Description of CSE HTML Validator Professional

CSE HTML Validator would not be for you if you don't have any knowledge of HTML *AND* you do not want to learn. If you do not have a basic knowledge of HTML, but you do want to learn, then we recommend combining an online HTML tutorial or book with CSE HTML Validator. If at first you find yourself overwhelmed with all the messages that HTML Validator generates, then don't worry, you'll quickly catch on after a few days of use. We think you'll quickly find CSE HTML Validator a valuable learning tool. Why is this important? HTML documents containing incorrect, incomplete, or outdated syntax can be displayed incorrectly in browsers, appear significantly different from one browser to another, and cost you hours in lost productivity as you search for broken or misformed links. This is even more true with the rise of true WYSIWYG Web authoring tools, which may create HTML code optimized for a certain brand of browser, leave out tags needed by some versions of HTML, or neglect to include text-based browser users in your gorgeously graphical Web creations. CSE HTML Validator is a fast, inexpensive, and extremely configurable way to make sure your HTML documents are done right the first time. Using CSE HTML Validator is as easy as it gets -- drag any HTML document into the Validator window, and in seconds you'll receive a list of syntax errors found in your document. You may be surprised, as I was, to discover all the missing tags, invalid tags, extra tags, misspelled tags, invalid attributes, missing quotations, and browser compatibility issues in your documents. In that same run-through, the Validator will determine the structural layout of your document, compile a list of all links in the document, make recommendations for old-school HTML tags that may no longer be useful in HTML 4.0, and remind you to include ALT attributes in your image tags (for those afore-mentioned textual browser users). This sounds like a great deal to sort through, but CSE HTML Validator makes it easy by giving you ample visual cues to your errors. Lines within your document that contain errors will be highlighted with a different background color, all lines are numbered, and you can work in either full- or split-screen modes to preview changes you're making. You'll also see the nesting order of the document and a handy display of problems you may be having with specific tags (for instance, my frequently forgotten close-bold tag). CSE HTML Validator's power isn't limited to HTML -- it will find problems in C++, Perl, Delphi, Java, VBScript, and SQL. You can validate entire websites using batch processing (done wizard-style!), jot notes on your code that won't appear in your document, and bookmark locations within documents. Simply testing HTML documents with a browser is not good enough. Poorly written HTML documents may be treated differently by different browsers and cause web pages to look like something that was never intended. Problems in web pages could even cause them to render in some browsers but not render at all in others. Making sure that web documents are constructed well helps make sure that they are viewed the way that you want them to be-- and that they are constructed and formed the way they should be. A problem free document also looks good to someone who is looking at your document to see how well it's designed, both aesthetically and syntactically. If you use online validation services, then you should definitely try CSE HTML Validator. It is more reliable, more powerful (finds more problems), faster to use, much more user configurable, and displays easier to understand messages. It also includes tools not available with online validation services. If you use a validation feature that's included with an HTML editor or other program, then you should definitely try CSE HTML Validator. CSE HTML Validator's specialty is validation, doing it thoroughly and being more helpful than validators that are just thrown-in as just another feature. CSE HTML Validator also has many benefits and features that you won't get elsewhere. CSE HTML Validator also includes a simple but time-saving tool called the template tool. The template tool is capable of saving an HTML author from spending a tremendous amount of time making the same changes to many HTML files. For example, using the template tool, an HTML header or footer can be changed on hundreds of documents in just minutes (or seconds)!

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