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HTML How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Website Testing

Posted by Tracey McEntyre-Schofield
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Tracey McEntyre-Schofield
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 555 Points

Website testing I received a ton of errors on validator. Will this interfere going forward? Should i correct these now?

I received errors when I did the test on validator. I;m a bit confused what I did wrong.

4 Answers

Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
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Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
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It depends on whether they are errors or just warnings. In most cases, you should try to eliminate any errors, even though it may not "break" the way the site displays in a browser. It ensures cross-browser compatibility and is a good coding practice to start early. Even if it doesn't break something in the way the site looks in it's current state, it could cause potential problems as you add to the page. The validator should give you helpful information to find those errors and fix them; often it's just a missing "/" or a misspelled tag.

Some warnings, however, may be okay to leave-- as Nick Pettit mentions in the video.

Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
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Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points

Also, if you have specific questions about the errors and cannot find what you did wrong, you'll have to paste your code for us to see.

mamadou badiane
mamadou badiane
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mamadou badiane
mamadou badiane
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Paste your code for a specific help

Tracey McEntyre-Schofield
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Tracey McEntyre-Schofield
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 555 Points
Tracey McEntyre-Schofield
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Tracey McEntyre-Schofield
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 555 Points

Thank you all!! I appreciate your time.

Christel Macabeo
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Christel Macabeo
Christel Macabeo
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I was testing html, and received a bad value error for the code I copied from google fonts. Also, a warning to consider labeling a section. I agree with Benjamin, in that some errors or warnings are okay to leave.