Hello,

 

I received a "responsive" website and I wanted to check if the designer did a good job. Where can I go to check if it's really valid with the W3C validator, do I have to use the mobile validator? Something else?

 

Thank you very much for your help.

 

David

It should be sufficient to use the html5 validator and the css3 validation (the last one will validate css in all mediaqueries)

Edit: That is asuming it's the same content for mobiles and desktop versions if there are scripts detecting user agents and generating special content for mobile phones then you need some aditional validation

Edited October 10, 201312 yr by Nillervision

^ bear in mind that the CSS validator may not recognise vendor specific prefixes such as -moz-linear-gradient and report them as errors

W3 Validator is the best and popular way to check validation. However you can also use "Total Validator". It's a desktop software. Just google it, You will find the download link.

Hello,

 

I received a "responsive" website and I wanted to check if the designer did a good job. Where can I go to check if it's really valid with the W3C validator, do I have to use the mobile validator? Something else?

 

Thank you very much for your help.

 

David

 

Welcome to the forum

 

First of all, what makes you think the designer didn't do a good job?

Is the site not working, not responding to different screen resolutions or broken in some browsers / devices?

 

Second, the validator will only tell you if there are any mark up errors (you won't know if they are minor errors or serious errors). The validator won't tell you if the HTML is semantic and well coded, and if it's up to the current coding standards. For all you know, your site might be built with tables (which is seriously outdated technique) and still validate.

 

If you need a review from other designers, best way is to post the site here, in our Website reviews and feedback section. Then you get a chance to receive professional opinion.

I do'nt know if the designer has made a good job or not, but I wanted to be sure he did a good one.

 

Thanks for all your answers, very useful for me.