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Dreamweaver CS6 - CSS Validation?

Jul 30, 2012 10:05 AM

Tags: #css #validate #validation #w3c

Hello folks,

 

I know we have a W3C Validation feature in Dreamweaver CS6 ( which is very nice ), but it only seems to validate HTML code.

 

What about validating CSS within Dreamweaver?  I can't find this feature anywhere.

 

Is there a way to validate CSS within Dreamweaver?

 

Thanks!

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  • MurraySummers
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    1. MurraySummers,
    Jul 30, 2012 10:10 AM   in reply to billhdz
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    Nope.  But it's easy enough to use http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ to do so.

     
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  • Nancy O.
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    2. Nancy O.,
    Jul 30, 2012 10:12 AM   in reply to billhdz
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    No.  But you can use the on-line tools at W3C:

     

    Code Validation Tools

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    CSS - http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

    HTML - http://validator.w3.org/

     

    Or get the Web Developer Toolbar add-on for Firefox. 

    Among many other things, it validates your local HTML and CSS.

     

     

    Nancy O.

     
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  • billhdz
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    3. billhdz,
    Jul 30, 2012 10:57 AM   in reply to Nancy O.
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    Hello fellow DW users!

     

    Yes, i am aware of the online tools.  I jut wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing something.  It only makes snese that Adobe would eventually implement a CSS validator similar to the HTML validator.  It keeps us in DW and increases productivity.

     

    I appreciate all of the responses to my question.  Thanks a million for taking the time to post your notes!!! 

     

    Cheers!

     
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  • MurraySummers
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    Jul 30, 2012 1:43 PM   in reply to billhdz
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    Actually, it doesn't make sense that Adobe would do that.  Why recreate the wheel?  I (personally) begrudge every penny that Adobe spends doing things like that instead of things that really need to be done.  Jus sayin....

     
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  • Random Terrain
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    5. Random Terrain,
    Jul 30, 2012 2:14 PM   in reply to billhdz
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    Speaking of tools that are outside of Dreamweaver, have you seen  Free CSS Toolbox:

     

    http://www.blumentals.net/csstool/

     

    I had it on my older computer, forgot about it when I moved to my new computer, then someone recently posted a link to it on another web site and that reminded me again that it existed. If I remember correctly, it was a pretty useful program. I need to download it again.

     
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    Jul 30, 2012 2:21 PM   in reply to billhdz
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    billhdz wrote:

     

    Yes, i am aware of the online tools.  I jut wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing something.  It only makes snese that Adobe would eventually implement a CSS validator similar to the HTML validator.  It keeps us in DW and increases productivity.

    The issue is not with building the tool (Adobe has done similar tools in the past).

     

    The issue is with keeping it up to date and relevant so that it's a worthwhile inclusion in the DW toolkit and can be regularly used on a daily basis.

     

    CSS is evolving and updating so fast that many DW users want bleeding edge tools which are up to the minute with every latest development. Adobe cannot keep up - plus it's not their core business - and 3rd parties and online tools do the job so much better.

     

    Why compete? Align instead and point DW users towards reputable online tools.

     

    As Murray says, I'd prefer Adobe invests its engineering hours elsewhere..

     
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  • Nancy O.
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    7. Nancy O.,
    Jul 30, 2012 2:48 PM   in reply to John Waller
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    As Murray says, I'd prefer Adobe invests its engineering hours elsewhere..

    I third that sentiment.

     

    While we're discussing the Results panel, I can't remember the last time (if ever) that I used, Reference, Site Report, Link Checker or Browser Compatibility Checker.  If those "features" disappeared tomorrow, it would be no great tragedy.

     

     

    Nancy O.

     
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  • billhdz
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    8. billhdz,
    Jul 30, 2012 4:55 PM   in reply to John Waller
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    The issue is not with building the tool (Adobe has done similar tools in the past).

     

    The issue is with keeping it up to date and relevant so that it's a worthwhile inclusion in the DW toolkit and can be regularly used on a daily basis.

     

    CSS is evolving and updating so fast that many DW users want bleeding edge tools which are up to the minute with every latest development. Adobe cannot keep up - plus it's not their core business - and 3rd parties and online tools do the job so much better.

     

    Why compete? Align instead and point DW users towards reputable online tools.

     

    As Murray says, I'd prefer Adobe invests its engineering hours elsewhere..

    Acrually, Adobe switched to incorporating online tool for HTML validation within Dreamweaver, starting with version CS5.5, so they don't need to update anything.  They just access the online tool directly.  This is very efficient.  Now all they need is to do the same for the CSS validator.

     
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  • billhdz
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    Jul 30, 2012 4:57 PM   in reply to Random Terrain
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    Random Terrain wrote:

     

    Speaking of tools that are outside of Dreamweaver, have you seen  Free CSS Toolbox:

     

    http://www.blumentals.net/csstool/

     

    I had it on my older computer, forgot about it when I moved to my new computer, then someone recently posted a link to it on another web site and that reminded me again that it existed. If I remember correctly, it was a pretty useful program. I need to download it again.

    Nice, but not cross platform.  Only for PC.

     

    Thanks for the post.

     
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  • John Waller
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    Jul 30, 2012 6:02 PM   in reply to billhdz
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    billhdz wrote:


    Acrually, Adobe switched to incorporating online tool for HTML validation within Dreamweaver, starting with version CS5.5, so they don't need to update anything.  They just access the online tool directly.  This is very efficient.  Now all they need is to do the same for the CSS validator.

     

    Feel free to submit an official feature request

     

    https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

     

    Personally I always go direct to the online validators in my browsers.

     
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  • billhdz
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    11. billhdz,
    Jul 31, 2012 8:56 AM   in reply to John Waller
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    John Waller wrote:

     

    billhdz wrote:


    Acrually, Adobe switched to incorporating online tool for HTML validation within Dreamweaver, starting with version CS5.5, so they don't need to update anything.  They just access the online tool directly.  This is very efficient.  Now all they need is to do the same for the CSS validator.

     

    Feel free to submit an official feature request

     

    https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

     

    Personally I always go direct to the online validators in my browsers.

     

    DONE. Thanks John!

     
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