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Total Validator validates an entire site from the desktop

The Total Validator Advanced Desktop Tool can be run from your desktop and validate an entire site at once a very useful tool to have, it also will spell check your alt attributes.

Validate Site

To validate an entire site, insert the path of the site you wish to validate or browse to it. I suggest selecting the home page file as your starting point.

Under ‘What to Check’, Leave the ‘Number of Pages’ pane on the ‘Basic Tab’ blank to accomplish this

Eliminate Spell check

To run a validation without a spell check on the ‘Basic Tab’ under ‘Validations’ select the drop down arrow on the Spell Check selection and select the blank area at the top of the list.

If you do want to do a spell check, then select your language from the same drop down list.

If you want to include your Alt Attribute (Tags) Text tick the ‘Include Attributes’ radio box on the ‘Advanced Tab’ under ‘Spell Check Options’

Eliminate Codes

When you want to eliminate certain selections from the results insert the codes Total Validator – ( examples below ) produces, in the Advanced Tab – Miscellaneous Options

• E401 – Authorization Required – The links might be password protected
• W802 -  Is the Alt Attribute (Tags) text deliberately empty?: When using <img>, it is valid to have an empty ‘alt’ attribute for images that have no content; such as spacers and parts of larger images that have been broken up or used for other layout purposes.

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