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[BBM_]

Hi All,

Bit of a discussion point here and the question is how seriously do you take validation?

I have gone to validate my store and found quite a few errors, however before I set off on the path to cleanse the question how a high priority should it be?

I think it falls after cross browser testing as I noticed if I simply copy the home.tpl file from the original skin folder and try to validate it I get 6 errors and 21 warnings.

So before I've had a chance to mess it up I'm already behind and have to double check to ensure the changes don't break the store.

What are your thoughts?

[cflsystems]

It is important, depends on the errors. You can leave some types of errors or warnings unresolved but try to get fixed all you can. For example an error "missing closing div" will break the site in IE, FF is smart enough sometimes to "fix" this error when showing the page. Validator will also show you missing alt tags or use of attributes or elements where you cannot use them. All this can lead to cross browser issues and maybe sometimes SE not indexing what you want or not at all because of missing attributes