Validation tools
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This article lists useful on-line and downloadable applications for validating website code.
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On-line tools
- The W3C CSS Validation Service
- Watchfire WebXACT webpage analysis
- The W3C HTML validator - also XHTML, SMIL, MathML, etc
- Web Design Group HTML validator
- W3C HTML semantic extractor
- W3C link checker
- W3C RSS feed validator
- RSS feed validator
- W3C XML schema validator
- Robots.txt checker
- Cynthia Says (accessibility validation)
- Other validators and checkers
Downloadable
- HTML Validator extension for Firefox (also supports XHTML)
- Web Doc processor extension for Firefox validating whole web site at once, best to use with HTML Validator, to get better description of errors.
- Web Developer Toolbar extension for Firefox, opens a new tab to the W3C site with HTML, XHTML or CSS validation tool and validates the current url or uploads the local page for validation.

