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W3 Validator Update

This is a discussion on W3 Validator Update within the General Discussion forums, part of the vBulletin SEO Discussion category; They updated the validator to v0.8.0. You can read the changed options from What's New at The W3C Markup Validation ...

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    vBSEO.com Webmaster Mert Gökçeimam's Avatar
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    W3 Validator Update

    They updated the validator to v0.8.0. You can read the changed options from What's New at The W3C Markup Validation Service however more important thing is in order to keep vBulletin pages validated you must change the following in vBulletin templates. I advise you to use search and replace in vBulletin template manager.

    Search For
    Code:
    <html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
    Replace With
    Code:
    <html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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    oh man, I'll get lost for weeks if I start trying to validating my site again

    might was well check it out, thanks for the info Mert
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    validation aside, the DTD will be used by standards compliant browsers to render the page in the proper defined format.


    this is a simple global replace and takes two secs to copy paste and next next through the couple pages of replacements.

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    Oh, I see now

    Thanks
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    there is a nice plugin that does all this for you at vb.org.

    Heres the link: Fix XHTML templates with XMLNS information - vBulletin.org Forum

    Enjoy.

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