Has that Microsoft component been replaced, and will it do compliant W3C code now?
Melissa Rhiannon
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Melissa Rhiannon
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I havent tried VSD in over a year. At the time, it was using some kind of defunct Microsoft engine that was replacing things like trademark codes and using non W3C compliant code for things like valign="middle", replacing it with valign="center", and some other things.
Has that Microsoft component been replaced, and will it do compliant W3C code now?
Has that Microsoft component been replaced, and will it do compliant W3C code now?
Melissa Rhiannon
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887 posts
I almost answered my own question. I looked at the latest version download and it says it's W3C compliant now, which would be great. So I downloaded it, uninstalled the old version, then installed the new one. I opened my site at http://www.PlanetaryBillOfRights.org/ and let it update it to the new version, saved it, and then uploaded it to the site. So far so good, and it SAID it was validating it during the process. But when I checked W3C after that, it wont validate, and says it's a mess.
Will this version only make validated code from scratch, and not from an older site that was made from the older VSD?
Will this version only make validated code from scratch, and not from an older site that was made from the older VSD?
Melissa Rhiannon
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OS Windows 10
Cary
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It looks like this custom body tag is part of the problem:
It's stuck right in the middle of the head section of the html. Remove it and see how the validating goes. VSD will let you change the link and vlink colors without using the link and vlink attributes.
For the background and text color you may need to insert some styling like this into the head section:
<!--html inserted by user -->
<BODY
BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#ffffff" LINK="#ffffff" VLINK="#ffffff" ALINK="#FF0000" >
<!--end of html inserted by user -->
<BODY
BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#ffffff" LINK="#ffffff" VLINK="#ffffff" ALINK="#FF0000" >
<!--end of html inserted by user -->
It's stuck right in the middle of the head section of the html. Remove it and see how the validating goes. VSD will let you change the link and vlink colors without using the link and vlink attributes.
For the background and text color you may need to insert some styling like this into the head section:
<style type="text/css">
body {color:#fff; background-color:#000;}
</style>
body {color:#fff; background-color:#000;}
</style>
Scott Swedorski
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Good catch Cary!
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Melissa Rhiannon
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I'm not as familiar with VSD as I am with Html Editor 2008. How can I look at, and edit raw html in VSD 6?
Melissa Rhiannon
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Cary
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You won't be editing the raw html exactly, but how to do this depends on how the code was inserted in the first place.
1) Go to the "Edit" menu and select "Edit Header..."
2) If you see the following code in the window that opens, just delete the code and click OK. That should take care of it.
If you don't see the above code in the window that opens, then that means the HTML Tool was used to enter the code.
1) This means you have to look for a box on the page which will probably appear to be empty.
2) Select the box so it's outlined in blue.
3) In the Object Properties window click on "Edit HTML". This opens the Insert HTML window.
4) Click on the "Header HTML" tab in the Insert HTML window.
5) If the above code isn't there, then you have selected the wrong box. Click "Cancel" and keep looking for the right box. If the code is there, then click "Cancel" and, with the box still selected, click the delete button.
1) Go to the "Edit" menu and select "Edit Header..."
2) If you see the following code in the window that opens, just delete the code and click OK. That should take care of it.
<BODY
BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#ffffff" LINK="#ffffff" VLINK="#ffffff" ALINK="#FF0000" >
BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#ffffff" LINK="#ffffff" VLINK="#ffffff" ALINK="#FF0000" >
If you don't see the above code in the window that opens, then that means the HTML Tool was used to enter the code.
1) This means you have to look for a box on the page which will probably appear to be empty.
2) Select the box so it's outlined in blue.
3) In the Object Properties window click on "Edit HTML". This opens the Insert HTML window.
4) Click on the "Header HTML" tab in the Insert HTML window.
5) If the above code isn't there, then you have selected the wrong box. Click "Cancel" and keep looking for the right box. If the code is there, then click "Cancel" and, with the box still selected, click the delete button.
Melissa Rhiannon
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887 posts
I took the code out as you suggested, but it still wont validate, says it cant be checked.
Melissa Rhiannon
OS Windows 10
OS Windows 10
Melissa Rhiannon
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887 posts
I just opened it in Html Editor 2008 and it appears to have four <body> statements. Should I have removed that one with that code too?
Is something wrong with 4 of them?
Is something wrong with 4 of them?
Melissa Rhiannon
OS Windows 10
OS Windows 10
Melissa Rhiannon
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887 posts
I'd also like to get that CSS stuff out of there. My html skills are so basic that I dont know how to write with it. I think I was trying the CSS program and that put it in there. But if I could safely take it all out and have the same site, I'd rather.
I did my site at http://www.coloradoprocessservers.net without it, and am able to maintain it, using HTML Editor 2008, and it does the job for me and is W3C compliant.
I wish I had the time to learn all the advanced stuff, but I'm trying to keep my business going and taking care of a disabled sister at the same time.
I did my site at http://www.coloradoprocessservers.net without it, and am able to maintain it, using HTML Editor 2008, and it does the job for me and is W3C compliant.
I wish I had the time to learn all the advanced stuff, but I'm trying to keep my business going and taking care of a disabled sister at the same time.
Melissa Rhiannon
OS Windows 10
OS Windows 10
Melissa Rhiannon
Registered User
887 posts
So to make a long story short, does the latest VSD only validate correctly if I build the site from scratch or fix it up first?
Melissa Rhiannon
OS Windows 10
OS Windows 10
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