RE: Validator fails to catch <p> left open

Validation (and shiny button that says a page does so) is not a replacement for teaching (or learning). Lead by example. I see you're using the HTML5 badge on your webpage, but not attributing the logo to the w3c as required per the licensing guide. See https://www.w3.org/html/logo/faq.html#attribute-to. You also note on the page next to the badge that, "This site is written in valid HTML5." Please refer to https://validator.w3.org/docs/help.html#icon where it w3c encourages designers to integrate validation icons within web pages only as long as the icon is used as a link to revalidate the page it is in. While you're not using the traditional "this page validates" icons from https://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/Icons, the spirit in which you are using the HTML5 badge is comparable, yet you have not linked your HTML5 badge/icon nor your "this site validates" text to the validation service for revalidation. Your student's code is technically correct. Yours, however, is not following the best use recommendations and is breaking the w3c licensing agreement.


Regards,

Phaewryn J.D. O’Guin

[Phaewryn J_D_ O'Guin]



From: Barry J. Sullens <bsullens@ivytech.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 8:13 PM - 20:13 PM
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Subject: Validator fails to catch <p> left open

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  1.  <!doctype html> <!-- Author: Sandra Hufford -->↩
  2.  <html lang="en"> <!-- Date Written: 02/12/19 -->↩
  3.  <head> <!-- Description: Lab04 -->↩
  4.  <title>Lab04: Currency Conversions using Functions</title>↩
  5.  <meta charset="utf-8" />↩
  6.  <link rel="stylesheet" href="lab04.css" />↩
  7.  </head>↩
  8.  <body>↩
  9.  <div id="wrapper">↩
  10. <h1>Lab04: Currency Conversions using Functions</h1> ↩
  11. <p>100 (USD) = 11059.3 (JPY) </p><p><a href="lab04.php">convert again</a>↩
  12. ↩
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  15. <footer>&copy; 2019. Ivy Tech Community College. </footer>↩
  16. </div><!--wrapper-->↩
  17. </body>↩
  18. </html>


I teach web development at Ivy Tech Community College. I require all my development students to validate before submitting their work for grading. The validator should catch the missing </p> on line 11, but it does not. Please advise.

Barry J. Sullens 

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