Validating CSS in test - PLEASE HELP!

Discussion in 'CSS' started by Web-tester-1, Dec 12, 2008.

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    Are there any hard and fast rules for checking CSS is up to standard (maybe W3C standards) before shipping a product off to the customer?

    The validator offered by W3C is all well and good, but as a tester I am not trained in CSS itself and so don't really know what I'm looking at when errors are returned.

    How do you know if an error/warning is passable as a risk or if it definitely needs fixing? Is it all down to interpretation of the clients requirements or does someone have a template for the basics to look out for?

    Any help on this matter would be much appreciated! :)

    Regards.
     
    Web-tester-1, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  2. Divisive Cottonwood

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    It's a difficult one to answer as it may not be validating not because of a syntax error but because the designer has deliberately used a hack or a CSS3 selector...

    If you have a particular CSS file you are worried about then why don't you post up the URL here and maybe we can offer some advice
     
    Divisive Cottonwood, Dec 12, 2008 IP
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    An error is an error. Shipping any product with an error is a risk.
     
    drhowarddrfine, Dec 12, 2008 IP