[geeklog-modules] Valid HTML 4.01/CSS 2

[Tony Bibbs]

Vincent, wtih GL2 we'll probably put processes in place that require a 
theme/pluging to be compliant before they are posted to our site.  Now 
that doesn't mean they still can't be released but we won't consider them 
'official'

-Tony

 On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Vincent Furia wrote:


> Plugin/Block(/Theme) Developers,

> 

> I'm working on a HTML 4.01/CSS 2 valid theme for geeklog.  I'm pretty much

> done and I hope to release it in the near future.  There are two things

> I've noticed when creating the theme:

> 

> 1.  The Geeklog engine is pretty much compliant to these standards, any

> non-valid html tends to be in the themes.

> 2.  Most of the plugins and a few of the blocks are not web standard

> compliant.  The following plugins in particular:

>   * chatterblock (submitted a bug request to geeklogplugins)

>   * staticpages 1.2 (the CVS of '1.3?' is better, though I think it still

> needs some work)

>   * gallery random image block (at least the version I had)

> Note:  I don't mean to single these out, but that is all the plugins and

> blocks I have installed on my Geeklog.  I'm sure that there are more

> plugins/blocks that are not standards compliant.

> 

> The biggest problems among both the themes and the plugins is missing

> 'alt' properties from image tags and missing 'type' properties

> (type="text/javascript") from script tags.  Also the use of the '_'

> character in style sheets (which is not supported in the standard).

> Problems beyond these exists, this is just what I've noticed is most

> common.

> 

> So, a request from me to all module developers on their future releases:

> try to make your HTML/CSS standard compliant.

> 

> Thanks,

> Vinny

> 

> P.S.  In almost all the geeklog distributed themes the valign property is

> often spelled valigh.  Fixing that and adding alt propeties to all the

> images _could_ make some of the themes pretty close to HTML 4.01

> compliant.

> 

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