installed dreamweaver cs3, now what?

This is true. I use WP a lot and some of the really popular plug-ins (Cforms, Sociable, AJAX Star Rating...) all have none valid CSS.

I had a look at phpBB3's (default) CSS structure and it was a total nightmare, they have several entries for the same thing, all overlapping. It's valid but it's a nightmare to work through even if you have Firebug.

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Don't say I never give you (all) anything eh?

 

Interesting. I'll have to look further into it.

I have noticed that the validator extension for Firefox I have does not require a couple of things for XHTML 1.0 strict, that I don't use.

I wonder if that is it.

However, there are several Firefox validators, you may want to try some others. It is a lot easier than using the W3 one.

 

The real validator is easy too: I have the site bookmarked, and copypaste the url in : ) You can also upload from your own machine too.

 

I just use the web developer toolbar...best thing i've downloaded in a long time that is.

 

With Firebug you can right click and inspect an element, its really good, it gives you the full Cascade order as well which can be a massive help.

 

I also started with DW, but reading about the benefits of the CSS and tablelless coding, i started to learn by checking free templates and changing things in it too see what happens in the template. In my opinion i learned quite quickly the basics.