[theme-reviewers] TDC: W3C Validation and WordPress Shortcodes

Sat Jul 3 23:23:16 UTC 2010

On 04/07/2010 00:04, Chip Bennett wrote:
> Good evening, Theme Reviewers!
> 
> I'm back with more... this time, looking at W3C validation of the unit test 
> data. I'm sure this information isn't new to some/most/all of you, but: the 
> WordPress [gallery] shortcode and video embeds do not validate, nor does the 
> default markup generated by comment_form().
> 
> The [gallery] shortcode adds <style> inside <body> instead of inside <head> (I 
> understand the reason why; nevertheless, it still results in invalid markup).
> 
> The embeds add undefined attributes.
> 
> comment_form() adds aria-required attributes (draft attributes; not yet 
> standard) to required form fields. 
> 
> Are these validation errors anything to be concerned about with respect to 
> theme review? Or, should we just expect them beforehand, and check for any 
> other errors?
> 
> 
> 
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Evening Chip!

'aria' validates if using html5.

[gallery] tag like you say will never validate, there are a couple of
tickets in trac with suggested workarounds, hopefully they will be
adopted before long.

I reworked the tag in my theme along with the youtube/googlevideo
shortags and now it all validates :) I may release the code as a 'this
will fix wordpress' kind of plugin.

i always validate one of the pages that does not contain the gallery and
ignore the two 'aria' errors.

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