A CSS Validator examines your Cascading Style Sheet and checks for syntax errors. It does not tell you when you have done something that doesn't make senst to the browser. The current specification for CSS is CSS 2.0.

If you are troubleshooting a problem with the CSS code, it's always a good first troubleshooting step to revalidate the style sheet.

The W3C maintains a CSS Validation Service at »jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

You can place a link to this service on your site. This allows you to validate your CSS with one click! Just use »jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator and add ?uri=your-css-source. Like this: CSS 2.0.

Using a CSS Validation Service is only half the story. You should also validate your HTML and XHTML by using a Markup Validation Service. Use both to ensure your site is coded properly and will be presented well to all user agents.

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by rjackson edited by big greg
last modified: 2004-11-12 07:46:18