The forum is not a valid XHTML 1.0 Strict

[Alpha-Toxic]

I think this does not belong to any other sub forum, so I'll post here...

I just noticed that the forum does not validate. Normally I would not bother with such minor problems, but I thought the whole point of using FluxBB is to have valid code. Also I always point out this site when someone tells me that there are no real big sites with valid HTML...

The problems:

in the announcement

<div id="announce" class="block">
    <h2><span>Announcement</span></h2>
    <div class="box">
        <div class="inbox">
            <div><font color="blue">This forum is <strong>NOT</strong> for help with <strong>anything</strong> you've downloaded! Ask for help with downloaded files and the thread will be deleted.<br />
Posting about any illegal sharing of copyrighted content is <strong>strictly FORBIDDEN.</strong></font></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

should be:

<div id="announce" class="block">
    <h2><span>Announcement</span></h2>
    <div class="box">
        <div style="color: blue;" class="inbox">
            <div>This forum is <strong>NOT</strong> for help with <strong>anything</strong> you've downloaded! Ask for help with downloaded files and the thread will be deleted.<br />
Posting about any illegal sharing of copyrighted content is <strong>strictly FORBIDDEN.</strong></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

and when browsing a sub-forum

<p class="conr"><a href="misc.php?action=markforumread&id=1">Mark this forum as read</a></p>

should be

<p class="conr"><a href="misc.php?action=markforumread&id=1">Mark this forum as read</a></p>

[Firon]

Actually, the point of using FluxBB is that it's a much better coded forum than phpBB (lighter on server resources) and has a better security record. I can't say I care a huge amount about the forum validating, but both are fixed now.

[Ultima]

FYI, misused BBCode tags (like li without a wrapping ul/ol) will likely cause validation issues anyway despite the fact that the rest of the forum is valid

Edit: Yeah.

[li]Look, no ul/ol parent tag! Validate this thread![/li]

[Alpha-Toxic]

Firon: Thanks for fixing them. I really like to use the site as a hidden ace when arguing about web standards; and it's not just some static page, but a whole forum .

There is also the argument that this shows how much you care about (bittorrent included) standards in general. A bit of a stretch, but works on simpler minds (/hand wave/ "These aren't the droids you're looking for.").

Ultima: Well, I will not show them this thread