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When I'm developing a website locally sometimes I want to check if the html is valid but I haven't been able to find a good tool. I want it partial as a sanity check when I'm troubleshooting layout issues.

Can you please suggest a tool that can validate HTML offline? I'm not looking for validation inside of an IDE but something that will load the page from the web server.

Thank you!

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You can download the source and/or packages direct from w3[1].

[1] http://validator.w3.org/source/

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+1, and they have a LOT of other really cool tools and libraries available for download. – Tim Post Aug 1 '10 at 20:15
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To save time I use a Firefox Extension called HTML Validator. It adds validation to your view source window, tells you errors and warnings in a bottom pane. Also puts an icon in the bottom of your window showing you a quick reference for yes/no on validation. If no, then you just view source and it shows you exactly what your errors are.

Also validates accessibility.

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Oh yeah. Validate as you go. Saves you an extra manual step on each page. Hasn't yet been updated for HTML5, though. – Grant Palin Aug 2 '10 at 6:24
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Have you checked out HTML Tidy?

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This is a very good solution too; and since they provide binaries for almost all platforms it's also a good option for beginners. – fwa Aug 1 '10 at 21:43
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You can validate HTML and CSS locally (and do a lot of other useful things) with the Web Developer Toolbar add-on for Firefox. It's also available for Google Chrome.

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This is just a quick way of submitting it to the W3C validator. Hardly 'offline'. – Kris Aug 1 '10 at 21:13
Apologies, I misread the question. You can validate locally, but not offline. – Virtuosi Media Aug 1 '10 at 21:26
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