside paragraphs

Are you sure about this?  Are you saying that
<p><ul><li>blah</li></ul></p>
is invalid?

David

>  - <pre> formatted text is not allowed inside paragraphs.
> 
> If you'd like to validate the HTML documents after making changes, you
> can
> do so at http://validator.w3.org/ Opera 7 makes it easier to validate by
> linking directly to the validator via a hotkey combination ctrl-alt-v
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
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