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Web topic 11 importance of html validation
The document discusses the importance of HTML validation. HTML validation is the process of analyzing an HTML document to check that it complies with standard HTML rules and identifies any errors or non-standard code. Validating HTML provides several benefits, including making websites more accessible, search engine friendly, faster loading, less taxing on servers, and easier to update and maintain. It also helps ensure browser compatibility and access to more visitors.
Web topic 11 importance of html validation
- 1. Web Authoring Topic 11 – Importance of HTML Validation
- 2. Objectives Students should ableto: 1. Explain what is HTML validation. 2. List the benefits of HTML validation
- 3. What is HTMLvalidation? It is the process that analyzes an HTML document in comparison to standard HTML rules, identifying errors and non- standard codes. You can check the html validation of your web page by entering your url at: http://validator.w3.org/
- 4. Benefits of HTMLvalidation 1. Web Site Accessibility 2. Search engine friendly pages 3. Faster Loading 4. Less load on servers 5. Easier to update and maintain web site 6. Browser compatibility 7. Access more visitors
- 5. Benefits of HTMLvalidation 1. Web Site Accessibility Validating your html code helps to pinpoint areas of potential blockage that could prevent search engine spiders or visitors from accessing your website.
- 6. Benefits of HTMLvalidation 2. Search engine friendly pages Clean and simple code enables search engines to spider your pages more quickly and completely.
- 7. Benefits of HTMLvalidation 3. Faster Loading If your web page contains html errors, it will take a longer time for the search engines to spider it, therefore slowing the loading time.
- 8. Benefits of HTMLvalidation 4. Less load on servers Clean and simple code will not tax your server as much as a site which has complicated code or contain many nested tables. Cascading style sheets (CSS) will greatly reduce the amount of code within your web pages.
- 9. Benefits of HTMLvalidation 5. Easier to update and maintain web site With no mistakes in your html code, it is easier and faster to make changes to your web pages. This means you will save time and money when maintaining clients' sites.
- 10. Benefits of HTMLvalidation 6. Browser compatibility Validated code ensures your site is compatible with the current browsers and future browsers. Current browsers will continue to update their rules and future browsers will make sure they are html compliant.
- 11. Benefits of HTMLvalidation 7. Access more visitors If you ensure your web pages appear correctly in all the major browsers you will be able to reach a larger audience, which then increases the potential of your site to make more sales.