Is it worth Validating ?

A small website with 6 pages.

[Digmen1]

Hi Guys

I am a self taught newbie to HTML and CSS etc.

I have written and loaded a website with about 6 pages.

I have written it with Notepad on Firefox and it looks fine on my machine !

I have run it through the wc3 validation on line program and it lists 19 errors fro the whole site.

I would like to tidy them, as I know that my site has a few problems with IE.

My question is, how much time should I spend on this. Would you try to fix all 19 problems ? Or do you just leave some as not worth or needing to be fixed ?

Kind Regards

Digby

[tedster]

Fix the first one - then revalidate and you may find that the total has fallen by more than 1, because validation errors tend to cascade.

Yes, it's worth your while. You will learn a whole lot about html this way. Just be clear that valid mark-up can still display poorly, and pages that look good on many browsers can still have validation errors.

The time spent on validation will rapidly fall off, because there are a few types of common errors that tend to make up the bulk of all validation errors. As you learn not to create those errors, your future becomes streamlined.

[CSS_Kidd]

Just to back tedster up... Validation is the key. You want to make sure your site fairs well in all browsers, including multiple versions of IE. I have a few of my sites tracked with Google Analytics and you wouldn't believe the percentage of people that still use IE 6. And the more you validate the more you learn.