how do i find open tags. why is my site messed up in netscape.

[jlyons1234]

Hi,

Whats the best way to find and elimnate open tags in dream weaver? also my site looks fine in IE, but when i use netscape some of the links are off, and some of the tables move. any idea why?

Thany you,
Jay Lyons

[Waylander]

http://validator.w3.org/

Validate your code and the validator will tell you if an tags arent closed or open, thats usually the first place I start when something doesnt look right.

Waylander.

[jlyons1234]

Hi,

when i run my site through validtor i get 47 errors. when i start to remove them it eventuly starts to destory the look of the site. do i just clean up what doesnt affect the page design or do i need to get no errors?

Thank you,
Jay

[Waylander]

All depends on what you want.

If its a priority to get the site done just use it find the specific problems, copy the page and try resolving each error one at a time to see what the origrinal problem is. Then once you find the problem just fix it up on the original.

Going straight from not validating to validating on an existing site can be hard... just keep working and try to get a few less errors each time you work untill you manage to get none.

If you can get to a point where you can write fairly validated code from start, it becomes a very usefull tool to find errors.

Waylander.

[jlyons1234]

what exaclty does validating a site do? I have sites with serveral validiation errors that seem to get spidered fine by search engines. Will it help in SERP or something?

Thanks.
Jay