How to Validate HTML File

Validating an HTML page is as important as designing and writing the HTML one. These days, web browsing is not limited to only desktop computer and workstations. Mobile phones and PDAs are excessively used for browsing net via GPRS. Though the browsing capabilities and web browser support in these multi-featured devices is limited, but HTML designer should validate html file for this huge client base.

Every day new web browsers are hitting the market with their different features. So it is essential for the web page designer to validate html file so that it can be supported on different web browsers.

To validate the html page, page designer must follow the correct syntax of writing HTML tag. Different validators check for different things in HTML page. Generally validators look for syntax error and problems like unclosed tag, missing element in the web page.

HTML validation can be done using online validators available on World Wide Web consortium (W3) site. Though other online versions of validators are also available but W3 keep updating its standard of validation as per the new web browsers. HTML designer should always follow standards of HTML coding as laid by W3C. Once web designer has validated HTML code of the page, accessibility validators should be used to make its access possible to different web browsers and search engines.

Recent web browsers are providing the option of validating HTML page e.g. internet explorer 8. Though validating a HTML page on it will not guarantee validation on other web browser, but this process of validation can be used by beginners.