Testing your code and site
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I’ve got various WordPress websites with the Share This social plugin for WordPress. I have been using Firebug and http://analyze.websiteoptimization.com/wso to do general checks on the site and the code. And used W3C validator too.
Due to the way WordPress appears to work we never seem to be able to get all the firebug/ website optimization tests to pass and the W3C validator passes everything on HTML 5 apart from 7 errors with the Share This social plugin.
How do you test your code/websites? Should I stop be a perfectionist and just be happy?
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W3C feedback -
Validation Output: 7 Errors
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Line 12, Column 125: Attribute xmlns:fb not allowed here.```
<code class="input">….facebook.com/2008/fbml" xmlns:addthis="http://www.addthis.com/help/api-spec" ></code>[✉](http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homecinemauk.com%2F;errmsg_id=html5#errormsg "Suggest improvements on this error message through our feedback channels")
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Line 12, Column 125: Attribute with the local name xmlns:fb is not serializable as XML 1.0.```
<code class="input">….facebook.com/2008/fbml" xmlns:addthis="http://www.addthis.com/help/api-spec" ></code>[✉](http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homecinemauk.com%2F;errmsg_id=html5#errormsg "Suggest improvements on this error message through our feedback channels")
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Line 12, Column 125: Attribute xmlns:addthis not allowed here.```
<code class="input">….facebook.com/2008/fbml" xmlns:addthis="http://www.addthis.com/help/api-spec" ></code>[✉](http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homecinemauk.com%2F;errmsg_id=html5#errormsg "Suggest improvements on this error message through our feedback channels")
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Line 12, Column 125: Attribute with the local name xmlns:addthis is not serializable as XML 1.0.```
<code class="input">….facebook.com/2008/fbml" xmlns:addthis="http://www.addthis.com/help/api-spec" ></code>[✉](http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homecinemauk.com%2F;errmsg_id=html5#errormsg "Suggest improvements on this error message through our feedback channels")
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Line 109, Column 382: Attribute addthis:url is not serializable as XML 1.0.```
<code class="input">…homecinemauk.com/' addthis:title=' ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a></code><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a>[✉](http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homecinemauk.com%2F;errmsg_id=html5#errormsg "Suggest improvements on this error message through our feedback channels")`
`* Line 109, Column 382: Attribute addthis:title is not serializable as XML 1.0.```
<code class="input">…homecinemauk.com/' addthis:title=' ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a></code>
````<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a>[✉](http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homecinemauk.com%2F;errmsg_id=html5#errormsg "Suggest improvements on this error message through our feedback channels")` `* ![Error](http://validator.w3.org/images/info_icons/error.png "Error") _Line 109, Column 382_: Attribute addthis:url not allowed on element div at this point.``` <code class="input">…homecinemauk.com/' addthis:title=' ' **>**<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a></code> ````<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a> <dl><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a> <dt><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code="">Attributes for element </a>[`div`](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#the-div-element):</dt> <dd>[Global attributes](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#global-attributes)</dd> </dl>` `* ![Error](http://validator.w3.org/images/info_icons/error.png "Error") _Line 109, Column 382_: Attribute addthis:title not allowed on element div at this point.``` <code class="input">…homecinemauk.com/' addthis:title=' ' **>**<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a></code> ````<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a> <dl><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code=""></a> <dt><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" …<="" code="">Attributes for element </a>[`div`](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#the-div-element):</dt> <dd>[Global attributes](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#global-attributes)</dd> </dl>` `* ![Warning](http://validator.w3.org/images/info_icons/warning.png "Warning") _Line 109, Column 452_: Attribute fb:like:layout is not serializable as XML 1.0.``` <code class="input">…ok_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"**>**<a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a></code> ````<a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> <a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a>[✉](http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homecinemauk.com%2F;errmsg_id=html5#errormsg "Suggest improvements on this error message through our feedback channels")` `* ![Error](http://validator.w3.org/images/info_icons/error.png "Error") _Line 109, Column 452_: Attribute fb:like:layout not allowed on element a at this point.``` <code class="input">…ok_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"**>**<a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a></code> ````<a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> <dl><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a> <dt><a class="addthis_button_tweet">Attributes for element </a>[`a`](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#the-a-element):</dt> <dd>[Global attributes](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#global-attributes)</dd> <dd>`[href](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-href)`</dd> <dd>`[target](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-target)`</dd> <dd>`[rel](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-rel)`</dd> <dd>`[media](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-media)`</dd> <dd>`[hreflang](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-hreflang)`</dd> <dd>`[type](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-type)`</dd> </dl>` `* ![Warning](http://validator.w3.org/images/info_icons/warning.png "Warning") _Line 109, Column 557_: Attribute g:plusone:size is not serializable as XML 1.0.``` <code class="input">…oogle_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"**>**<a class="addthis_counter addthis_p…</code></pre> <p class=" helpwanted"=""></a>[✉](http://validator.w3.org/feedback.html?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homecinemauk.com%2F;errmsg_id=html5#errormsg "Suggest improvements on this error message through our feedback channels")</code> ````* ![Error](http://validator.w3.org/images/info_icons/error.png "Error") _Line 109, Column 557_: Attribute g:plusone:size not allowed on element a at this point.``` <code class="input">…oogle_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"**>**<a class="addthis_counter addthis_p…</code></pre> <div class=" ve="" html5"=""></a> <dl><a class="addthis_counter addthis_p…</code></pre> <div class=" ve="" html5"=""></a> <dt><a class="addthis_counter addthis_p…</code>Attributes for element </pre> <div class=" ve="" html5"=""></a>[`a`](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#the-a-element):</dt> <dd>[Global attributes](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#global-attributes)</dd> <dd>`[href](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-href)`</dd> <dd>`[target](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-target)`</dd> <dd>`[rel](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-rel)`</dd> <dd>`[media](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-media)`</dd> <dd>`[hreflang](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-hreflang)`</dd> <dd>`[type](http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/#attr-hyperlink-type)`</dd> </dl></code> ``````````
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Hi John,
7 errors all related to 1 plugin shouldnt be a big deal - especially when it comes to social plugins. A lot of the social share buttons themselves dont validate.
Im also not sure what you mean "the way WordPress appears to work"?
Could you post some of the errors here so we can see and try to help? The W3C error itself should let you know what you can do to fix the problem
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Do you use Firebug? Any other tool suggestions?
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W3C is an indicator of how well you have built your website but not for SEO as it use to be. I would suggest you focus on the sites speed, as it would typically deal with the issues you are facing with plugins and code. Hope this helps, Vahe
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