Validation
HTML Validator Results for Module 5-4Checking the HTML and CSS validators was certainly a humbling experience. Overall the issues that were resounding had to deal with quotation marks for alt tags. These would return an error for every word associated with every image that did not have an alt tag. This resulted in a dozen or so errors. I modified each page from Module 5 to address the issue with the tags and they are now in compliance.
Additionally, it appears that my original pages had too much of the term "center" and it was recommended that I adapt these to CSS. I did so with much heartache. I am particularly confused as to why the W3 Validator is telling me in the CSS side that using "center" for float is unacceptable. However, my image is perfectly centered with no assistance from the HTML. I am baffled.
I also spent a brief amount of time toggling with the proportions and resizing the aside images so that they are no longer cut off or presenting a scroll bar when the browser window is reduced in size.
Finally, the last major addition I made was to the navigation menu. This I took from a ul and moved into the nav option. This plays well with all of the browsers and issues that I previously had with the margins between the header and the navigation menu are gone.
Metadata
The addition of the metadata added to the 4 errors that were returned on the validator from Creative Commons. These errors were rather technical and I left them as they were. The addition of the keywords should make the site easier to find, though it was tempting to continue an exhaustive list.
Compatibility
Compatibility testing from both Browserstack and Crossbrowsertesting showed a predominantly successful run. I did modify my aside by removing a pesky image and scaling the remaining ones. This rectified the issue of my aside being driven down below the end of the main text. The nav menu does not work in IE.Accessibility
The screencap on the right shows one of the main areas I focused my edits on. While none of my pages produced errors, there were several alerts that I engaged with and rectified. Each item shown in the image has been fixed.
