1) You are using CSS3 properties and trying to use the CSS2 validator. 2) You are using browser specific properties that are NOT part of the CSS specification - this is why the CSS3 validator is choking on **** like all the -webkit and -moz properties, which are NOT valid CSS. 3) You are relying on CSS techniques that quite frankly are not ready for primetime and should not be used on a production website (pretty much the entirety of CSS3) 4) CSS validation is a pipedream anyways, since unless you are going to resort to that IE conditional bullshit in your markup (which being a turdpress template it does do) you will eventually resort to a property like zoom:1; filter or expression flushing that down the crapper. There is NO legitimate excuse for invalid markup - but invalid CSS is a reality you have to deal with if you care about cross-browser compatibility. 5) I'd be more concerned about your 47 validation errors in the markup, but being it's turdpress, you are likely being saddled with **** beyond the control of the skinning system.
^ Wordpress is fine just as long as you know which markup to use in your templates. All of my Wordpress themes spit out valid HTML strict 4.01 on every page, the system is excellent as long as you know what you're doing. On topic: I'm getting a ton of validation errors and I would have to agree with the previous post. CSS3 is nowhere near ready for actual use and should be used only for testing purposes at this early stage. I'd go back to CSS2 and also check your HTML, you have several double closing anchor links </a>.
Sorry, but bullshit. Even when you have valid markup (I kind of doubt the html strict BTW) you are saddled with asshat nonsense like absolute URL's on EVERYTHING, redundant title attributes, and a bunch of other bullshit that's entirely because anchors aren't even built in the themes... Which is how even the best wordpress templates end up being 4:1 or higher code to content ratio's.
Like I said, the system is excellent as long as you know what you are doing. I'm gonna go ahead and put you down as ignorant simply because your OPINION is extremely bigoted and your overall attitude is similar to a teenager (that OPINION is taken from reading several of your other posts by the way).
Ok hotshot, do you have a URL to one that is 'excellent'? You'll excuse my skepticism, but I've only ever seen it done once - ONCE, and to do so the person in question (who is regrettably no longer with us) had to rip out a third of wordpress' underlying code-base to pull it off, neutering the upgrade path which is why he was talking about making it a full on fork... and after a year and a half of slaving on it prior to his death he was still NOWHERE near completion. I'm going to let the rest of your post slide and chalk that up to people who cannot defend their position resorting to personal attacks. Attack the work, not the person. Must be a friend of Reg.
I'm not entirely sure why you continue to persist with this. I'm talking about templates, not the underlying Wordpress code - was your friend trying to modify the WP output or just templates? At the end of the day my templates output HTML 4.01 strict, I don't edit Wordpress files but I do hardcode some aspects, such as the search form because the default version gives a HTML warning. I'm currently re-developing my portfolio and shall send you the link once its online (i'm developing it locally at the moment)
Yes. They SHOULD be the same thing, but thanks to how Wordpress is designed, they are not. Just as HTML/CSS should be used as separation of presentation from content, a theme-able PHP program should have separation of data output (template) from data handling (going to mySQL and handling other ****). It's why I like SMF as a forum software - even though the default markup is ****, NOTHING outside the skins is allowed to output markup meaning it's at least possible to fix that stuff without neutering the upgrade path. ... and that is one of the main reasons I dislike Wordpress, and resulted in my friend effectively gutting it to try and fix it. (Which as I told him repeatedly I considered it a lost cause)
I'm guessing overall we're simply purists when it comes to programming... I'm not sure that there is any -perfect- script because, as we've seen recently on here, people take it upon themselves to write code how they please, not how it -should- be done. That said, if something works then it's serving it's purpose... And where Wordpress is concerned it is one of the best content management systems through it's easy upgrades, automated plugin installs, easy templating system, seo url's and such. I appreciate you taking the time to enter this discussion with me but I think we should leave the thread for its original purpose now that we have exhausted our conversation. I shall PM you the link of my Wordpress HTML strict site once it is online, if you are interested that is.