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Re: Re-validate site from validator icon...

From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 23:22:10 -0400 (EDT)
To: Paul Stremel <pmstremel@yahoo.com>
cc: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0504122319010.18829-100000@localhost.localdomain>

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Paul Stremel wrote:

> I have a site that generates pages dynamically from perl scripts.  The
> pages are user input forms and the source code has been validated by
> hand.  However, when I use the re-validate link, <a
> href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer">, the referer is, of
> course , the perl script and not an static page.  I suppose I could
> write the source to a tmp file on the server and serve-up this file to
> re-validate, but with multiple users, entry points, etc. this would be a
> nightmare.  Is there some other way that I can "drag" the source out of
> the current document to satisfy the "validator.w3.org/check" script, or
> is there a better way to approach the re-validation?

http://chrispederick.com/work/firefox/webdeveloper/

Install that and use "Tools -> Validate Local HTML" from within Firefox.

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Liam Quinn
Received on Wednesday, 13 April 2005 03:21:54 UTC

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