Can you recommend an offline HTML validator?

[isorg]

Someone here mentionned that they use CSE's HTML validator. I downloaded a trial copy, and it does look quite impressive. It cleared up some of my validation woes quite painlessly. :)

I am tempted to buy the full version (the trial lets you validate 100 times).

Before that, though, does anyone else have any other recommendations for an offline validator?

[bcolflesh]

HTML Tidy:

[tidy.sourceforge.net...]

[Robin_reala]

[validator.w3.org ]? :)

[JAB Creations]

Robin, the W3's validator looks like it would require server software such as Apache to run clientside if I'm correct?

[isorg]

Trouble with the W3's validator is that it does not give meaningful suggestions as to what to do. Also, with an offline valildator, it will typically highlight and let you modify and experiment with the code on the fly.

These are just my observations, maybe I am not using the W3 validator properly...

[JAB Creations]

The W3 validator also fails to check custom DTDs! Usually if I use the W3 validator I just check the line where it says there is an error and check the code manually. It usually spawns many errors for a single error and so reducing the number of errors is not to bad if you know how to go through your own code. It's the generic standard (almost like IE in a scary way). If you snoop around the should be a FAQ page that suggests other validators.

[bill]

The CSE HTML Validator works well offline, and is quite customizable.

[isorg]

Just wanted to share that with the help of CSE, I managed (surprisingly painlessly) to validate my entire collection of websites. Ran them through W3's validator and passed each time :)

I had avoided validating for a long long time because it seemed just too difficult and not worth the time and effort. Did it really matter that the doctype was missing or that some attibutes were wrong etc. etc. as long as it LOOKED nice?

But overnight I have sorted it all out. This is a sureal moment...