I'm trying to use ports from FreeBSD to validate webpages.
www/weblint has worked before, but is now giving me an error message. www/weblint++ works, but it's only allowing me to use one file/webpage at a time, when I try to
www/validator looks interesting as it uses W3C standards. However it's not a program, and I'm unsure how to make use of it. I'm thinking that I load the file or program onto my webserver, or I need to host the webpages myself. I would need a hint or basic instruction on how this would work.
For checking for broken links, one that I used (I forgot which), www/linkcheck or www/linkchecker worked well.
* Update:
www/weblint is obsolete and will be removed. www/p5-HTML-Lint works well, and it uses the same command to operate. For basic use, it's solved.
I'm still curious about how services like www/validator and www/p5-webservice-validator-html-w3c would be made to work.
www/weblint has worked before, but is now giving me an error message. www/weblint++ works, but it's only allowing me to use one file/webpage at a time, when I try to
cat
an output a list to it. I use grep
to filter out excessive messages, that aren't for checking validity of html. Also, I have to temporarily turn off perl blocking on a website for this to work, unless setting it to retrieve using curl may work. I like the way weblint functions over weblint++, if only it would work.www/validator looks interesting as it uses W3C standards. However it's not a program, and I'm unsure how to make use of it. I'm thinking that I load the file or program onto my webserver, or I need to host the webpages myself. I would need a hint or basic instruction on how this would work.
For checking for broken links, one that I used (I forgot which), www/linkcheck or www/linkchecker worked well.
* Update:
www/weblint is obsolete and will be removed. www/p5-HTML-Lint works well, and it uses the same command to operate. For basic use, it's solved.
I'm still curious about how services like www/validator and www/p5-webservice-validator-html-w3c would be made to work.