Re: html 4.0 validation for the site.

[peter karlsson <peter@softwolves.pp.se>]

James A. Treacy:

> Part of the problem here is the html spec itself. It is sometimes
> difficult to do what you want in a compliant way.

HTML is not supposed to be used for design, that's why CSS was
invented.

> For example, it is often difficult to say 'I want a little vertical
> space here, damnit!' without breaking the rules.

P { margin-top: 2em; }

Simple.

> So we need to make a decision: do we claim compliance (and make the
> pages compliant) or do we drop the claim of compliance?

I see no reason not to use conforming HTML.

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