HTML Validator Warnings

[bdconnolly]

I just installed Tidy in FF. Anyway, after having spent some time in the last week to ensure that my site wad 100% valid (it is), the plugin gives me these warnings:

HTML Validation Result
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line 137 column 1 - Warning: <table> lacks "summary" attribute
line 151 column 31 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 210 column 31 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 268 column 31 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 325 column 31 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 377 column 31 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 435 column 31 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 526 column 38 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 535 column 42 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 544 column 51 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 545 column 125 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 580 column 139 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 590 column 136 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 595 column 50 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 699 column 32 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 700 column 34 - Warning: <a> escaping malformed URI reference
line 153 column 15 - Warning: trimming empty <span>
line 212 column 15 - Warning: trimming empty <span>
line 270 column 15 - Warning: trimming empty <span>
line 327 column 15 - Warning: trimming empty <span>
line 379 column 15 - Warning: trimming empty <span>
line 437 column 15 - Warning: trimming empty <span>

0 errors / 22 warnings

Is it a problem that I need to worry about?

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

In this case, no need to worry. Table 'summary' are helping disabled people to summarize table content, but it is not required. The escaping of "/" in a URL is also not mandatory, as is the removal of <span></span> elements.

So, all is well.

Best regards,
Garvin

[bdconnolly]

But if I did fix it, would I be in the record books for the most technically perfect site on the planet?



Thanks Garvin.

Brian

[carl_galloway]

Have you checked to see if your site includes the accessibility requirements for blind/disabled people, a couple that come to mind straight away are the 'skip to' links and tabindex controls. Also, are all your alt tags filled, and are you validating against xhtml strict which is the standard you would want your site to meet if it is to be the most technically perfect.

Sorry. Hope I haven't burst your bubble. On the other hand if its important to you, then its a worthy goal and your site might win some awards.

[bdconnolly]

I was joking.

But seriously, virtually none of the blogs in our industry validate anything... technically or otherwise. But ours does. In that we were able to accomplish our goal.

All good.