ASP, .NET, and valid xhtml code

Should a web application/website have valid (x)html code?

[zbeauvais]

I recently ran my corporate site through the W3C CSS validator (http://validator.w3.org/) to see if the code is valid. I have really never seen such a long page as the error results. My question is that, if the site is ASP and .NET coded, should I ignore these errors, or should I take issue with my web designer/host?

Cheers for the info,
-Zbeauvais

[pageoneresults]

I recently ran my corporate site through the W3C CSS validator (http://validator.w3.org/) to see if the code is valid.

Congratulations! You've taken that first step.

I have really never seen such a long page as the error results.

Hmmm, that is probably not a good sign.

My question is that, if the site is ASP and .NET coded, should I ignore these errors, or should I take issue with my web designer/host?

It all depends on what the errors are. I'd be willing to bet that a good portion of them are because you are missing alt attributes. Another common error is unescaped ampersands (& instead of &).

I would take issue with any errors that could be fatal such as missing closing tags, malformed tags, script errors, etc. Actually, I personally would take issue with all errors. But, that's just me. ;)

[zbeauvais]

Adding to my difficulty, Does anyone know what (if any) code fault would not allow selection of text through a browser? If my site is selected (i.e.: to copy and paste), all the text is selected at once. This occurs in I.E. but not Firefox. Our designer suggested placing <div> tags everywhere, I believe. I'm not sure I want any more code bloat!

Cheers,
-Z