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O.P. Forum does not validate W3C
The forum doesn't validate, according to http://validator.w3.org. Why isn't the forum valid XHTML? It is saying it is.. (see quote below from source). Also, when I turn cookies off, I can't login (well, I can, but I can't stay logged in), and the forum doesn't look to good in Lynx (text-mode browser; it looks all messy). Can it be fixed to be valid?

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

Now, about the cookies: It says it does that here, but I still find it annoying..

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This post was edited on 01-16-2005 at 08:20 PM by user2319.
01-16-2005 08:20 PM
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Also, when I turn cookies off, I can't login (well, I can, but I can't stay logged in)
Thats not supprising considering it uses cookies to store your logon status and other stuff.
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the forum doesn't look to good in Lynx (text-mode browser; it looks all messy).
Most sites wont.
01-16-2005 08:22 PM
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RE: Forum does not validate W3C
and the forum is transitional, it's just the theme that dates from mybb RC2 which isn't, what makes the page invalid.

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The forum doesn't validate, according to http://validator.w3.org.
Old news. :p

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Why isn't the forum valid XHTML?
Because the people who wrote the original MyBB templates didn't care, apparently.

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It is saying it is
Some parts of the board are valid XHTML, and the rest will be eventually.

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the forum doesn't look to good in Lynx
That doesn't surprise me, since the board uses tables and CSS extensively. How many modern complex sites do look good in a text-only browser? :s

You can use Mozilla and Opera on Linux, so don't complain about Lynx. :refuck:
01-17-2005 04:10 AM
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

That doesnt mean the site claims to be valid XHTML, It is just a signal to the browser as to how to view the page.
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O.P. RE: Forum does not validate W3C
Yes, it tells the browser to view the page as W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional.

Can't the templates be modified? Or would it break everything (I suppose it would.. :rolleyes: )

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That doesn't surprise me, since the board uses tables and CSS extensively. How many modern complex sites do look good in a text-only browser? :S

You can use Mozilla and Opera on Linux, so don't complain about Lynx. :refuck:

CSS is not a problem.

Disabled users can't use Mozilla and Opera. And sometimes when I'm in text-mode I like to browse the web.

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Can't the templates be modified?
There are hundreds of them... tons of work. And yeah, stuff could get messed up. Anyway, much of the conversion to XHTML has been done in MyBB RC4.
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Can't the templates be modified?
There are hundreds of them... tons of work. And yeah, stuff could get messed up. Anyway, much of the conversion to XHTML has been done in MyBB RC4.

So, when's that gonna be released? And for when's the final scheduled? It's been in RC for a long time now if I'm not mistaking <_<
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RC4 is out... I'm waiting for the final ('Gold') before I think about upgrading...
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I'm waiting for the final ('Gold') before I think about upgrading.

and even when gold comes out he probably won't upgrade, he will just think about it, realise how much work they would be to do. then realise that hes lazy and can't be arsed :P
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