<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <sect1 id="validators"> <sect1info> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Gardner</firstname> <surname>Bell</surname> <affiliation><address><email>gbell72@rogers.com</email></address></affiliation> </author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <date>2006-01-10</date> <releaseinfo>3.5.1</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para>The &konqueror; validator plugin checks your &CSS; and &HTML; documents for conformance to W3C recommendations and other standards.</para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>kdeaddons</keyword> <keyword>konqueror</keyword> <keyword>plugins</keyword> <keyword>validators</keyword> </keywordset> </sect1info> <title>The Validators Plugin</title> <sect2> <title>Using the Validators Plugin</title> <para>The validator plugin can be accessed in the &konqueror; menubar under <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Validate Web Page</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A description of each subitem can be found below.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Validate &HTML;</guimenuitem></term> <listitem><para>The validate &HTML; option allows you to compare your &HTML; document to the defined syntax of &HTML; and reports any errors found. Validating your &HTML; will ensure that your pages display properly on all browsers.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Validate CSS</guimenuitem></term> <listitem><para>Allows you to validate your &CSS; style sheet that is embedded in an &HTML; or &XHTML; document. Having valid &CSS; is critical to ensuring that your web site maintains a consistent look regardless of the browser that is being used.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Validate Links</guimenuitem></term> <listitem><para>Allows you to confirm that the links on your site contain no redirects or broken links. This tool recursively checks all links on a site.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Configure Validator</guimenuitem></term> <listitem><para>The configure validator item allows you to view the preset validators you can use to validate your &HTML; and &CSS;.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2> <title>Credits</title> <para>The validators plugin is Copyright © 2001 Richard Moore and Andreas Schlapbach &Richard.J.Moore.mail; <email>schlpbch@iam.unibe.ch</email></para> </sect2> </sect1> </article>