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Total Validator v7.6.0 released 3 Nov 2012 7:36 AM (12 years ago)
The Embedded tool has now been formally released and available with v7.6.0 and with it several command line options are now only available with the Embedded tool.
Many new accessibility validation tests have been added in this release together with enhancements to existing tests.
A new CSS option has been added to completely ignore vendor extensions reducing the number of errors reported.
The 'ignore problems' system has also been updated to work with existing class names, making it easier than ever to use this feature.
Finally TV has been brought up to date with the latest HTML5 standard, and the continuing development of a whole host of CSS3 standards.
Total Validator v7.5.1 released 21 Aug 2012 3:09 AM (12 years ago)
With this release include a Google Chrome extension, bringing one-click validation functionality to Chrome in addition to the existing Firefox/SeaMonkey extension. This new extension requires the tool to be run in a new 'listen' mode.
Total Validator v7.4 released 7 May 2012 5:10 AM (12 years ago)
This release includes all the latest standards updates from W3C, including the latest HTML5, and CSS3 changes.
There are also a number of improvements to the OS X tool, including smaller download, and integration with the quarantine system.
All spell check dictionaries now use a UTF-8 BOM to ensure that the correct format is used.
Pro Tool v7.3 and Extension v7.2.1 Released 4 Mar 2012 1:49 AM (13 years ago)
The main change in v7.3 is support for finer control over what and when to skip validations on parts of your pages and CSS. This is useful if you know that something will fail but you are okay with it. For example safely ignoring "Probable" accessibility errors because they don't apply to your site.
This release also sees major improvements in performance across all validations especially when validating larger sites due to some internal reworking. This reworking started last year and will continue most of this year, so there may be more performance improvements yet to come.
As per usual any recent changes in the standards are included. This is especially the case for CSS 3 Modules which are being updated rapidly by the W3C at the moment.
Finally, the spell checker now reports on how many words it has checked, and there are a few minor bugs fixes in the tool and the extension as well.
Pro Tool and Extension v7.2 Released 14 Jan 2012 12:42 AM (13 years ago)
This release completes the introduction of CSS validation with support for over 30 of the CSS Level 3 specifications to provide the fullest CSS validation support available.
This release also includes enhancements to CSS 2.1 and 1 validation including better support for vendor prefixed properties and vendor prefixed at-rules.
We've also increased the performance of validating multiple pages when not using broken link checking.
Total Validator v7.1 released 14 Jan 2012 12:35 AM (13 years ago)
Building on the internal changes made for version 7.0, Total Validator is proud to announce the development of a CSS Validator for 7.1 allowing you to validate the contents of style
tags, 'style' attributes and style sheets across your web site at the same time as validating HTML, Accessibility, Broken Links and Spell Checking.
This initial release of the CSS Validator is restricted to the Pro Tool and CSS Levels 1 and 2.1. Work has already started on CSS Level 3 and this should be ready for release next time.
The broken links validator has also come under scrutiny with this release with several performance improvements and enhancements including support for links embedded in CSS.
Finally, changes to the browser extension and tool have been made so that only compatible versions can be used together, otherwise the user is taken to a page to download a compatible version.
Total Validator v7.0 released 28 Aug 2011 3:49 AM (13 years ago)
This is a major new release of Total Validator, with lots of internal improvements to deliver a better platform for improvements to to come.
Specific improvements include a reorganised user interface, and a new category of problem 'Probable Errors' introduced specifically to clarify some Accessibility problems, but used elsewhere as well.
New validations include HTML5 Polyglot and XHTML Mobile Profile 1.2. New options include the ability to introduce a deploy into checking links and pages to reduce the web server loading, and options to stop the validation after a certain number of problems or problem pages has been reached.
Total Validator v6.13 released 7 Jul 2011 10:52 PM (13 years ago)
This release includes updates to both the HTML5 and HTML+RDFa standards.
In the tool there are several UI changes such as simplifying the proxy settings. Also better detection of standard Windows folders for those with modified set ups.
The browser extension now allows validation of the web page after all Javascript has been run for people using AJAX. However, this is the browser's representation of the original web page and so there are a few limitations. Also the extension has been brought up to date with the latest changes to the Firefox UI, and the latest versions of Firefox.
Total Validator v6.12 released 29 Apr 2011 1:19 AM (13 years ago)
New in this release is the ability to say which parts of the web site to include out of all of those "skipped" using the skip option, or "disallowed" using robots.txt. This provides a fine-grained way of deciding on which parts of your site to validate.
There are also updates to several HTML validations, such as HTML5 in line with changes to developing standards.
Finally, the Firefox extension has been made compatible with SeaMonkey 2.1
Total Validator v6.10 released 1 Feb 2011 7:02 AM (14 years ago)
It is with great sadness that we are sorry to say that due to constant attacks and abuse of the online service this has now been suspended. Unfortunately this includes the screenshot function, which relies on the online service to operate.
This affects the latest release of the Pro tool, which no longer has a screenshot function. The Firefox extension also now requires the Basic or Pro tools to be installed.
Other items in this release:
- Minor Accessibility validation improvements
- Minor improvements to desktop tools
- Extension enhanced with full Firefox 4.0 support
TotalValidator v6.9 released 4 Dec 2010 6:44 AM (14 years ago)
This latest release adds support for IE9 screenshots using the latest IE9 beta, allowing you to start checking your site now before the final IE8 release. Note that Firefox 4 beta screenshots are also available.
Also this release includes several important updates to the (X)HTML standards released by the W3C over the last few months, as well as a brand new HTML4+RDFa 1.1 validation.
TotalValidator v6.8 released 26 Oct 2010 1:28 AM (14 years ago)
The main changes with this release are with the Pro tool: We have introduced the ability to have more than one set of settings and added New, Open, Save, Save As, and Delete options as well as a Recently Used list to the File menu.
The old 'Save settings' option disappears with both the Basic and Pro tools, and is replaced by standard 'Save' options with a prompt to 'Save' when exiting if there are any unsaved changes.
The command line version of the Pro tool now also allows multiple -skippath in properties files.
The Linux version of the tool has been modified to default to store it's settings in ~/.totalvalidator, and the results in the ~/Documents folder, rather than using the installation folder for both. This is to bring it into line with the Windows and OS X versions of the tool, and is better practice.
A number of minor bugs have also been squashed in the tool, and some minor corrections and enhancements have been made to the Validation engine.
Total Validator v6.7 released 1 Sep 2010 9:12 AM (14 years ago)
Changes in this release as follows:
- Updated HTML5 to 24th June specification
- Corrected previous HTML5 omissions
- Added support for Firefox 4 screenshots
- Safari v5 replaces Safari v4 screenshots
- Line numbers added to those problems relating to multiple tags
- Added the character position of errors in attribute values
- Added Reset button to Browser identification editor
- BUG: When is omitted in HTML the 'virtual' position was sometimes calculated incorrectly
- BUG: The body tag in noframes wasn't being dealt with correctly
Total Validator v6.6 released 19 Jun 2010 7:49 AM (14 years ago)
In this release HTML4 + RDFa 1.0 validation has been added as requested by several people.
Also HTML5 validation has been updated to the March 4th release and several new rules have been added to older validations.
Total Validator v6.5 released 21 May 2010 11:19 AM (14 years ago)
The latest version of Total Validator has been released with the following updates:
- Added XHTML+RDF 1.1 validation
- Improvements to all XHTML Module based validations
- Improvements and updates to HTML5 validation
- Support for CR as a new line character for old Mac files
- BUG: Skip paths that contained '&' were improperly displayed on the summary page
Total Validator Pro Tool v6.4 released 21 May 2010 11:18 AM (14 years ago)
The latest version of the Pro Tool now allows you to directly submit a form whilst validating a site.
So you can validate all the pages protected by a login form as an alternative to using the Firefox/SeaMonkey extension to pass cookies.
This release also includes some UI enhancements to simplify editing of user agents and paths to skip.
Total Validator v6.3 released 21 May 2010 11:17 AM (14 years ago)
The latest version of Total Validator has been released with the following updates:
- Default user agent for validations is now 'TotalValidator/6.0'
- Added robots.txt support for skipping paths
- Added option to validate error pages (e.g. 404 pages)
- Firefox extension now runs in SeaMonkey
- Extension UI improvements
- Added SeaMonkey to list of screenshots (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- Now follows links in meta refresh tags
- When the starting page begins with 'http', links to 'https' pages in the same site are now followed and v.versa.
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Total Validator v6.2.1 released 5 Feb 2010 10:34 AM (15 years ago)
This is a minor update to Total Validator with the following changes:
- Added option to limit the number of concurrent broken link checks
- Added Firefox 3.6 screenshots, and restored FF1 and Mozilla for Linux
- Amended to cope with non Western characters in results
Total Validator v6.2 released 1 Jan 2010 3:18 AM (15 years ago)
This release brings added support for four new HTML validations: XHTML+RDFa, XHTML Basic 1.0 and 1.1, and XHTML-Print 1.0. The XHTML 1.1 validation has also been improved.
Withe the release of Google Chrome Linux and OS X, these have now been made available for screenshots, although Mozilla for Linux has been dropped. Camino fo OS X has been upgrade to v2 as well.
Finally the Mac version of the desktop tool has added support for Snow Leopard and the Firefox extension updated to support 3.6
HTML5 validation is here with TV 6.1.0 4 Nov 2009 9:48 AM (15 years ago)
Everyone's been waiting for it and finally Total Validator has delivered it. A fully working HTML5 and (XHTML5) validator built to the latest spec (17th October). Regular updates of Total Validator will keep you up to date with the latest changes to the HTML5 spec as it matures so you can stay ahead of the curve.
The latest version of TV (6.1.0) not only provides a fully working HTML5 validator, but also improves further on this popular tool. Multi-page validation has been given a huge boost in performance, making it the fastest validator out there whilst already fully proven in validating some of the largest websites in the world.
Total Validator v6.0.2 released 12 Sep 2009 1:38 AM (15 years ago)
Minor release with added support for Opera 10 screenshots, and minor fixes to the new accessibility tests introduced in 6.0
Total Validator v6.0 released 23 Aug 2009 6:21 AM (15 years ago)
The Pro Tool is now available for purchase, replacing the Advanced Tool, and a Linux version of the Basic Tool is also introduced.
The first major part of this release is support for the latest W3C accessibility guidelines (WCAG v2) with more tests than ever. Also extended and improved WCAG v1 and US 508 accessibility tests, especially table tests.
The other major part of this release is an overhaul of the way entire sites are validated, the impact being that validating many pages now requires significantly less memory than in the past. Along with this the depth option has been redefined to be more meaningful, and truly representing the number of levels of depth into the website.
You can also now select the browser to display the results in place of using the default browser. There are additional attribute tests for HTML validation and upgrades to Konqueror, Google and Safari to theor latest releases for screenshots.
Total Validator v5.5 released 17 May 2009 3:46 AM (15 years ago)
Support for IE8, and FF3.5 screenshots have been added to this release.
The HTML validator has been updated with 2009 changes to the XHTML 1.1 and 1.0 standards and many additional XHTML 1.1 and 1.0 validations added as well.
The extension has improved support for calling Linux versions of the desktop tool.
The desktop tool has been validated for use with Windows 7 and improved for use with Vista so it can be more easily used by users without administrative rights.