Hello,

I was validating an HTML page CSS with http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
and I got multiple errors.

The problem was that I my CSS seemed fine and I was not getting any
detail about the errors.

Then I removed the comment I had on the start of each CSS file and all
the errors disappeared.

Can't a CSS file start with a comment to be validated?

.... I have seen many CSS documents that start with a comment.

Thank You,
Miguel

shapper wrote:

> I was validating an HTML page CSS with http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
> and I got multiple errors.
>
> The problem was that I my CSS seemed fine and I was not getting any
> detail about the errors.
>
> Then I removed the comment I had on the start of each CSS file and all
> the errors disappeared.
>
> Can't a CSS file start with a comment to be validated?
>
> ... I have seen many CSS documents that start with a comment.

How did you format the comment?

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shapper wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was validating an HTML page CSS with http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
> and I got multiple errors.
>
> The problem was that I my CSS seemed fine and I was not getting any
> detail about the errors.
>
> Then I removed the comment I had on the start of each CSS file and all
> the errors disappeared.
>
> Can't a CSS file start with a comment to be validated?

Sure it can. How did you comment? Hint: CSS is *not* HTML.

/* a CSS valid comment */

--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
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http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

On Mar 2, 3:02 pm, "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4...@central.net> wrote:
> shapper wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > I was validating an HTML page CSS withhttp://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
> > and I got multiple errors.
>
> > The problem was that I my CSS seemed fine and I was not getting any
> > detail about the errors.
>
> > Then I removed the comment I had on the start of each CSS file and all
> > the errors disappeared.
>
> > Can't a CSS file start with a comment to be validated?
>
> Sure it can. How did you comment? Hint: CSS is *not* HTML.
>
> /* a CSS valid comment */
>
> --
> Take care,
>
> Jonathan
> -------------------
> LITTLE WORKS STUDIOhttp://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

I created a simple CSS file in Visual Studio which creates a text file
with extension css.

My file code is:

..empty{}

/*
Base
Global styling rules
Date: 01-03-2008
*/

body
{
color: #606060;
font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
}

The empty class is just something I added to check if the file is
validated and it is.

Do you want me to upload the CSS file to my server?

The way I validated was:
1. Ran MyPage.aspx
2. Used Firefox, Developer Bar > Tools > Validate Local CSS

The HTML is validated fine. The CSS is only validated if I add the
style at the beginning.

Thank You,
Miguel

shapper wrote:

> I created a simple CSS file in Visual Studio which creates a text file
> with extension css.
>
> My file code is:
>
> .empty{}
>
> /*
> Base
> Global styling rules
> Date: 01-03-2008
> */
>
> body
> {
> color: #606060;
> font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
> }
>
> The empty class is just something I added to check if the file is
> validated and it is.
>
> Do you want me to upload the CSS file to my server?
>
> The way I validated was:
> 1. Ran MyPage.aspx
> 2. Used Firefox, Developer Bar > Tools > Validate Local CSS
>
> The HTML is validated fine. The CSS is only validated if I add the
> style at the beginning.


http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/v...m%2Fstudio.php
W3C CSS Validator results for http://www.littleworksstudio.com/studio.php

Some warnings for not specifying background-color on my navbar links
that I have preset...but as you can see how they start:

http://www.littleworksstudio.com/styles/basic.css

Maybe if we could see the live example, the actual output might reveal
the error...So you're Visual Studio must be throwing in something else
that make the file invalid. A MS product that would produce
non-compliant code? Perish the thought!

--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

On Mar 2, 3:39 pm, "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4...@central.net> wrote:
> shapper wrote:
> > I created a simple CSS file in Visual Studio which creates a text file
> > with extension css.
>
> > My file code is:
>
> > .empty{}
>
> > /*
> > Base
> > Global styling rules
> > Date: 01-03-2008
> > */
>
> > body
> > {
> > color: #606060;
> > font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
> > }
>
> > The empty class is just something I added to check if the file is
> > validated and it is.
>
> > Do you want me to upload the CSS file to my server?
>
> > The way I validated was:
> > 1. Ran MyPage.aspx
> > 2. Used Firefox, Developer Bar > Tools > Validate Local CSS
>
> > The HTML is validated fine. The CSS is only validated if I add the
> > style at the beginning.
>
> http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/v...s2&warning=2&u....
> W3C CSS Validator results forhttp://www.littleworksstudio.com/studio.php
>
> Some warnings for not specifying background-color on my navbar links
> that I have preset...but as you can see how they start:
>
> http://www.littleworksstudio.com/styles/basic.css
>
> Maybe if we could see the live example, the actual output might reveal
> the error...So you're Visual Studio must be throwing in something else
> that make the file invalid. A MS product that would produce
> non-compliant code? Perish the thought!
>
> --
> Take care,
>
> Jonathan
> -------------------
> LITTLE WORKS STUDIOhttp://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Yes, I found that when it starts with a comment or empty line the CSS
files gets the following characters at the start:



Have no idea why. Going to try to find out why.

Thanks,
Miguel

On Mar 2, 4:06 pm, shapper <mdmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 2, 3:39 pm, "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4...@central.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > shapper wrote:
> > > I created a simple CSS file in Visual Studio which creates a text file
> > > with extension css.
>
> > > My file code is:
>
> > > .empty{}
>
> > > /*
> > > Base
> > > Global styling rules
> > > Date: 01-03-2008
> > > */
>
> > > body
> > > {
> > > color: #606060;
> > > font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
> > > }
>
> > > The empty class is just something I added to check if the file is
> > > validated and it is.
>
> > > Do you want me to upload the CSS file to my server?
>
> > > The way I validated was:
> > > 1. Ran MyPage.aspx
> > > 2. Used Firefox, Developer Bar > Tools > Validate Local CSS
>
> > > The HTML is validated fine. The CSS is only validated if I add the
> > > style at the beginning.
>
> >http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/v...s2&warning=2&u....
> > W3C CSS Validator results forhttp://www.littleworksstudio.com/studio.php
>
> > Some warnings for not specifying background-color on my navbar links
> > that I have preset...but as you can see how they start:
>
> >http://www.littleworksstudio.com/styles/basic.css
>
> > Maybe if we could see the live example, the actual output might reveal
> > the error...So you're Visual Studio must be throwing in something else
> > that make the file invalid. A MS product that would produce
> > non-compliant code? Perish the thought!
>
> > --
> > Take care,
>
> > Jonathan
> > -------------------
> > LITTLE WORKS STUDIOhttp://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
>
> Yes, I found that when it starts with a comment or empty line the CSS
> files gets the following characters at the start:
>
> 
>
> Have no idea why. Going to try to find out why.
>
> Thanks,
> Miguel

The symbol is ï » ¿

Without the spaces ... but now I see that is not VS.
It seems to be the View CSS tool of the Firefox developer bar.

shapper wrote:

> Yes, I found that when it starts with a comment or empty line the CSS
> files gets the following characters at the start:
>
> 
>
> Have no idea why. Going to try to find out why.

Curse of the BOM

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...racter&spell=1
BOM character - Google Search


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Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com