Comments on: Validating XHTML

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:29:40 +0000

That is a pity. What is ‘PITA’? The email was about the tab “WordPress resources” on ‘Lorelle’s’. Your are offering some links that translate the WP manual. Amongst them you mention a ‘dutch’ version. Helas that’s a German version. I asked if you could correct that and if you know one in Dutch somewhere?

By: Lorelle

Lorelle — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:52:10 +0000

I got the ampersand thing. PITA! And no, I didn’t get your email. Sorry.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:09:07 +0000

Sorry but here is WP playing me parts again. My comment before this is confusing. I tried to write ampersand signs in to 2 different encodings but WP simply converts them back to plain & signs. When you look at the source you will know what I meant. :{

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:01:30 +0000

Another thing we have to mention to the audience is the fact that only a single & is a faulty one for validation. I just tested this on a remote script I use for stylesheet switching from Paul Sowden at Alistapart. In that script you'll find double & symbols like so &&. When I changed them to && the script failed. So validation only requires that single & signs need to be converted to their UTF-8 counterparts, &. And then something else. Since we are indirectly speaking about encoding, an ampersand (and many other symbols) can also be coded like & without a problem. Strange because WP is built around UTF-8 (look in your header for the meta). How come I wonder?

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:42:26 +0000

Yes I do actually. The validating thing that still makes me a bit crazy is caused by the use of ‘excerpts’. It is a built in feature by Binarymoon on the ‘Regulus’ theme we both use. When I started out it seemed a good thing todo, to use the excerpts. On hindside I am not really sure. It’s a bit wacky from time to time. There is only one thing to it. Per post, per comment, validation comes twice here. Ah well, I can live with that. Thanks for the comment. Always appreciated. BTW did you manage to adjust the ‘dutch’ to ‘german’ translations yet? Mailed to you on cameraontheroad.

By: Lorelle

Lorelle — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:30:36 +0000

You probably already know this, but for your readers, most advertising or javascript code that includes an ampersand will not validate. I found out that you need to change the & to & and it will still work and the code will now validate. I hated that so I was relieved to finally find a fix that makes the code work and validates at the same time.