Last Updated: 13Mar11 | Status: To Be Continued
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (w3.org) was founded in 1994. W3C's mission is: "To lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web."
Steve's Tech Resource strongly supports the efforts of the W3C. Coding to a single, accepted, standard rather than to multiple proprietary usages makes the Web Developer's job far easier.
Steve's Tech Resource shows support for the W3C by:
2. W3C XHTML 1.1 And XHTML 1.0 Transitional Validation
Steve's Tech Resource is comprised of 50+ XHTML pages. All but a handful of the pages are W3C Valid XHTML 1.1 or XHTML 1.0 Transitional. The Steve's Tech Resource pages that are W3C Valid XHTML 1.1 or W3C Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitionals display the W3C Valid XHTML 1.1 button or W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional button, respectively, at the bottom of the page. To confirm a Steve's Tech Resource page is W3C Valid XHTML 1.1 or W3C Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional, simply click the W3C Valid XHTML 1.1 button or W3C Valid XHTML 1.0 button, respectively, located at the bottom of the page. The page's code is sent to the W3C Markup Validation Service, analysed, and the result of the analysis is returned.
The Steve's Tech Resource pages that are not W3C Valid XHTML 1.1 or W3C Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional, the reason the pages are not valid, and, where applicable, a link to a version of the pages which are valid, are listed in the following table.
| Non-Validating Page | Reason | Validating Version Of Page |
|---|---|---|
| Forum Home Page (stevestechresource.com) |
BBS inserted code | Forum Home Page: Valid (stevestechresource.com) |
| New thread, new poll, reply & search pages | BBS inserted code | NA |
| System Resources (Sidefield) (stevestechresource.com) |
Page presented as provided by Sidefield | NA |
Steve's Tech Resource employs external Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). All of the CSS are W3C Valid CSS2. To confirm a Steve's Tech Resource CSS page is W3C Valid CSS2, simply click the W3C Valid CSS button located at the bottom of the page. The CSS employed by the page is sent to the W3C CSS Validator, analysed, and the result of the analysis is returned.